Rath, Hermann (01641712) - Revision history

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	* 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)
			* [https://hmh.mwmdigital.com/survivor/18/ Hermann Rath — Holocaust Museum Houston survivor profile]

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	After the war Rath worked as an engineer and later in the chemical and oil-refinery field, with work that took the family to Europe, South America, and Asia. He retired in 1983 and settled in Houston, where he volunteered at Seven Acres Geriatric Center and with a Holocaust survivors organization. He died in Houston on 16 August 1998.		After the war Rath worked as an engineer and later in the chemical and oil-refinery field, with work that took the family to Europe, South America, and Asia. He retired in 1983 and settled in Houston, where he volunteered at Seven Acres Geriatric Center and with a Holocaust survivors organization. He died in Houston on 16 August 1998.


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	\|class_display=23		\|class_display=23
	\|arm_or_service=Signal Corps		\|arm_or_service=Signal Corps
			\|alias=Hermann Rathsprecher
			\|birth_date=15 April 1913
			\|birth_place=Vienna, Austria
			\|death_date=16 August 1998
			\|death_place=Houston, Texas
			\|occupation=Engineer
			\|marital=Ann Shankman (m. 1943)
	}}		}}

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	'''Hermann Rath''' (1913–1998) was a United States Army Second Lieutenant who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 23]].		'''Hermann Rath''' (15 April 1913–16 August 1998) was a United States Army Second Lieutenant who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 23]].
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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	~~''Add~~ a ~~biography~~, family ~~details~~, and ~~sources~~. ~~Click Edit to change this page; no account is required~~.''		Hermann Rath was born Hermann Rathsprecher in Vienna, Austria, on 15 April 1913. After Germany annexed Austria in 1938, life for Jewish families there became unbearable. In August 1938, Rath fled across the border into Belgium while his sisters secured permission to work in England; his parents and brothers remained in Vienna for a time. In Belgium he was not allowed paid employment and lived on a modest Jewish relief stipend. After repeated visits to the U.S. Consulate, he received an American visa in November 1939 and arrived in the United States in December 1939, settling in New York and working as a shipping clerk.

			Rath was commissioned in the U.S. Army and trained at Camp Ritchie in Class 23 as a Second Lieutenant in the Signal Corps. While on assignment at Harvard University, he met Ann Shankman; they married in 1943 and later had a daughter, Paula. He was honorably discharged in 1945.

			After the war Rath worked as an engineer and later in the chemical and oil-refinery field, with work that took the family to Europe, South America, and Asia. He retired in 1983 and settled in Houston, where he volunteered at Seven Acres Geriatric Center and with a Holocaust survivors organization. He died in Houston on 16 August 1998.

	~~== Research notes ==~~
	~~''No notes were in the source row. Add what you know.''~~

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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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	\|class_section=5A		\|class_section=5A
	\|class_rank=2nd Lt		\|class_rank=2nd Lt
	~~\|class_branch=Sig C~~
	\|birth_year=1913		\|birth_year=1913
	\|death_year=1998		\|death_year=1998
	\|nativity=Au		\|nativity=Austria
	\|religion=H		\|religion=Jewish
	\|overseas=Y		\|overseas=Y
	\|certificate=8917		\|certificate=8917
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	\|class_number=23		\|class_number=23
	\|class_display=23		\|class_display=23
			\|arm_or_service=Signal Corps
	}}		}}

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	{{Soldier		{{Soldier
			\|lede_on_page=1
	\|asn=01641712		\|asn=01641712
	\|surname=Rath		\|surname=Rath
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	\|class_display=23		\|class_display=23
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			'''Hermann Rath''' (1913–1998) was a United States Army Second Lieutenant who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 23]].
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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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	\|nativity=Au		\|nativity=Au
	\|religion=H		\|religion=H
	~~\|assignment=VII-1063~~
	\|overseas=Y		\|overseas=Y
	\|certificate=8917		\|certificate=8917
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	* 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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{{Soldier
|asn=01641712
|surname=Rath
|first=Hermann
|class_section=5A
|class_rank=2nd Lt
|class_branch=Sig C
|birth_year=1913
|death_year=1998
|nativity=Au
|religion=H
|assignment=VII-1063
|overseas=Y
|certificate=8917
|confidence=high
|class_number=23
|class_display=23
}}

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== Technical record ==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|-
! Field !! Imported value
|-
| Approx Age at Death || 85
|-
| Class_ASN || 1641712
|-
| Class_Name || RATH, Hermann
|-
| match_method || asn_exact_name_exact
|-
| row_source || both
|}

== Sources ==
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)