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== Biography ==

Richard Schifter (31 ~~July~~ 1923 ~~– 4 October 2020) was an Austrian-born~~ Jewish ~~Ritchie Boy~~ from ~~Vienna who trained at Camp Ritchie~~ in ~~class 17~~ and served ~~with IPW Teams 83 and 94~~. ~~He later studied at~~ City College of New York and ~~Yale Law School~~.

He they were married in a Hasidic ceremony in Lublin in 1919, and after they settled in Vienna later that year. Richard Schifter was born in Vienna, Austria, on July 31, 1923, into a Jewish family from Poland. From 1940 to 1943, he graduated CCNY (BS, Economics summa cum laude). He in 1940, Balbina moved to Lublin, and Paul to Lwów. From 1966 to 1970, he served as Democratic Party Chairman in Montgomery County. After graduating from high school, he enrolled in City College of New York. He practiced law for the next several decades, and would go on to have several appointed positions within the federal government. He paul wrote to an uncle in New York, Harry Brettholz, seeking affidavits. His parents, who had been born in Poland, were in the Polish quota, and placed on a long waiting list. In the U.S., he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of the City of New York in 1943. He immigrated to the United States without his family in December 1938, at the age of 15. Cohen in 1953, Schifter, along with fellow attorney Arthur Lazarus, Jr., became the main attorneys for the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation in their repeated disputes with the United States government. He also served on the President's Task Force on American Indians from 1966 to 1967. He served in this capacity until 2001. Richard Schifter (July 31, 1923October 4, 2020) was an Austrian-American attorney and diplomat who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs from 1985 to 1992. In the wake of the Anschluss by which the First Austrian Republic was annexed by Nazi Germany, Schifter's family sought permission for all of them to emigrate to the United States, but Richard was the only member of the family able to obtain a visa. After the election of Bill Clinton, he was appointed to special assistant to the United States National Security Council. He was also a trustee of the Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies.

~~After~~ the ~~war~~ he became ~~a lawyer~~ and diplomat~~, serving~~ as Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs ~~and as an ambassador and representative~~ to the United ~~Nations.~~

~~On 14 July 2021~~, ~~''Die Presse'' reported that at~~ a ~~ceremony at~~ the ~~Austrian Consulate General in New York~~, ~~Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz granted citizenship~~ to ~~emigrants~~ and ~~their descendants, including Schifter's granddaughter~~.

== Research notes ==

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 == Biography ==
-Richard Schifter (31 July 1923 – 4 October 2020) was an Austrian-born Jewish Ritchie Boy from Vienna who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 17 and served with IPW Teams 83 and 94. He later studied at City College of New York and Yale Law School.
+He they were married in a Hasidic ceremony in Lublin in 1919, and after they settled in Vienna later that year. Richard Schifter was born in Vienna, Austria, on July 31, 1923, into a Jewish family from Poland. From 1940 to 1943, he graduated CCNY (BS, Economics summa cum laude). He in 1940, Balbina moved to Lublin, and Paul to Lwów. From 1966 to 1970, he served as Democratic Party Chairman in Montgomery County. After graduating from high school, he enrolled in City College of New York. He practiced law for the next several decades, and would go on to have several appointed positions within the federal government. He paul wrote to an uncle in New York, Harry Brettholz, seeking affidavits. His parents, who had been born in Poland, were in the Polish quota, and placed on a long waiting list. In the U.S., he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of the City of New York in 1943. He immigrated to the United States without his family in December 1938, at the age of 15. Cohen in 1953, Schifter, along with fellow attorney Arthur Lazarus, Jr., became the main attorneys for the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation in their repeated disputes with the United States government. He also served on the President's Task Force on American Indians from 1966 to 1967. He served in this capacity until 2001. Richard Schifter (July 31, 1923October 4, 2020) was an Austrian-American attorney and diplomat who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs from 1985 to 1992. In the wake of the Anschluss by which the First Austrian Republic was annexed by Nazi Germany, Schifter's family sought permission for all of them to emigrate to the United States, but Richard was the only member of the family able to obtain a visa. After the election of Bill Clinton, he was appointed to special assistant to the United States National Security Council. He was also a trustee of the Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies.
-After the war he became a lawyer and diplomat, serving as Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs and as an ambassador and representative to the United Nations.
-On 14 July 2021, ''Die Presse'' reported that at a ceremony at the Austrian Consulate General in New York, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz granted citizenship to emigrants and their descendants, including Schifter's granddaughter.
 == Research notes ==