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'''[[Blake, Peter J. (0929736)|Peter Jost Blake]]''' (1920–2006) was a Ritchie Boy (from Germany; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 23.

'''[[Blake, Peter J. (0929736)|Peter Jost Blake]]''' (1920–2006) was a Ritchie Boy (from Germany; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in [[:Category:Class 23|class 23]].

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Peter Jost Blake (born Peter Jost Blach) was born in 1920 in Berlin, Germany, to a prosperous Jewish family. After the Nazi seizure of power in 1933 he was sent to England, studied mathematics at the University of London, and entered the Regent Street Polytechnic School of Architecture in 1939. He immigrated to the United States in 1940, studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania under Louis Kahn, and later completed architecture degrees at Pennsylvania (1941) and Pratt Institute (1949).

In 1944 Blake became a naturalized citizen, changed his surname from Blach to Blake, and enlisted. He trained as an intelligence officer at Camp Ritchie (Class 23) and served in Europe with MII Team 440-G, among the first U.S. troops into Berlin after Hitler’s death. He remained in the Army until 1947.

In 1944 Blake became a naturalized citizen, changed his surname from Blach to Blake, and enlisted. He trained as an intelligence officer at Camp Ritchie ([[:Category:Class 23|Class 23]]) and served in Europe with [[Team MII 440-G|MII Team 440-G]], among the first U.S. troops into Berlin after Hitler’s death. He remained in the Army until 1947.

Blake headed MoMA’s architecture and design department in 1948, edited ''Architectural Forum'' (1950–1972), practiced as an architect, and wrote widely on modernism, including ''The Master Builders'' and ''God’s Own Junkyard''. He chaired architecture at Catholic University from 1979 until retiring in 1991, then continued writing from Connecticut. He died of complications from a respiratory infection on 5 December 2006 at Connecticut Hospice in Branford.

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+'''[[Blake, Peter J. (0929736)|Peter Jost Blake]]''' (1920–2006) was a Ritchie Boy (from Germany; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in [[:Category:Class 23|class 23]].
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 Peter Jost Blake (born Peter Jost Blach) was born in 1920 in Berlin, Germany, to a prosperous Jewish family. After the Nazi seizure of power in 1933 he was sent to England, studied mathematics at the University of London, and entered the Regent Street Polytechnic School of Architecture in 1939. He immigrated to the United States in 1940, studied architecture at the University of Pennsylvania under Louis Kahn, and later completed architecture degrees at Pennsylvania (1941) and Pratt Institute (1949).
-In 1944 Blake became a naturalized citizen, changed his surname from Blach to Blake, and enlisted. He trained as an intelligence officer at Camp Ritchie (Class 23) and served in Europe with MII Team 440-G, among the first U.S. troops into Berlin after Hitler’s death. He remained in the Army until 1947.
+In 1944 Blake became a naturalized citizen, changed his surname from Blach to Blake, and enlisted. He trained as an intelligence officer at Camp Ritchie ([[:Category:Class 23|Class 23]]) and served in Europe with [[Team MII 440-G|MII Team 440-G]], among the first U.S. troops into Berlin after Hitler’s death. He remained in the Army until 1947.
 Blake headed MoMA’s architecture and design department in 1948, edited ''Architectural Forum'' (1950–1972), practiced as an architect, and wrote widely on modernism, including ''The Master Builders'' and ''God’s Own Junkyard''. He chaired architecture at Catholic University from 1979 until retiring in 1991, then continued writing from Connecticut. He died of complications from a respiratory infection on 5 December 2006 at Connecticut Hospice in Branford.