Erich Boldt

Erich Boldt (born September 1, 1933 in Damshagen ; † November 16, 1961 in Hamburg-Harburg ) was a sergeant in the Bundeswehr . He was employed in the Panzerpionierkompanie (PzPiKp) 70 in Stade .

In 1954, Boldt registered as a civil servant candidate for the Federal Border Police . In 1956 he switched to the Bundeswehr. In November 1961 he was assigned to an exercise of the 71st Panzer Grenadier Battalion from his main unit and was supposed to take over the management of the demolition training. On 16 November 1961 led Sergeant Boldt, who was regarded as an experienced explosives expert, with two subordinate soldiers on the military training area Putlos ( Schleswig-Holstein ) a habituation blasting through. A load weighing 200 grams was prepared for detonation. When an already ignited charge rolled back into the cover ditch, Boldt threw himself on the detonating charge, which fatally injured him. The two soldiers entrusted to him for training were uninjured, except for minor burns.

Boldt left a wife and an eight-month-old son. The then Federal Minister of Defense wrote to the widow:

“Her husband gave his life in exemplary performance as a soldier and superior to protect the lives of his comrades. Because of this behavior, he will live on as a role model for the soldiers of the Bundeswehr and will be remembered forever. "

- Franz Josef Strauss

Today the barracks of the Army NCOs (staff, teaching groups A and B) in Delitzsch, Saxony, is called Feldwebel-Boldt-Kaserne. The name was given on November 26, 1992 in the presence of the widow and his son. Its address is Feldwebel-Boldt-Straße 1, 04509 Delitzsch . Furthermore, the "Hauptstraße" running through the middle of the Theodor-Körner-Kaserne in Lüneburg , in which among other things the reconnaissance training battalion 3 "Lüneburg" is stationed, was named after Erich Boldt.

Individual evidence

↑ Manfred Wilde : The NCO School of the Army of the Bundeswehr in Delitzsch. In: Delitzscher Jahrbuch für Geschichte und Landeskunde (2011), pp. 19–38, here p. 32.

personal data
SURNAME	Boldt, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sergeant in the Bundeswehr
DATE OF BIRTH	September 1, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH	Damshagen
DATE OF DEATH	November 16, 1961
Place of death	Hamburg-Harburg

[1] Manfred Wilde : The NCO School of the Army of the Bundeswehr in Delitzsch. In: Delitzscher Jahrbuch für Geschichte und Landeskunde (2011), pp. 19–38, here p. 32.