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|occupation=Semiskilled mechanics and repairmen n.e.c.
|occupation=Semiskilled mechanics and repairmen n.e.c.
|marital=Single without dependents
|marital=Single without dependents
|photo=Lewen, Simon (12138008).jpg
|photo=Lewen, Simon (12138008) press TANGRAM.jpg
|overseas=Y
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|birth_place=Poland
|birth_place=Lublin, Poland
|rank_final=T/5
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|birth_date=8 November 1918
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
On 24 July 1943, he attended ASTP at Colorado State College. On 13 September 1943, Trainee at University of Illinois. Became naturalized citizen. '''Simon J. Lewen''' — Artist of the Holocaust; Si Lewen Museum. Summary from a Notable Ritchie Boys slide ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EWiegWT3PMxAFXS7MZLxFFLMZg0265GK5_Axp_XnzWM source]). Simon J. Lewen — Artist of the Holocaust; Si Lewen Museum. Summary from a Notable Ritchie Boys slide ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EWiegWT3PMxAFXS7MZLxFFLMZg0265GK5_Axp_XnzWM source]).
Simon (“Si”) Lewen was born in Lublin, Poland, in 1918; two years later his family moved to Berlin. When Hitler came to power in 1933, the fourteen-year-old left Germany for France with his elder brother. The family later obtained U.S. visas, and Lewen arrived in New York in 1935, where he enrolled in art school.
 
He volunteered for the U.S. Army in 1942 and trained at Camp Ritchie. In France he was assigned to loudspeaker work at the front, urging German soldiers to surrender—work that left him exhausted and broken down by the end of the war. After returning to the United States in 1945 he became a sought-after artist, published, and taught; in 1985 he decided never to sell a painting again.


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
* http://www.silewen.com/script/chapter18.html
* Ritchie Boy
* Ritchie Boy
* Artist of the Holocaust; Si Lewen Museum
* Artist of the Holocaust; Si Lewen Museum
* Portrait and summary from Notable Ritchie Boys slides ([https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EWiegWT3PMxAFXS7MZLxFFLMZg0265GK5_Axp_XnzWM source]).


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== Technical record ==
== Technical record ==
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* 16.
* Born 8 November 1918 in Poland.
* c. 1920 — Family moved from Lublin to Berlin.
* 1933 — Left Germany for France with his elder brother.
* 1935 — Arrived in New York; enrolled in art school.
* 1942 — Volunteered for the U.S. Army.
* 6 February 1944 — Entered Class 16 at Camp Ritchie.
* 1945 — Returned to the United States.
* 1985 — Stopped selling his paintings.
* Became naturalized citizen.
* Became naturalized citizen.
* Transferred to 2nd Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company (also 3rd MRBC).
* Transferred to 2nd Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company (also 3rd MRBC).
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* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Simon J. Lewen for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Simon J. Lewen for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Lewen, Simon J. for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: SIMON J. LEWIN.doc)
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Lewen, Simon J. for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: SIMON J. LEWIN.doc)
* [https://ritchieboys.com/EN/boys_lewen.html The Ritchie Boys: Si Lewen]
* [https://ritchieboys.com/EN/press_photos.html The Ritchie Boys film site — press photos] (© TANGRAM (Harald Stuckmann); high-res https://ritchieboys.com/DL/photos-highq/boys/lewen.jpg)
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