Background
Smolka, Horst was born on July 13, 1920 in Hamburg, Germany. Son of Carl and Elisabeth (Schwendel) Smolka.
Smolka, Horst was born on July 13, 1920 in Hamburg, Germany. Son of Carl and Elisabeth (Schwendel) Smolka.
Master's degree, Trade College Hamburg, 1953.
Tool maker apprentice Max Rentsch, Hamburg, Germany, 1937-1940. Tool maker machinist Hamburg Electric Works, 1949-1953.
Machinist V & S Grinding, Chicago, 1953-1954. Model maker machinist Decker & Klingberg Company, Chicago, 1954-1965, name changed Decker-Smolka Corporation, 1965, president, since 1965.
Served with German Army, 1940-1945. Prisoner of war, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1945-1948.
Married Anita Marianne Adermann, May 16, 1953.