George Jellinek

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George Jellinek
Personal details
Born	22 December 1919 Ujpest
Died	16 January 2010
Nativity	Hungary
Religion	Protestant
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	01326463
Rank	Private First Class
Camp Ritchie	Class 16 (6 February – 5 April 1944)
Section	5E
Team	MII 426-G

Teammates

Team — MII 426-G

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George Jellinek (22 December 1919 – 16 January 2010) was a Ritchie Boy (from Hungary; Protestant) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 16.

Biography

George Jellinek (December 22, 1919 – January 16, 2010) was the Hungarian-born host of The Vocal Scene, a weekly syndicated radio feature produced by WQXR radio of New York City. Born in Hungary on December 22 1919 and passed away January 16 2010, he was the Hungarian-born host of The Vocal Scene, a weekly syndicated radio feature produced by WQXR radio of New York City. Born in Újpest, Budapest, Hungary, Jellinek was a longtime resident of the New York City area.

In July 1943, Jellinek attended ASTP Student (Italian) as Pfc at Lafayette College in Easton, PA.

Jellinek served in the United States Army and trained in Military Intelligence at Camp Ritchie in the mountains of Maryland, thus making him one of the Ritchie Boys.

Over three decades, from 1969 to 2004, he steadily interviewed opera singers and other figures of classical music on his show, and presented comparative recordings of arias and excerpts with commentary which the New York Times deemed "encyclopedic". George worked as translator. He was also familiar to radio audiences for his appearances during intermissions on the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts.

Research notes

• OCS Fort Benning
• WQXR
• WQXR radio host,
• Portrait and summary from Notable Ritchie Boys slides ( )

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	91
Class_ASN	32242809
Class_Name	JELLINEK, George
match_method	pass2_unique_name
row_source	both

Timeline

• Born 22 December 1919 in Hungary.
• 26 February 1942 — Drafted into Army at Fort Dix as Pvt (ASN: 32242809).
• 20 September 1943 — Became naturalized U.
• 13 May 1944 — Promoted to Cpl. Released from Camp Ritchie.
• 29 September 1944 — Attached unassigned to Company I.
• 5 April 1944 — Graduated Class 16. Classified as German Linguist #1.
• Assigned to MI Team 426-G attached to XV Corps.

Sources

• Wikipedia: George Jellinek
• 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)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-11-19 (1 post)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of George Jellinek for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Jellinek, George for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: GEORGE JELLINEK (2021).doc)