Waldman, Eric (01182990) - Revision history

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	Waldman left G-2 in 1949 and returned to academic life. He taught and wrote about European politics, international affairs, and NATO, drawing on both his scholarly training and his government service. He died in 2007.		Waldman left G-2 in 1949 and returned to academic life. He taught and wrote about European politics, international affairs, and NATO, drawing on both his scholarly training and his government service. He died in 2007.

	~~See the [[The Stories/Eric Waldman\|full story]].~~

	Eric attended University of Vienna (PhD Biology).		Eric attended University of Vienna (PhD Biology).

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	Eric attended University of Vienna (PhD Biology).		Eric attended University of Vienna (PhD Biology).

			In 1960, Waldman attended Published article on German Socialist movement based on PhD.

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			* Born 21 September 1914 in Vienna.
	* 3 December 1943 — Assigned to Faculty (Section V).		* 3 December 1943 — Assigned to Faculty (Section V).
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	See the [[The Stories/Eric Waldman\|full story]].		See the [[The Stories/Eric Waldman\|full story]].

			Eric attended University of Vienna (PhD Biology).

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	* 3 December 1943 Assigned to Faculty (Section V).		* 3 December 1943 — Assigned to Faculty (Section V).
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 == Biography ==
-Eric Waldman was born Erich Waldmann on September 21, 1914, at Franzensbrueckenstrasse 19 in Vienna. Eric attended University of Vienna (PhD Biology). His father, Leo Waldmann, had served as an Austrian officer in the First World War. Waldman studied marine biology at the University of Vienna and completed a doctorate before Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938. Waldman escaped in 1938 by traveling through Yugoslavia to Trieste, where he boarded the SS ''Vulcania'' for the United States. His parents did not survive the Holocaust: the Gestapo killed his father in 1939, and his mother was later murdered at the Chełmno extermination camp. In the United States, Waldman entered the Army and attended Field Artillery Officer Candidate School. He became a naturalized citizen in 1943 and changed his name from Erich Waldmann to Eric Waldman. Assigned to the Military Intelligence Training Center, he graduated with Camp Ritchie Class 10 and remained as an instructor, putting his native German, academic training, and knowledge of Europe to use for the Army. Near the end of the war he was assigned to the secret prisoner-of-war installation at Fort Hunt, Virginia, known as P.O. There he worked with the German officers associated with Reinhard Gehlen and the Fremde Heere Ost intelligence apparatus under the Bolero program, using the cover names Captain Brown and Mr. He helped organize the Gehlen group as it became an important postwar intelligence partner of the United States and later a foundation of West Germany's Federal Intelligence Service, the BND. He taught and wrote about European politics, international affairs, and NATO, drawing on both his scholarly training and his government service. He died in 2007.
+Eric Waldman was born Erich Waldmann on September 21, 1914, at Franzensbrueckenstrasse 19 in Vienna. His father, Leo Waldmann, had served as an Austrian officer in the First World War. Waldman studied marine biology at the University of Vienna and completed a doctorate before Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938.
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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	Eric Waldman was born Erich Waldmann on September 21, 1914, at Franzensbrueckenstrasse 19 in Vienna~~. In 1960, he attended Published article on German Socialist movement based on PhD~~. Eric attended University of Vienna (PhD Biology). His father, Leo Waldmann, had served as an Austrian officer in the First World War. Waldman studied marine biology at the University of Vienna and completed a doctorate before Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938. Waldman escaped in 1938 by traveling through Yugoslavia to Trieste, where he boarded the SS ''Vulcania'' for the United States. His parents did not survive the Holocaust: the Gestapo killed his father in 1939, and his mother was later murdered at the Chełmno extermination camp. In the United States, Waldman entered the Army and attended Field Artillery Officer Candidate School. He became a naturalized citizen in 1943 and changed his name from Erich Waldmann to Eric Waldman. Assigned to the Military Intelligence Training Center, he graduated with Camp Ritchie Class 10 and remained as an instructor, putting his native German, academic training, and knowledge of Europe to use for the Army. Near the end of the war he was assigned to the secret prisoner-of-war installation at Fort Hunt, Virginia, known as P.O. There he worked with the German officers associated with Reinhard Gehlen and the Fremde Heere Ost intelligence apparatus under the Bolero program, using the cover names Captain Brown and Mr. He helped organize the Gehlen group as it became an important postwar intelligence partner of the United States and later a foundation of West Germany's Federal Intelligence Service, the BND. He taught and wrote about European politics, international affairs, and NATO, drawing on both his scholarly training and his government service. He died in 2007.		Eric Waldman was born Erich Waldmann on September 21, 1914, at Franzensbrueckenstrasse 19 in Vienna. Eric attended University of Vienna (PhD Biology). His father, Leo Waldmann, had served as an Austrian officer in the First World War. Waldman studied marine biology at the University of Vienna and completed a doctorate before Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938. Waldman escaped in 1938 by traveling through Yugoslavia to Trieste, where he boarded the SS ''Vulcania'' for the United States. His parents did not survive the Holocaust: the Gestapo killed his father in 1939, and his mother was later murdered at the Chełmno extermination camp. In the United States, Waldman entered the Army and attended Field Artillery Officer Candidate School. He became a naturalized citizen in 1943 and changed his name from Erich Waldmann to Eric Waldman. Assigned to the Military Intelligence Training Center, he graduated with Camp Ritchie Class 10 and remained as an instructor, putting his native German, academic training, and knowledge of Europe to use for the Army. Near the end of the war he was assigned to the secret prisoner-of-war installation at Fort Hunt, Virginia, known as P.O. There he worked with the German officers associated with Reinhard Gehlen and the Fremde Heere Ost intelligence apparatus under the Bolero program, using the cover names Captain Brown and Mr. He helped organize the Gehlen group as it became an important postwar intelligence partner of the United States and later a foundation of West Germany's Federal Intelligence Service, the BND. He taught and wrote about European politics, international affairs, and NATO, drawing on both his scholarly training and his government service. He died in 2007.

