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Schatze Toy Company is a fictitious German toy company that is mentioned in the Hogan's Heroes episode War Takes a Holiday.

Before the war, it was the largest toy manufacturer in Germany, but now is having its equipment being used to create materiel for the German war effort. The company is mentioned in the War Takes a Holiday episode in which Colonel Hogan and his men convince the officers of Stalag 13 at the time — as well as Major Hochstetter, who has several key members of the underground in his custody — that the war is over. The ploy works and Major Hochstetter allows the underground leaders to leave the camp in his staff car, which soon proves to be an embarrassment for him when he learns that the war was never over in the first place.

During the period of the ruse, Klink and Schultz are inside Klink's office with Major Hochstetter, talking about what they would do now that the war is over. Schultz mentions that he would go back to his old job at the Schatze Toy Company. The Kommandant is surprised to learn that Schultz once worked for the largest toy manufacturer in all of Germany. Klink then asks Schultz, "Do you think your boss would give you your old job back?" In a confident tone, Schultz replies, "Why not? I'm the boss." A flabbergasted Klink, learning that Schultz owns the company, then quickly offers Schultz a cigar from his cigar box, which Schultz gladly accepts (and in the process infers to the viewers the possibility that Klink would at some point ask Schultz for a job at the company after the war), before Klink snaps the box's lid shut on Hochstetter's fingers when the major tries to take a cigar for himself.

This particular scene adds some depth to Schultz's character, as it shows the viewers what he did before the war and what he hopes to be doing again after it ends.

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