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'''[[Schifter, Richard (32966898)|Richard Schifter]]''' (31 July 1923 – 4 October 2020) was a Ritchie Boy (from Austria; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 17 and served with IPW Teams 83 and 94.
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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Richard Schifter was born in Vienna on 31 July 1923 into a Jewish family. He was the only member of his immediate family able to emigrate to the United States; his parents remained on a waiting list and did not survive the Holocaust. He arrived in the U.S. at age fifteen and later attended City College of New York.
 
After college he entered the Army in 1943 and trained at Camp Ritchie as an IPW. He was assigned to the same special unit as [[Parloff, Morris B. (0552566)|Morris Parloff]] and landed in France in summer 1944. During the Battle of the Bulge period he and his team remained in Aachen and took part in interrogating the civilian population. After Germany’s surrender he served with the Military Government as a civilian until returning to the United States in 1948.
 
Schifter studied law and practiced as a lawyer, later serving in the U.S. State Department and the National Security Council. He was appointed a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and Deputy U.S. Representative on the U.N. Security Council.


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
* OTC; 3rd Army
* OTC
* 3rd Army
* Ritchie Boy
* Ritchie Boy
* Civil Life
* Ambassador and Representative to the United Nations
 
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* Born 1923.
* 1943 — Entered the U.S. Army.
* 11 March 1944 — Entered Class 17 (IPW Ge).
* 14 June 1944 — Promoted to S/Sgt. Transferred to DEML.
* 8 May 1944 — Graduated with Class 17 (German Document Examiner).
* Summer 1944 — Landed in France with a special unit that included Morris Parloff.
* 1945–1948 — Military Government civilian service in Germany; returned to the U.S. in 1948.
* 1966 — 1970 Served as Democratic Party Chairman in Montgomery County.
* 1985 — 1992 Served as U.
* Also served with IPW Team 83.
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Schifter Wikipedia: Richard Schifter]
* 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)
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
 
* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2021-07-15 (1 post)
 
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Richard Schifter for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 2 source documents reviewed)
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Schifter, Richard for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 2 source files: RICHARD SCHIFTER.doc, RICHARD SCHIFTER.docx)
* [https://ritchieboys.com/EN/boys_schifter.html The Ritchie Boys: Richard Schifter]
* [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/schifter.jpg)
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