Dimont, Max Isaac (36349023) - Revision history

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	\|birth_date=12 August 1912		\|birth_date=12 August 1912
	\|death_date=25 March 1992		\|death_date=25 March 1992
	\|birth_place=Helsinki, ~~Grand Duchy of~~ Finland		\|birth_place=Helsinki, Finland
	\|death_place=St. Louis, Missouri		\|death_place=St. Louis, Missouri
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	~~'''~~Max I. Dimont~~'''~~ (1912~~–~~1992) was a ~~United States Army Corporal who~~ trained at [[Camp Ritchie~~]], Maryland, in~~ [[Class 22]]~~. Max enlisted at Chicago, Illinois~~.		Max Isaac Dimont (12 August 1912 – 25 March 1992) was a Finnish American Jewish historian, lecturer, publicist, and writer. He trained at Camp Ritchie with [[:Category:Class 22\|Class 22]].
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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
			Max Isaac Dimont (12 August 1912 – 25 March 1992) was a Finnish American Jewish historian, lecturer, publicist, and writer. Dimont was born into a Jewish family on 12 August 1912, in Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire, one of five children. Due to passenger lists on the ship on which they traveled.

	~~Dimont was born into a Jewish family on August 12, 1912, in Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire, one of five children.~~		Dimont finished high school in Finland, where he learned German. His father, Hyman Dimont, was a merchandise broker and Talmudic scholar, and returned to teaching Hebrew in his later years.

	Dimont finished high school in Finland, where he learned German~~. He finished four years of American high school in two years.~~

	Max Isaac Dimont (August 12, 1912 – March 25, 1992) was a Finnish American Jewish historian, lecturer, publicist, and writer. Between 1962 and 1994, Jews, God and History sold over 1.5 million copies, was reprinted 17 times, and was translated into six languages. Ethel finished writing the Jews, God and History revision and published it herself in 1993.

	~~Due to passenger lists on the ship on which they traveled~~. His father, Hyman Dimont, was a merchandise broker and Talmudic scholar, and returned to teaching Hebrew in his later years~~. He claims that he spoke "Elizabethan English" or "beautiful King James English" for his first few years in the United States~~.

			Dimont, who did not speak any English, taught himself the language by reading Shakespeare and the King James version of the Bible. He claims that he spoke "Elizabethan English" or "beautiful King James English" for his first few years in the United States. He finished four years of American high school in two years. He worked part-time at the Cleveland Public Library; his first full-time work was as a salesman at a Thom McAn store, then as a newspaperman.

	== Research notes ==		== Research notes ==

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	\|teams=MII 446-G		\|teams=MII 446-G
			\|birth_date=12 August 1912
			\|death_date=25 March 1992
			\|birth_place=Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland
			\|death_place=St. Louis, Missouri
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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
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			Dimont was born into a Jewish family on August 12, 1912, in Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire, one of five children.

			Dimont finished high school in Finland, where he learned German. He finished four years of American high school in two years.

			Max Isaac Dimont (August 12, 1912 – March 25, 1992) was a Finnish American Jewish historian, lecturer, publicist, and writer. Between 1962 and 1994, Jews, God and History sold over 1.5 million copies, was reprinted 17 times, and was translated into six languages. Ethel finished writing the Jews, God and History revision and published it herself in 1993.

			Due to passenger lists on the ship on which they traveled. His father, Hyman Dimont, was a merchandise broker and Talmudic scholar, and returned to teaching Hebrew in his later years. He claims that he spoke "Elizabethan English" or "beautiful King James English" for his first few years in the United States.


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			== Timeline ==
			* Born 12 August 1912 in Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland
			* Died 25 March 1992 in St. Louis, Missouri


	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
			* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Dimont Max Dimont — Wikipedia]
	* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_I._Dimont Max I. Dimont — Wikipedia]		* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_I._Dimont Max I. Dimont — Wikipedia]
	* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data		* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data

Admin: Sources: add Wikipedia (Max I. Dimont) from Camp Ritchie Notables 2018 list

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
			* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_I._Dimont Max I. Dimont — Wikipedia]
	* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data		* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
	* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records		* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
	* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)		* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
	* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)		* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)

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	\|birth_year=1912		\|birth_year=1912
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	== Research notes ==		== Research notes ==
	* Noted author		* Noted author
	* 446-G

	== Gallery ==		== Gallery ==

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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==
	* Camp Ritchie ~~class roster~~ (~~classes~~ 1–31), ~~merged~~ research ~~file~~		* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
			* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
	* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)		* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
	* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)		* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)

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