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|birth_date=2 December 1924 | |||
|death_date=24 November 2011 | |||
|birth_place=Munich, Germany | |||
|death_place=Charlotte, North Carolina | |||
|division=3rd Infantry Division | |||
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'''Gerald Lieberman''' (1924 | '''[[Lieberman, Gerald (32861763)|Gerald “Jerry” Lieberman]]''' (2 December 1924 – 24 November 2011) was a Munich-born Ritchie Boy (Class 10) who interrogated for the 3rd Infantry Division in North Africa, Italy, and southern France. | ||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Gerald Lieberman was born Gerhard Lieberman on 2 December 1924 in Munich, Germany, the son of Leo and Bella Lieberman. After He was thrown down stairs at public school for being Jewish, He trained in pastry work. During Kristallnacht his father was arrested and sent to Dachau; a grateful American consul who remembered Leo’s earlier help transporting an American citizen’s body issued short visas that secured Leo’s release. The family reached the United States via the Dominican Republic in 1940. | |||
Drafted about 1942 and naturalized, Lieberman volunteered for German-language intelligence work and trained about a year at [[Camp Ritchie]] ([[Class 10]]). After a brief California course on capture resistance He went to North Africa and then to the Anzio beachhead with the 3rd Infantry Division, where He was wounded and received the Purple Heart. He estimated interrogating hundreds of prisoners across Italy and into southern France; after illness He later interrogated with the 10th Mountain Division, including an unusual assignment at a camp of German women soldiers. | |||
Discharged in 1946, He studied at New York University while working nights, built B&G Lieberman Co. with his mother, and later moved the firm to Charlotte, North Carolina. Active in Sierra Club leadership, He died at home in Charlotte on 24 November 2011. | |||
== Research notes == | == Research notes == | ||
* 5th Army | * 5th Army | ||
* Charlotte Observer obituary and Associated Press / Gastonia Gazette feature (2011) are the principal narrative sources. | |||
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* 2 December 1924 — Born in Munich. | |||
* November 1938 – spring 1939 — Kristallnacht; father’s Dachau detention; emigration via Dominican Republic to New York. | |||
* c. 1942 — Drafted; cook/baker training; Camp Ritchie Class 10. | |||
* WWII — Interrogator, North Africa; 3rd Infantry Division, Italy and southern France; Purple Heart (strafing near Anzio/Rome). | |||
* December 1945 — Returned to New York. | |||
* 1949 onward — B&G Lieberman Co.; later Charlotte; Sierra Club / civic leadership. | |||
* 24 November 2011 — Died in Charlotte, North Carolina. | |||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
* [https://holocaustcenter.org/research/oral-history-department/oral-histories-index/ Zekelman Holocaust Center oral-history index] | |||
* [https://5152.sydneyplus.com/argus/final/Portal/Default.aspx?component=AAFG&record=0b0e7c90-a9e7-4767-b507-cf4e968ddbb9 Zekelman Holocaust Center oral history, OHV 415] | |||
* Associated Press / Gastonia Gazette, 28 August 2011 — “Jewish man recalls revenge on Nazis” (RB Archive transcript) | |||
* [https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/charlotte/name/gerald-lieberman-obituary?id=12584235 Legacy — Gerald Lieberman] | |||
* Charlotte Observer, 27 November 2011 — Gerald “Jerry” Lieberman obituary (RB Archive transcript) | |||
* 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 | ||
* 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) | ||