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== Biography ==

Stephan Heinz Lewy (1925–2021) was born in Berlin and raised in an orphanage. In 1939 he was sent with other orphanage children to France on a Kindertransport; a Kindertransport identification paper for the German-Jewish refugee child Heinz Stephan Lewy survives in the U.S. In August 1940, ~~Moved~~ to Chateau de Chabannes (ORT) Children’s Home, Limoges. On 25 June 1942, he arrived in New York (Brooklyn) and reunited with parents. On 10 February 1944, Became naturalized citizen in Baltimore (#6154240). Worked as clerk in office and attended night school. He (From Camp Ritchie records at NARA, published biography, oral histories and Internet)~~. Holocaust Memorial Museum~~. He emigrated to the United States in 1942 and was drafted into the U.S~~. Army in 1943 at age 18~~. Because of his language skills he trained at Camp Ritchie in class 15 (section 7A) and served with the 6th Armored Division, landing at Utah Beach shortly after D-Day. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge and participated in the liberation of Buchenwald~~. After the war Lewy lived in Buffalo, New York~~. He was featured among the Ritchie Boys discussed in Bruce Henderson's ''Sons and Soldiers'' and appeared in local Holocaust-education resources including the Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo.

Stephan Heinz Lewy (1925–2021) was born in Berlin and raised in an orphanage. In 1939 he was sent with other orphanage children to France on a Kindertransport; a Kindertransport identification paper for the German-Jewish refugee child Heinz Stephan Lewy survives in the U.S. In August 1940, he moved to Chateau de Chabannes (ORT) Children’s Home, Limoges. On 25 June 1942, he arrived in New York (Brooklyn) and reunited with parents. On 10 February 1944, Became naturalized citizen in Baltimore (#6154240). Worked as clerk in office and attended night school. He (From Camp Ritchie records at NARA, published biography, oral histories and Internet). He emigrated to the United States in 1942 and was drafted into the U.S. Because of his language skills he trained at Camp Ritchie in class 15 (section 7A) and served with the 6th Armored Division, landing at Utah Beach shortly after D-Day. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge and participated in the liberation of Buchenwald. He was featured among the Ritchie Boys discussed in Bruce Henderson's ''Sons and Soldiers'' and appeared in local Holocaust-education resources including the Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo.

== Research notes ==

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 == Biography ==
-Stephan Heinz Lewy (1925–2021) was born in Berlin and raised in an orphanage. In 1939 he was sent with other orphanage children to France on a Kindertransport; a Kindertransport identification paper for the German-Jewish refugee child Heinz Stephan Lewy survives in the U.S. In August 1940, Moved to Chateau de Chabannes (ORT) Children’s Home, Limoges. On 25 June 1942, he arrived in New York (Brooklyn) and reunited with parents. On 10 February 1944, Became naturalized citizen in Baltimore (#6154240). Worked as clerk in office and attended night school. He (From Camp Ritchie records at NARA, published biography, oral histories and Internet). Holocaust Memorial Museum. He emigrated to the United States in 1942 and was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1943 at age 18. Because of his language skills he trained at Camp Ritchie in class 15 (section 7A) and served with the 6th Armored Division, landing at Utah Beach shortly after D-Day. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge and participated in the liberation of Buchenwald. After the war Lewy lived in Buffalo, New York. He was featured among the Ritchie Boys discussed in Bruce Henderson's ''Sons and Soldiers'' and appeared in local Holocaust-education resources including the Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo.
+Stephan Heinz Lewy (1925–2021) was born in Berlin and raised in an orphanage. In 1939 he was sent with other orphanage children to France on a Kindertransport; a Kindertransport identification paper for the German-Jewish refugee child Heinz Stephan Lewy survives in the U.S. In August 1940, he moved to Chateau de Chabannes (ORT) Children’s Home, Limoges. On 25 June 1942, he arrived in New York (Brooklyn) and reunited with parents. On 10 February 1944, Became naturalized citizen in Baltimore (#6154240). Worked as clerk in office and attended night school. He (From Camp Ritchie records at NARA, published biography, oral histories and Internet). He emigrated to the United States in 1942 and was drafted into the U.S. Because of his language skills he trained at Camp Ritchie in class 15 (section 7A) and served with the 6th Armored Division, landing at Utah Beach shortly after D-Day. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge and participated in the liberation of Buchenwald. He was featured among the Ritchie Boys discussed in Bruce Henderson's ''Sons and Soldiers'' and appeared in local Holocaust-education resources including the Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo.
 == Research notes ==