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	Eric Waldman was born Erich Waldmann on September 21, 1914, at Franzensbrueckenstrasse 19 in Vienna. In 1960, Published article on German Socialist movement based on PhD. His father, Leo Waldmann, had served as an Austrian officer in the First World War. Waldman studied marine biology at the University of Vienna and completed a doctorate before Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938~~. The Anschluss made remaining in Vienna untenable for the Jewish family~~. Waldman escaped in 1938 by traveling through Yugoslavia to Trieste, where he boarded the SS ''Vulcania'' for the United States. His parents did not survive the Holocaust: the Gestapo killed his father in 1939, and his mother was later murdered at the Chełmno extermination camp. In the United States, Waldman entered the Army and attended Field Artillery Officer Candidate School. He became a naturalized citizen in 1943 and changed his name from Erich Waldmann to Eric Waldman. Assigned to the Military Intelligence Training Center, he graduated with Camp Ritchie Class 10 and remained as an instructor, putting his native German, academic training, and knowledge of Europe to use for the Army~~. Waldman subsequently joined War Department G-2, where his work centered on German tactics and military organization~~. Near the end of the war he was assigned to the secret prisoner-of-war installation at Fort Hunt, Virginia, known as P.O~~. Box 1142~~. There he worked with the German officers associated with Reinhard Gehlen and the Fremde Heere Ost intelligence apparatus under the Bolero program, using the cover names Captain Brown and Mr~~. Ericson. From 1946 to 1949 Waldman continued intelligence work at Oberursel and elsewhere in occupied Germany~~. He helped organize the Gehlen group as it became an important postwar intelligence partner of the United States and later a foundation of West Germany's Federal Intelligence Service, the BND~~. His work bridged wartime interrogation, analysis of the Soviet Union, and the emerging intelligence requirements of the Cold War. Waldman left G-2 in 1949 and returned to academic life~~. He taught and wrote about European politics, international affairs, and NATO, drawing on both his scholarly training and his government service. He died in 2007~~. See the [[The Stories/Eric Waldman\|full story]]~~.		Eric Waldman was born Erich Waldmann on September 21, 1914, at Franzensbrueckenstrasse 19 in Vienna. In 1960, he attended Published article on German Socialist movement based on PhD. Eric attended University of Vienna (PhD Biology). His father, Leo Waldmann, had served as an Austrian officer in the First World War. Waldman studied marine biology at the University of Vienna and completed a doctorate before Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938. Waldman escaped in 1938 by traveling through Yugoslavia to Trieste, where he boarded the SS ''Vulcania'' for the United States. His parents did not survive the Holocaust: the Gestapo killed his father in 1939, and his mother was later murdered at the Chełmno extermination camp. In the United States, Waldman entered the Army and attended Field Artillery Officer Candidate School. He became a naturalized citizen in 1943 and changed his name from Erich Waldmann to Eric Waldman. Assigned to the Military Intelligence Training Center, he graduated with Camp Ritchie Class 10 and remained as an instructor, putting his native German, academic training, and knowledge of Europe to use for the Army. Near the end of the war he was assigned to the secret prisoner-of-war installation at Fort Hunt, Virginia, known as P.O. There he worked with the German officers associated with Reinhard Gehlen and the Fremde Heere Ost intelligence apparatus under the Bolero program, using the cover names Captain Brown and Mr. He helped organize the Gehlen group as it became an important postwar intelligence partner of the United States and later a foundation of West Germany's Federal Intelligence Service, the BND. He taught and wrote about European politics, international affairs, and NATO, drawing on both his scholarly training and his government service. He died in 2007.

