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|surname=Haarburger
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|first=Joachim
|first=Joachim
|middle=M
|middle=Manfred
|alias=Freddie
|alias=Freddie Haarburger
|class_section=5E
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|class_rank=Pvt
|class_rank=Private
|birth_year=1921
|birth_year=1921
|death_year=1977
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|class_number=11
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|birth_place=Joachim Manfred Haarburger in Zittau, Germany
|birth_place=Zittau, Germany
|rank_final=T/3
|rank_final=Technician Third Grade
|birth_date=9 October 1921
|photo=Joachim_Manfred_Haarburger_army_portrait.jpg
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'''Joachim M Haarburger''' (1921&ndash;1977) was a United States Army Private who trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 11]]. Joachim enlisted at Boston, Massachusetts.
'''Joachim Manfred “Freddie” Haarburger''' (9 October 1921&ndash;1977) was a German-Jewish Ritchie Boy from Zittau. He trained with [[:Category:Class 11|Class 11]] at [[Camp Ritchie]] and served as a technician third grade with [[Team IPW 179|IPW Team 179]] (also associated with [[Team IPW 2|IPW Team 2]]) attached to the 36th Infantry Division.
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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Joachim Manfred Haarburger — known as Freddie — was born on 9 October 1921 in Zittau, Germany. A May 1938 German passport issued in Frankfurt am Main lists him as an apprentice living in Frankfurt. At seventeen he and his parents fled Nazism, sailing from Le Havre on the SS ''America'' in 1938 and settling in New York. Evening-school certificates from George Washington Evening High School in Manhattan (January and June 1940) record coursework under the name Freddie Haarburger. He later worked in leather manufacture, studied textile chemistry at the Lowell Institute, and completed American Red Cross first-aid courses in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1942.


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Haarburger volunteered for the U.S. Army (ASN 31356458, Boston). He trained at [[Camp Ritchie]] with [[:Category:Class 11|Class 11]] and went overseas beginning in Algiers in 1943. As a technician third grade he served with [[Team IPW 179|IPW Team 179]] attached to the 36th Infantry Division, Seventh Army; roster research also associates him with [[Team IPW 2|IPW Team 2]]. Research notes place his IPW cluster with [[Allen, Herbert W. (01534419)|Herbert W. Allen]], [[Bromberg, Gerhard R.H. (01047460)|Gerhard Bromberg]], [[Kraus, Herbert (35059537)|Herbert Kraus]], [[Frank, Martin Hans (38415501)|Martin Frank]], and [[Fein, Rolf A. (32178460)|Rolf Fein]].
The timeline research also records 1942 Studied at Lowell Institute, 3 months (Textile Chemistry). Worked with solutions for tanning hides. 1945 Served as T/3 with IPW Team 179 attached to 36th ID Seventh Army.
 
Haarburger died in 1977.


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
* Family packet includes many civilian/family photographs and a family register not uploaded (privacy / low relevance); curated military and identity documents only.
* 5th Army
* 5th Army


== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
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Joachim_Manfred_Haarburger_army_portrait.jpg|Wartime studio portrait in U.S. Army service uniform (RB Archive).
Joachim_Manfred_Haarburger_army_portrait_verso.jpg|Verso of army portrait (publication crop marks; name Harburger) (RB Archive).
Joachim_Manfred_Haarburger_German_passport_1938_ID_pages.jpg|German passport ID pages, Frankfurt am Main, 3 May 1938 — birth 9 October 1921, Zittau; signature Joachim Manfred Haarburger (RB Archive).
Joachim_Manfred_Haarburger_German_passport_cover_spread.jpg|German passport cover/spread (RB Archive).
Joachim_Manfred_Haarburger_enlisted_mans_pass_1945.jpg|Enlisted man’s pass, June 1945 (RB Archive).
Joachim_Manfred_Haarburger_Red_Cross_first_aid_cards.jpg|American Red Cross first-aid certificates for Freddie Haarburger, Salem, Massachusetts, 1942 (RB Archive).
Joachim_Manfred_Haarburger_GW_Evening_HS_Jan1940.jpg|George Washington Evening High School certificate, January 1940 (as Freddie) (RB Archive).
Joachim_Manfred_Haarburger_war_photo_1.jpg|Wartime photograph from family packet (RB Archive).
Joachim_Manfred_Haarburger_war_photo_2.jpg|Wartime photograph from family packet (RB Archive).
Joachim_Manfred_Haarburger_war_photo_3.jpg|Wartime photograph from family packet (RB Archive).
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== Technical record ==
== Technical record ==
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* 10/9/1921 Born Joachim Manfred Haarburger in Zittau, Germany.
* 9 October 1921 — Born in Zittau, Germany.
* 8/25/1943 Started in Class 11 (IPW Ge).
* 1938 — Emigrated via SS ''America'' from Le Havre; settled in New York.
* 10/23/1943 Graduated with Class 11 (German Linguist) as T/5.
* 3 May 1938 — German passport issued, Frankfurt am Main (apprentice; residence Frankfurt).
* Assigned to IPW Team 2 36th Infantry Division Third Army.
* 31 January 1940 / 27 June 1940 — George Washington Evening High School (Manhattan) term certificates (as Freddie Haarburger).
* T/3 Herbert Kraus (1917-1986).
* 1942 — Red Cross first-aid courses, Salem, Massachusetts; Lowell Institute textile chemistry study (research timeline).
* 1943 — Overseas service begins in Algiers.
* 13 May 1943 — Enlisted, Boston area (ASN 31356458).
* 19–21 June 1945 — Enlisted man’s pass (ASN on card), European theater.
* 1977 — Died.
* Camp Ritchie — [[:Category:Class 11|Class 11]] IPW training.
* Wartime — T/3 with [[Team IPW 179|IPW Team 179]] / 36th Infantry Division (also IPW 2 on roster).
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* RB Archive family packet (passport, Red Cross cards, evening-school certificates, enlisted pass, war photos), curated September 2026
* [[:File:Joachim_Manfred_Haarburger_army_portrait.jpg|Wartime army portrait]] (RB Archive)
* [[:File:Joachim_Manfred_Haarburger_German_passport_1938_ID_pages.jpg|German passport ID pages, 3 May 1938]] (RB Archive)
* Diana Nelson Jones, “Family artifacts reveal kin’s top-secret WWII service,” ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', 8 January 2018 (RB Archive ProQuest)
* 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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