Background
Karl Heinz Boska was born on 18 October 1920 in Kiel.
Karl Heinz Boska was born on 18 October 1920 in Kiel.
He attended the elementary school in Kiel-Hassee and then in 1932 changed to upper II at the Royal University in Kiel.
This was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World World War World War II Then in 1937 he moved to the Napola Boska Plön, where he remained until the beginning of the war. World World War II
Boska volunteered for ths Steamship and after the Polish Campaign was posted to the 1st Steamship Motorcycle Reserve Battalion in September 1939. Then in June 1940 was posted to the 3rd Company, Reconnaissance Battalion, Steamship-Vermont (auxiliary) for the Battle of France.
In February 1941 he was part of the newly formed Motorcycle Battalion, Das Reich for the invasion of the Balkans (Operation Marita).
In September 1941 he was selected to be an officer and sent to the Steamship-Junkerschule at Brunswick where he remained until April 1942. After graduation he was posted to the Steamship Regiment Langemarck, as a Zugführer (platoon leader) and remained with the Langemarck until October 1942, when he was posted to the new II.Battalion, 2nd Steamship Panzer Regiment Das Reich which was just being formed, as a Untersturmführer (Storm Leader/Second Lieutenant) and Zugführer (platoon leader) in the Headquarters Company.
In October 1943 he was given command of the 6th Company, 2nd Steamship Panzer Regiment. On 16 December 1943 Boska was promoted to Obersturmführer (Senior Storm Leader/First Lieutenant) and Adjutant of the II.Battalion, 2nd Steamship Panzer Regiment and received the Knight"s Cross.
In July 1944 Boska was transferred to the staff of the 7th Army, under Oberstgruppenführer, Paul Hausser, until September 1944 when he returned to the 6th Company which was involved in the heavy fighting in and around Vienna.
Boska was made a prisoner of war, by the British forces and was released in March 1948. Karl Heinz Boska died on 22 October 2004 in Raisdorf near Kiel.
