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| [[Fairbrook, Paul (32709209)|Paul Fairbrook]] | | [[Fairbrook, Paul (32709209)|Paul Fairbrook]] | ||
| | | 2 interviews: [[#Paul Fairbrook and Maximilian Lerner|Veterans Breakfast Club]] · [[#Paul Fairbrook (Zekelman Holocaust Center)|Zekelman Holocaust Center]] | ||
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| [[Fields, Fred D. (32878282)|Fred Fields]] | | [[Fields, Fred D. (32878282)|Fred Fields]] | ||
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| [[Weisgall, Hugo D. (13072714)|Hugo D. Weisgall]] | | [[Weisgall, Hugo D. (13072714)|Hugo D. Weisgall]] | ||
| 1 interview: [[#Hugo D. Weisgall|Milken Archive oral history]] | | 1 interview: [[#Hugo D. Weisgall|Milken Archive oral history]] | ||
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| [[Kosse, Gunter (32712417)|Gunter Kosse]] | |||
| 1 interview: [[#Gunter Kosse (Zekelman Holocaust Center)|Zekelman Holocaust Center]] | |||
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| [[Lieberman, Gerald (32861763)|Gerald Lieberman]] | |||
| 1 interview: [[#Gerald Lieberman (Zekelman Holocaust Center)|Zekelman Holocaust Center]] | |||
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| [[Michel, Werner E. (01329861)|Werner E. Michel]] | |||
| 1 interview: [[#Werner E. Michel (Zekelman Holocaust Center)|Zekelman Holocaust Center]] | |||
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| [[Norton, Henry (01183147)|Henry Norton]] | |||
| 1 interview: [[#Henry Norton (Zekelman Holocaust Center)|Zekelman Holocaust Center]] | |||
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| [[Schwarz, Walter (31189305)|Walter Schwarz]] | |||
| 1 interview: [[#Walter Schwarz (Zekelman Holocaust Center)|Zekelman Holocaust Center]] | |||
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| [[Stern, Guy (37413105)|Guy Stern]] | |||
| 1 interview: [[#Guy Stern (Zekelman Holocaust Center)|Zekelman Holocaust Center]] | |||
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| [[Wachtel, Ernest (32776330)|Ernest Wachtel]] | |||
| 1 interview: [[#Ernest Wachtel (Zekelman Holocaust Center)|Zekelman Holocaust Center]] | |||
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* [https://milken.aviaryplatform.com/r/n872v2d384 Open on Milken Archive Aviary] | * [https://milken.aviaryplatform.com/r/n872v2d384 Open on Milken Archive Aviary] | ||
* ''Oral history by Milken Archive of Jewish Music / Hugo Weisgall (31 May 1995)'' | * ''Oral history by Milken Archive of Jewish Music / Hugo Weisgall (31 May 1995)'' | ||
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=== Paul Fairbrook (Zekelman Holocaust Center) === | |||
<div class="yt-interview" id="yt-nwstO3ARxUI" data-youtube-id="nwstO3ARxUI" data-heading="Paul Fairbrook (Zekelman Holocaust Center)" data-short="Zekelman Holocaust Center" data-soldiers="Fairbrook, Paul (32709209)"> | |||
[[Fairbrook, Paul (32709209)|Paul Fairbrook]] was born Paul Schoenbach in Berlin in 1923. His family left Germany for Palestine in 1933 and reached the United States after a 1937 transit through Amsterdam secured with a stamp collection. Drafted in January 1943, he trained at [[Camp Ritchie]] in [[Class 7]] and worked at Fort Hunt’s P.O. Box 1142 documenting the German Army order of battle. After the war he led food-service programs at the Culinary Institute of America and several universities. | |||
This July 2011 Zekelman Holocaust Center oral history covers his emigration, Camp Ritchie training, Fort Hunt document work, and postwar career. | |||
'''Appears:''' [[Fairbrook, Paul (32709209)|Paul Fairbrook]] | |||
<div class="yt-embed" data-youtube-id="nwstO3ARxUI" data-title="Paul Fairbrook (Zekelman Holocaust Center)"> | |||
<p class="yt-embed-fallback">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwstO3ARxUI Watch on YouTube]</p> | |||
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwstO3ARxUI Open on YouTube] | |||
* [https://5152.sydneyplus.com/argus/final/Portal/Default.aspx?component=AAFG&record=9cdd6950-1786-4b9e-b3b0-d2b85025df94 Open in Zekelman Holocaust Center collections (OHV 419)] | |||
