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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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Hans Herzberg, born in 1919, describes growing up in Hannover, Germany; his father, who was a general physician; his younger brother; being the only Jew in the class throughout most of my school years; his non-Jewish friends, who began disassociating with his family after 1933; Jewish life in Hanover; having his bar mitzvah in the conservative synagogue in 1932; how life for Jews changed dramatically around 1935-1936; not being allowed to attend school; his father losing his medical practice; the strength his mother displayed at this time; attending school in Berlin, Germany in 1938; taking a job in Dortmund, Germany in a bell factory welding steel bells; being arrested by the Gestapo in November 1938 and transported by train to Sachsenhausen; life in the camp, including the forced labor, maltreatment, forced singing, and rations; being released after five weeks; going to Berlin and then Hanover; his father’s imprisonment; his brother being sent on a children’s transport to the Netherlands; and having to get rid of all their property.


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In January 1944, Herzberg attended As Pfc, selected for ASTP training at the University of Pennsylvania. He in late March, 1,000 ASTP replacements from New England colleges joined the division.
The timeline research also records 1/1944 As Pfc, selected for ASTP training at University of Pennsylvania. Worked as electric arc welder. In late March, 1,000 ASTP replacements from New England colleges joined the division. Selected quotes from “History of a Combat Regiment 1939-1945”, edited by Max Gissen and published in Salzburg, Austria in 1945. 4/1945 Hospitalized “not returned to team at end of April”.
 
He selected quotes from “History of a Combat Regiment 1939-1945”, edited by Max Gissen and published in Salzburg, Austria in 1945. His own story is also extraordinary! Former Ritchie Boy Hank Herzberg of Chicago learned what had happened to his boyhood friend from Hanover, Germany, by reading my post called The German Jew Who Bombed Berlin .
 
[Note that the recording ends prematurely.]. Hans worked as electric arc welder.
 
(Note: Hank passed away on March 29, 2017 at the age of 97.


== Research notes ==
* BS http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn507461
* http://elinorflorence.com/blog/ritchie-boys


== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
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* 5/19/1919 Born in Germany.
* Born 19 May 1919 in Germany.
* 4/13/1944 Enters Class 18 (German).
* 8 September 1944 — MIS-HQ 4 October 1944 26th Inf 1 April 1945 26th Inf 1 June 1945 26th Inf.
* 6/10/1944 Graduates 18th Class as S/Sgt (Documents Examiner).
* 18 December 1944 — ? Assigned to 104th Infantry Regiment (Saar).
* 9/8/44 MIS-HQ 10/4/44 26th Inf 4/1/45 26th Inf 6/1/45 26th Inf.
* 1 April 1945 — Received Combat Infantryman Badge.
* 12/18/1944? Assigned to 104th Infantry Regiment (Saar).
* Selected quotes from “History of a Combat Regiment 1939-1945”, edited by Max Gissen and published in Salzburg, Austria in 1945.
* 4/1/1945 Received Combat Infantryman Badge.
* September 1943 — Assigned to 380th MPE Co (Military Police).
* 1/1944 As Pfc, selected for ASTP training at University of Pennsylvania.
* April 1945 — Hospitalized “not returned to team at end of April”.
* 104th Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division.
* 104th Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division.
* 9/1943 Assigned to 380th MPE Co (Military Police).
* Also report prepared by IPW Team 164 signed by Major Nawn (Hahn?).
* Bronze Star Medal.
* Bronze Star Medal.
* Freedlander Freedlander Freedlander Poland (M/Sgt).
 
* Herzberg Poland Herzberg DeKoenigsberg (T/3).
* IPW Reports 2/45 from 723rd and 743rd Regiments signed Lt. Col John Cotter.
* Poland DeKoenigsberg DeKoenigsberg Willering (T/5).
* Selected quotes from “History of a Combat Regiment 1939-1945”, edited by Max Gissen and published in Salzburg, Austria in 1945:.
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* [http://elinorflorence.com/blog/ritchie-boys Ritchie Boy Interrogated German Prisoners - Elinor Florence (elinorflorence.com)]
* [http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn507461 Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (collections.ushmm.org)]
* 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
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