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|surname=GOLDSCHMIDT
|surname=Goldschmidt
|first=Heinz
|first=Heinz
|class_section=I
|class_section=I
|class_rank=Sgt
|class_rank=Sergeant
|rank_final=Sgt
|rank_final=Sergeant
|class_number=3
|class_number=3
|class_display=3
|class_display=3
|birth_date=4 March 1915
|birth_date=4 March 1915
|birth_year=1915
|birth_year=1915
|birth_place=Berlin
|birth_place=Berlin, Germany
|alias=Henry Goldsmith
|death_date=29 January 2014
|death_year=2014
|nativity=Germany
|death_place=Palm Beach
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'''Heinz Goldschmidt''' was a United States Army Sergeant who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 3]].
'''Heinz Goldschmidt''' (also known as Henry Goldsmith) was a United States Army intelligence officer and Ritchie Boy who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 3]].
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Heinz worked as a henry Goldsmith, executive and WWII Army intelligence officer, dies.
Heinz Goldschmidt was born on 4 March 1915 in Berlin, Germany. He left Berlin in April 1933, shortly after the boycott of Jewish-owned shops. In the United States he was also known as Henry Goldsmith.


GOLDSCHMIDT was a member of the Palm Beach Literary Society and the Prologue Society. He goldsmith was vice president of Greystone Press, a pioneer in monthly mail-order books and records, from the early 1950s. GOLDSCHMIDT served as an instructor and officer in intelligence and interrogation, and those he trained landed in Normandy on D-Day. He worked as a near the war’s end, he wed Janet Fox, an actress and niece of Pulitzer-Prize winning author Edna Ferber, and they remained married until her death in 2002. GOLDSCHMIDT henry Goldsmith of Palm Beach died Wednesday, Jan.
Goldschmidt entered Class 3 at Camp Ritchie on 2 November 1942. His Ritchie record lists him as First Lieutenant Heinz Goldschmidt, a graduate of the 3rd class. He became one of the Ritchie Boys and served as an instructor and officer in intelligence and interrogation; men he trained landed in Normandy on D-Day.
 
Near the end of the war he married actress Janet Fox, a niece of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edna Ferber; they remained married until her death in 2002. From the early 1950s he was vice president of Greystone Press, a pioneer in monthly mail-order books and records. He was a member of the Palm Beach Literary Society and the Prologue Society. Goldschmidt died in Palm Beach on 29 January 2014 at the age of 98.


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