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'''[[Manheim, Ralph F. (32977412)|Ralph Frederick Manheim]]''' (4 April 1907 – 26 September 1992) was a Ritchie Boy (from United States; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 23.

'''[[Manheim, Ralph Frederick (32977412)|Ralph Frederick Manheim]]''' (4 April 1907 – 26 September 1992) was a Ritchie Boy (from United States; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in [[:Category:Class 23|class 23]].

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== Biography ==

Ralph Frederick Manheim was born on 4 April 1907 in New York City to American parents of Lithuanian and German descent. He graduated from Harvard in 1926, studied further at Yale and Columbia, and spent time in Vienna and Munich. He taught school in Connecticut and wrote under the WPA Federal Writers’ Project before turning to literary translation; his early wartime bibliography included an English ''Mein Kampf'' (1943) and Konrad Heiden’s Hitler biography.

Ralph Frederick Manheim was born on 4 April 1907 in New York City, New York to American parents of Lithuanian and German descent. He graduated from Harvard in 1926, studied further at Yale and Columbia, and spent time in Vienna and Munich. He taught school in Connecticut and wrote under the WPA Federal Writers’ Project before turning to literary translation; his early wartime bibliography included an English ''Mein Kampf'' (1943) and Konrad Heiden’s Hitler biography.

Drafted into the Army, Manheim trained at Camp Ritchie (Class 23) for prisoner-of-war interrogation but, by his own later account, was assigned instead to translating German documents—work that sharpened the military vocabulary he used after 1945.

Drafted into the Army, Manheim trained at Camp Ritchie ([[:Category:Class 23|Class 23]]) for prisoner-of-war interrogation but, by his own later account, was assigned instead to translating German documents—work that sharpened the military vocabulary he used after 1945.

After the war Manheim became one of the leading translators from German (and French) into English, rendering Günter Grass, Brecht, Handke, Cassirer, and many others. He settled in Paris in 1951 and later in Cambridge, England, receiving a MacArthur Fellowship and the PEN translation medal. He died of cancer on 26 September 1992.

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* 4 April 1907 — Born in New York City.

* 4 April 1907 — Born in New York City, New York.

* 1926 — Graduated from Harvard.

* 1943 — Published English translation of ''Mein Kampf''; drafted and trained at Camp Ritchie (Class 23).

* World War II — Assigned to German document translation rather than front-line interrogation.

* 1951 — Settled in Paris to translate full time.

* 1985 — After his third wife’s death, later settled in Cambridge, England.

* 26 September 1992 — Died in Cambridge, England.

* World War II — Assigned to German document translation rather than front-line interrogation.

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-'''[[Manheim, Ralph F. (32977412)|Ralph Frederick Manheim]]''' (4 April 1907 – 26 September 1992) was a Ritchie Boy (from United States; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 23.
+'''[[Manheim, Ralph Frederick (32977412)|Ralph Frederick Manheim]]''' (4 April 1907 – 26 September 1992) was a Ritchie Boy (from United States; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in [[:Category:Class 23|class 23]].
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 == Biography ==
-Ralph Frederick Manheim was born on 4 April 1907 in New York City to American parents of Lithuanian and German descent. He graduated from Harvard in 1926, studied further at Yale and Columbia, and spent time in Vienna and Munich. He taught school in Connecticut and wrote under the WPA Federal Writers’ Project before turning to literary translation; his early wartime bibliography included an English ''Mein Kampf'' (1943) and Konrad Heiden’s Hitler biography.
+Ralph Frederick Manheim was born on 4 April 1907 in New York City, New York to American parents of Lithuanian and German descent. He graduated from Harvard in 1926, studied further at Yale and Columbia, and spent time in Vienna and Munich. He taught school in Connecticut and wrote under the WPA Federal Writers’ Project before turning to literary translation; his early wartime bibliography included an English ''Mein Kampf'' (1943) and Konrad Heiden’s Hitler biography.
-Drafted into the Army, Manheim trained at Camp Ritchie (Class 23) for prisoner-of-war interrogation but, by his own later account, was assigned instead to translating German documents—work that sharpened the military vocabulary he used after 1945.
+Drafted into the Army, Manheim trained at Camp Ritchie ([[:Category:Class 23|Class 23]]) for prisoner-of-war interrogation but, by his own later account, was assigned instead to translating German documents—work that sharpened the military vocabulary he used after 1945.
 After the war Manheim became one of the leading translators from German (and French) into English, rendering Günter Grass, Brecht, Handke, Cassirer, and many others. He settled in Paris in 1951 and later in Cambridge, England, receiving a MacArthur Fellowship and the PEN translation medal. He died of cancer on 26 September 1992.
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-* 4 April 1907 — Born in New York City.
+* 4 April 1907 — Born in New York City, New York.
 * 1926 — Graduated from Harvard.
 * 1943 — Published English translation of ''Mein Kampf''; drafted and trained at Camp Ritchie (Class 23).
-* World War II — Assigned to German document translation rather than front-line interrogation.
 * 1951 — Settled in Paris to translate full time.
 * 1985 — After his third wife’s death, later settled in Cambridge, England.
 * 26 September 1992 — Died in Cambridge, England.
+* World War II — Assigned to German document translation rather than front-line interrogation.
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