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'''Guy Stern''' (1922–2023), born Günther Stern in Hildesheim, was a German-born American interrogator, psychological-warfare soldier, and scholar. A Camp Ritchie graduate and master sergeant, he served from Normandy through the Battle of the Bulge and received the Bronze Star.

Guy Stern was born Günther Stern in Hildesheim, Germany, on January 14, 1922. He grew up in a Jewish family under increasingly violent Nazi persecution. In 1937, at age fifteen, he was sent alone to the United States in the hope that he could establish himself and help his family escape.

After entering the U.S. Army, Stern was selected for Camp Ritchie because of his command of German and knowledge of German society. He trained as a prisoner-of-war interrogator and was promoted through the enlisted ranks to master sergeant. He reached Normandy roughly two or three days after D-Day and began questioning German prisoners close behind the advancing front.

Stern distinguished himself by organizing efficient mass interrogations that separated prisoners, identified useful sources, and extracted time-sensitive military information. That work brought him the Bronze Star. During the Battle of the Bulge he also took part in psychological-warfare operations intended to weaken German morale and encourage surrender.

After the war, Stern earned a doctorate in German literature and built a distinguished academic career. He became a leading scholar of exile literature and served at Wayne State University, where he was a professor and later Distinguished Professor Emeritus. His scholarship and public speaking connected German studies with the experience of refugees and the history of the Holocaust.

Stern published his memoir, ''Invisible Ink'', in 2020. His many honors included the French Legion of Honour as well as American, German, and academic distinctions recognizing his military service and scholarship. He died on December 7, 2023.

 

 

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* OTC;SO 217 (9/7/43)

* German literature scholar; Professor Emeritus, Wayne State University

* 1 May 1943 — Became naturalized citizen.

* 10 September 1943 — Stern is assigned to an interrogation team for field training maneuvers with HQ Third Army at Leesville, LA. The other members of the Interrogation Team were: 1st Lt. Edward B. Klich, 2nd Lt. George.

* 15 December 1943 — Promoted to S/Sgt. Assignment: III-653.

* 1948 — Married Margith __.

* May 2006 — Married Susanna.

* Died 2010.

* This article refers to an American serviceman named Martin Dannenberg who apparently found a copy of “The Nuremburg Laws” signed by Adolf Hitler in Eichstatt while serving with a CIC unit and passed it on to General Patton. According to a common belief, it was General Patton who found the copy in a safe in Nuremburg when he entered the city. Until.

* ___?___ Assigned to Team 41 (1st Army). Other members of Team 41.