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Friedrich Wolinsky, later known as Frederick Wolinsky, was born in Vienna on 24 September 1909 into a Jewish family. After elementary school he earned a doctorate in law in Vienna. After the Nazi takeover he fled to Switzerland, and in May 1940 he sailed from Genoa to the United States. He lived in New York City; in the autumn of 1940 he was unemployed, and he also worked as a shipping clerk and a lawyer.

Wolinsky was drafted at New York City on 9 December 1942, when he was listed as a semiskilled factory worker, and went through the Reception Center at Fort Dix, New Jersey, to rifle basic training and service with Headquarters Company, 376th Infantry Regiment, at Camp Phillips, Kansas; he became a United States citizen in April 1943. By September 1943, as a private first class, he had been sent to the Army Specialized Training Program: after the qualification course of STAR Unit No. 3701 at the University of Wyoming in Laramie he was assigned to ASTP course No. 3905 (Foreign Area and Language) at Stanford University in California. By way of Sacramento he was transferred in January 1944 to the Military Intelligence Training Center at Camp Ritchie and assigned directly to the combat propaganda troops of the 2nd Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company (Special Order 22, 26 January 1944); in February he was assigned to the 3rd MRBC (Special Order 36) and trained in propaganda at Camp Sharpe, Pennsylvania.

Wolinsky was drafted at New York City on 9 December 1942, when he was listed as a semiskilled factory worker, and went through the Reception Center at Fort Dix, New Jersey, to rifle basic training and service with Headquarters Company, 376th Infantry Regiment, at Camp Phillips, Kansas; he became a United States citizen in April 1943. By September 1943, as a private first class, he had been sent to the Army Specialized Training Program: after the qualification course of STAR Unit No. 3701 at the University of Wyoming in Laramie he was assigned to ASTP course No. 3905 (Foreign Area and Language) at Stanford University in California. By way of Sacramento he was transferred in January 1944 to the Military Intelligence Training Center at Camp Ritchie and assigned directly to the combat propaganda troops of the 2nd Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company (Special Order 22, 26 January 1944); in February he was assigned to the 3rd MRBC (Special Order 36) and trained in propaganda at [[Camp Sharpe]], Pennsylvania.

In April 1944 Wolinsky sailed for Europe, and from May he took advanced propaganda training at the Psychological Warfare School in Brondesbury Park, England. Probably in mid-1944 he was transferred from the MRBC propaganda troops to another unit, probably in intelligence. In May 1945 he was involved in the search for "Nazi gold" at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. His last known rank was technician fourth grade, having earlier been promoted to technician fifth grade. He died in Los Angeles on 10 January 1986.

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* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Wolinsky, Friedrich for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: FRIEDRICH WOLINSKY.doc)

* [https://austriansoldiers.lbg.ac.at/bio/frederick-wolinsky/ Austriansoldiers biography: Frederick Wolinsky], Austriansoldiers / Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Research on Consequences of War (in German; accessed 25 September 2026)

* [[:File:Wolinsky_Friedrich_32659188_NARA_111-SC-380425.jpg|Frederick Wolinsky (National Archives and Records Administration, 111-SC-380425)]]

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 Friedrich Wolinsky, later known as Frederick Wolinsky, was born in Vienna on 24 September 1909 into a Jewish family. After elementary school he earned a doctorate in law in Vienna. After the Nazi takeover he fled to Switzerland, and in May 1940 he sailed from Genoa to the United States. He lived in New York City; in the autumn of 1940 he was unemployed, and he also worked as a shipping clerk and a lawyer.
-Wolinsky was drafted at New York City on 9 December 1942, when he was listed as a semiskilled factory worker, and went through the Reception Center at Fort Dix, New Jersey, to rifle basic training and service with Headquarters Company, 376th Infantry Regiment, at Camp Phillips, Kansas; he became a United States citizen in April 1943. By September 1943, as a private first class, he had been sent to the Army Specialized Training Program: after the qualification course of STAR Unit No. 3701 at the University of Wyoming in Laramie he was assigned to ASTP course No. 3905 (Foreign Area and Language) at Stanford University in California. By way of Sacramento he was transferred in January 1944 to the Military Intelligence Training Center at Camp Ritchie and assigned directly to the combat propaganda troops of the 2nd Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company (Special Order 22, 26 January 1944); in February he was assigned to the 3rd MRBC (Special Order 36) and trained in propaganda at Camp Sharpe, Pennsylvania.
+Wolinsky was drafted at New York City on 9 December 1942, when he was listed as a semiskilled factory worker, and went through the Reception Center at Fort Dix, New Jersey, to rifle basic training and service with Headquarters Company, 376th Infantry Regiment, at Camp Phillips, Kansas; he became a United States citizen in April 1943. By September 1943, as a private first class, he had been sent to the Army Specialized Training Program: after the qualification course of STAR Unit No. 3701 at the University of Wyoming in Laramie he was assigned to ASTP course No. 3905 (Foreign Area and Language) at Stanford University in California. By way of Sacramento he was transferred in January 1944 to the Military Intelligence Training Center at Camp Ritchie and assigned directly to the combat propaganda troops of the 2nd Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company (Special Order 22, 26 January 1944); in February he was assigned to the 3rd MRBC (Special Order 36) and trained in propaganda at [[Camp Sharpe]], Pennsylvania.
 In April 1944 Wolinsky sailed for Europe, and from May he took advanced propaganda training at the Psychological Warfare School in Brondesbury Park, England. Probably in mid-1944 he was transferred from the MRBC propaganda troops to another unit, probably in intelligence. In May 1945 he was involved in the search for "Nazi gold" at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. His last known rank was technician fourth grade, having earlier been promoted to technician fifth grade. He died in Los Angeles on 10 January 1986.
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 * Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Wolinsky, Friedrich for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: FRIEDRICH  WOLINSKY.doc)
 * [https://austriansoldiers.lbg.ac.at/bio/frederick-wolinsky/ Austriansoldiers biography: Frederick Wolinsky], Austriansoldiers / Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Research on Consequences of War (in German; accessed 25 September 2026)
-* [[:File:Wolinsky_Friedrich_32659188_NARA_111-SC-380425.jpg|Frederick Wolinsky (National Archives and Records Administration, 111-SC-380425)]]