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	Eric Waldman was born Erich Waldmann on September 21, 1914, at Franzensbrueckenstrasse 19 in Vienna. His father, Leo Waldmann, had served as an Austrian officer in the First World War. Waldman studied marine biology at the University of Vienna and completed a doctorate before Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938.		Eric Waldman was born Erich Waldmann on September 21, 1914, at Franzensbrueckenstrasse 19 in Vienna. In 1960, Published article on German Socialist movement based on PhD. His father, Leo Waldmann, had served as an Austrian officer in the First World War. Waldman studied marine biology at the University of Vienna and completed a doctorate before Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938. The Anschluss made remaining in Vienna untenable for the Jewish family. Waldman escaped in 1938 by traveling through Yugoslavia to Trieste, where he boarded the SS ''Vulcania'' for the United States. His parents did not survive the Holocaust: the Gestapo killed his father in 1939, and his mother was later murdered at the Chełmno extermination camp. In the United States, Waldman entered the Army and attended Field Artillery Officer Candidate School. He became a naturalized citizen in 1943 and changed his name from Erich Waldmann to Eric Waldman. Assigned to the Military Intelligence Training Center, he graduated with Camp Ritchie Class 10 and remained as an instructor, putting his native German, academic training, and knowledge of Europe to use for the Army. Waldman subsequently joined War Department G-2, where his work centered on German tactics and military organization. Near the end of the war he was assigned to the secret prisoner-of-war installation at Fort Hunt, Virginia, known as P.O. Box 1142. There he worked with the German officers associated with Reinhard Gehlen and the Fremde Heere Ost intelligence apparatus under the Bolero program, using the cover names Captain Brown and Mr. Ericson. From 1946 to 1949 Waldman continued intelligence work at Oberursel and elsewhere in occupied Germany. He helped organize the Gehlen group as it became an important postwar intelligence partner of the United States and later a foundation of West Germany's Federal Intelligence Service, the BND. His work bridged wartime interrogation, analysis of the Soviet Union, and the emerging intelligence requirements of the Cold War. Waldman left G-2 in 1949 and returned to academic life. He taught and wrote about European politics, international affairs, and NATO, drawing on both his scholarly training and his government service. He died in 2007. See the [[The Stories/Eric Waldman\|full story]].

	The Anschluss made remaining in Vienna untenable for the Jewish family. Waldman escaped in 1938 by traveling through Yugoslavia to Trieste, where he boarded the SS ''Vulcania'' for the United States. His parents did not survive the Holocaust: the Gestapo killed his father in 1939, and his mother was later murdered at the Chełmno extermination camp.

	In the United States, Waldman entered the Army and attended Field Artillery Officer Candidate School. He became a naturalized citizen in 1943 and changed his name from Erich Waldmann to Eric Waldman. Assigned to the Military Intelligence Training Center, he graduated with Camp Ritchie Class 10 and remained as an instructor, putting his native German, academic training, and knowledge of Europe to use for the Army.

	Waldman subsequently joined War Department G-2, where his work centered on German tactics and military organization. Near the end of the war he was assigned to the secret prisoner-of-war installation at Fort Hunt, Virginia, known as P.O. Box 1142. There he worked with the German officers associated with Reinhard Gehlen and the Fremde Heere Ost intelligence apparatus under the Bolero program, using the cover names Captain Brown and Mr. Ericson.

	From 1946 to 1949 Waldman continued intelligence work at Oberursel and elsewhere in occupied Germany. He helped organize the Gehlen group as it became an important postwar intelligence partner of the United States and later a foundation of West Germany's Federal Intelligence Service, the BND. His work bridged wartime interrogation, analysis of the Soviet Union, and the emerging intelligence requirements of the Cold War.

	Waldman left G-2 in 1949 and returned to academic life. He taught and wrote about European politics, international affairs, and NATO, drawing on both his scholarly training and his government service. He died in 2007.

	See the [[The Stories/Eric Waldman\|full story]].

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	~~The timeline research also records 1960 Published article on German Socialist movement based on PhD. University of Vienna (PhD Biology)~~.

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	* ~~9/21/1914 Born in Vienna. Religion: Catholic.~~		* 3 December 1943 Assigned to Faculty (Section V).
	* 7/23/1943 Started Class 10.		* 10.
	* 12/3/1943 Assigned to Faculty (Section V).
	* ~~2nd Lt. (ASN 01182990).~~
	* Retired as Lt. Colonel.
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