SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP 11

NAME: Generalleutnant Otto Hellmuth Böhlke

PW NO:          A871127
RANK:            Generalleutnant
CAPTURED:   Toricella (Southern Italy)
DATE:             26 April 1945

PERSONAL

DATE OF BIRTH: 7 February 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH: Lubahn, Kreis Berent, Westpr

DATE OF DEATH:    8 April 1956
PLACE OF DEATH:  München
NATIONALITY:       German
RELIGION:                Evangelist
OCCUPATION:        Regular Soldier
HEIGHT:                    6' 7"
WEIGHT:                   Unknown

HAIR COLOUR:       Unknown
EYE COLOUR:         Brown
NEXT OF KIN:         Margarete Boehlke, Westfalen (British Zone)

Promotions:

4 August 1914-11 September 1914: Entered Army service as a War Volunteer in Replacement Jäger-Bataillon Fürst Bismarck (Pommersches) Nr. 2
11 September 1914-16 November 1914: Transferred to Mobile Jäger Battalion 2.
16 November 1914-March 1915: Sick Leave with Typhus/in hospital in Danzig
March 1915-8 October 1916: In the field with Jäger Battalion 2.
19 April 1915-21 June 1915: Detached to the Training Course for Officer Aspirants in Döberitz.
8 October 1916-26 January 1917: Deputy Company Leader in Jäger Battalion 2.
26 January 1917-22 May 1918: Transferred to the 1st Machine Gun Company of Jäger Battalion 2.
22 May 1918-22 May 1918: Repeatedly served as a Deputy Company Leader in Jäger Battalion 2.
22 May 1918-2 July 1918: Company Leader in Jäger Battalion 2.
2 July 1918-16 October 1918: Wounded/in hospital.
16 October 1918-24 February 1919: Company Leader in Jäger Battalion 2.
24 February 1919-1 April 1919: Detached with Jäger Battalion 2 to Border Protection Lyck.
1 April 1919-1 July 1919: Company Leader in Freikorps “Lyck.”
1 July 1919-31 May 1920: Transferred to Infantry Regiment 39.
31 May 1920: Separated from the Army.
1 July 1920-1 October 1922: Accepted into the Schutzpolizei [Protection Police] in Lyck, Platoon Leader and Deputy Emergency Unit Leader.
1 October 1922-15 July 1927: Emergency Unit Leader with the Police Administration Berlin.
15 July 1927-3 January 1929: With the Police Administration Görlitz.
3 January 1929-1 April 1930: Detached to Berlin as Training Director.
1 April 1930-10 April 1934: With the Police Administration Hannover.
10 April 1934-15 October 1935: Instructor at the Higher Police School in Eiche.
15 October 1935-1 May 1937: Reactivated in the Army as a Company Chief in Infantry Regiment 55.
20 September 1935-31 December 1935: At the same time, detached to the Air War School Courses in Eiche.
1 May 1937–17 February 1940: Commander of the II. Battalion of Infantry Regiment 21 of the 17th Infantry Division. [The division took part in the invasion of Poland in 1939.]
17 February 1940-21 January 1941: Commander of Infantry Ersatz [Replacement]-Regiment 46 of the 193rd Division. [Based in Pilsen, this replacement and training regiment provided basic training for new recruits.]
21 January 1941-15 February 1941: Commander of Infantry Regiment 260 of the 113th Infantry Division.
15 February 1941-15 March 1941: Commander of Infantry Ersatz-Regiment 46 of the 193rd Division.
15 March 1941-15 October 1942: Commander of Infantry (later Grenadier) Regiment 430 of the 129th Infantry Division. [The division was engaged in the invasion of the Soviet Union from 22 June 1941].
15 October 1942-2 February 1943: Commander of the Army Training School of the 9th Army on the Eastern Front.
2 February 1943-12 February 1943: Führer Reserve.
12 February 1943-3 November 1943: Commander of Reichs-Grenadier-Regiment Hoch- und Deutschmeister of the 44th Reichs-Grenadier-Division Hoch- und Deutschmeister. [In August 1943, the division deployed from Austria to Italy to bolster the German defenses following the surrender of the Italian Government.]
3 November 1943-1 February 1944: Führer Reserve in the Army High Command.
16 November 1943-14 December 1943: At the same time, detached to the 8th Division Leadership Course.
1 February 1944-16 April 1945: Commander of the 334th Infantry Division in Italy; renamed the 334th Volksgrenadier-Division on 30 April 1945.
16 April 1945-26 April 1945: Führer Reserve.
26 April 1945-1947: Prisoner of War.
- 19th June 1947 transferred from Rimini to Island Farm Special Camp 11.
- 12th May 1948 transferred to Camp 186 for repatriation.