Date of birth:

November 26th, 1889 (Breslau/Silesia, Germany)

Date of death:

January 19th, 1952 (POW Camp Wojkovo, Soviet Union)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Cherntsy

Nationality:

German

His last position was Kommandeur 179. Panzer-Division. He was military unemployed since 31st January 1945.
Walter von Boltenstern died in Soiet captivity.

Promotions:
August 14th, 1940: Generalmajor;
July 15th, 1942: Generalleutnant.

Career:
1910: Armee;
October 12th, 1937 - June 30th, 1940: Infanterie-Regiment 71;
July 1st, 1940 - December 5th, 1941: Kommandeur 29. Infanterie-Division;
January 20th, 1942 - February 19th, 1943: Kommandeur 179. Infanterie-Division;
February 20th, 1943 - May 10th, 1944: Kriegsgericht;
June 3rd, 1944 - August 12th, 1944: Heeresgruppe Nordukraine;
January 31st, 1945: Reserve;
May 8th, 1945 - January 19th, 1952: Soviet POW.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

December 24th, 1934

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

September 24th, 1939

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

October 2nd, 1939

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

August 27th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Generalmajor (Brigadier)

Unit:

Kommandeur, 29. Infanterie-Division (motorisiert), Heer

Awarded on:

August 13th, 1941

The following wartime excerpt describes why Boltenstern was awarded the Knight’s Cross…

“On the 13.-14.07.1941 Generalmajor von Boltenstern personally led his Division in a fresh drive over the Dnieper river near Kopek. Then, with great energy, he led his men in a push up until midday on the 14.07.1941 that took them all the way to the gates of Smolensk while breaking all enemy resistance along the way, and by doing this he achieved a great operational success.”

• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1992.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
  - Ritterkreuz Archiv II/2009, Veit Scherzer, Ranis, Juni 2009, ISSN 1866-4709
  - das-ritterkreuz.de
  

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