Helmut Bölke ( German: Hellmuth Böhlke ; February 7, 1893 - April 8, 1956 ) - German military commander, Lieutenant General of the Wehrmacht , commander of the 334th Infantry Division during World War II . Knight of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves , the highest order of the Third Reich . Captured by British troops in April 1945 . He was released from captivity in 1947 .
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| Date of Birth | February 7, 1893 | ||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Luban ( now Luban ) , German Empire | ||||||||||
| Date of death | April 8, 1956 (63 years old) | ||||||||||
| Place of death | Bad Mergentheim , Germany | ||||||||||
| Affiliation |  German Empire (until 1918) Germany (before 1920) Germany | ||||||||||
| Type of army | ground troops | ||||||||||
| Years of service | 1914 - 1920 1935 - 1945 | ||||||||||
| Rank | lieutenant general | ||||||||||
| Commanded | 334th Infantry Division | ||||||||||
| Battles / wars | World War I
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| Retired | police officer | ||||||||||
Rewards
- Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd class ( October 12, 1915 )
- 1st grade ( July 20, 1916 )
- Breastplate "For the wound"
- in black
- Honorary Cross of a War Veteran ( December 10, 1934 )
- Medal “In memory of March 13, 1938”
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd class ( September 19, 1939 )
- 1st grade ( November 9, 1939)
- German cross
- in gold ( October 27, 1941 )
- Medal "For the Winter Campaign in the East 1941/42" ( July 28, 1942 )
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross ( September 24, 1942)
- Oak Leaves ( January 25, 1945 )
- Twice mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht ( June 29, 1944 and September 24, 1944)
Literature
- Walther-Peer Fellgiebel . Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. - Friedburg: Podzun-Pallas, 1986.- 472 p. - ISBN 3-790-90284-5 .
- Veit Scherzer . Ritterkreuzträger 1939-1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives. - 2. - Jena: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag, 2007 .-- 864 p. - ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 .