* [https://holocaustcenter.org/research/oral-history-department/oral-histories-index/ Zekelman Holocaust Center oral-history index] | |||
* ''Oral history by The Zekelman Holocaust Center / Paul Fairbrook (OHV 419, July 22, 2011)'' | |||
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=== Gunter Kosse (Zekelman Holocaust Center) === | |||
<div class="yt-interview" id="yt-c1Ba0buAA0c" data-youtube-id="c1Ba0buAA0c" data-heading="Gunter Kosse (Zekelman Holocaust Center)" data-short="Zekelman Holocaust Center" data-soldiers="Kosse, Gunter (32712417)"> | |||
[[Kosse, Gunter (32712417)|Gunter Kosse]] was born in Berlin in 1922. After Kristallnacht his father fled to Cuba; Gunter and his mother followed in 1939, then the family reached New York in 1940. Drafted in 1943, he trained at [[Camp Ritchie]] ([[Class 9]]) and later served with IPW Team 4 of the 8th Infantry Division. Near war’s end he interpreted at Nuremberg discovery interrogations of Kaltenbrunner, Sauckel, and Frick. | |||
This July 2011 Zekelman Holocaust Center oral history covers his escape route, Ritchie training, combat interrogations, Nuremberg work, and long Defense Department career. | |||
'''Appears:''' [[Kosse, Gunter (32712417)|Gunter Kosse]] | |||
<div class="yt-embed" data-youtube-id="c1Ba0buAA0c" data-title="Gunter Kosse (Zekelman Holocaust Center)"> | |||
<p class="yt-embed-fallback">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1Ba0buAA0c Watch on YouTube]</p> | |||
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1Ba0buAA0c Open on YouTube] | |||
* [https://5152.sydneyplus.com/argus/final/Portal/Default.aspx?component=AAFG&record=0d063378-8950-42c1-9c21-4e80d4ba830f Open in Zekelman Holocaust Center collections (OHV 416)] | |||
* [https://holocaustcenter.org/research/oral-history-department/oral-histories-index/ Zekelman Holocaust Center oral-history index] | |||
* ''Oral history by The Zekelman Holocaust Center / Gunter Kosse (OHV 416, July 22, 2011)'' | |||
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=== Gerald Lieberman (Zekelman Holocaust Center) === | |||
<div class="yt-interview" id="yt-aTIcyZZIBXQ" data-youtube-id="aTIcyZZIBXQ" data-heading="Gerald Lieberman (Zekelman Holocaust Center)" data-short="Zekelman Holocaust Center" data-soldiers="Lieberman, Gerald (32861763)"> | |||
[[Lieberman, Gerald (32861763)|Gerald “Jerry” Lieberman]] (born Gerhard) left Munich after Kristallnacht, when his father Leo was briefly held at Dachau. The family reached the United States via the Dominican Republic. A [[Class 10]] Ritchie Boy, he interrogated with the 3rd Infantry Division from Anzio into southern France, earned a Purple Heart, and later served with the 10th Mountain Division. | |||
This July 2011 Zekelman Holocaust Center oral history covers his Munich youth, Camp Ritchie training, Mediterranean and European interrogations, and postwar business life. | |||
'''Appears:''' [[Lieberman, Gerald (32861763)|Gerald Lieberman]] | |||
<div class="yt-embed" data-youtube-id="aTIcyZZIBXQ" data-title="Gerald Lieberman (Zekelman Holocaust Center)"> | |||
<p class="yt-embed-fallback">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTIcyZZIBXQ Watch on YouTube]</p> | |||
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTIcyZZIBXQ Open on YouTube] | |||
* [https://5152.sydneyplus.com/argus/final/Portal/Default.aspx?component=AAFG&record=0b0e7c90-a9e7-4767-b507-cf4e968ddbb9 Open in Zekelman Holocaust Center collections (OHV 415)] | |||
* [https://holocaustcenter.org/research/oral-history-department/oral-histories-index/ Zekelman Holocaust Center oral-history index] | |||
* ''Oral history by The Zekelman Holocaust Center / Gerald Lieberman (OHV 415, July 24, 2011)'' | |||
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=== Werner E. Michel (Zekelman Holocaust Center) === | |||
<div class="yt-interview" id="yt-WtfVEo05stI" data-youtube-id="WtfVEo05stI" data-heading="Werner E. Michel (Zekelman Holocaust Center)" data-short="Zekelman Holocaust Center" data-soldiers="Michel, Werner E. (01329861)"> | |||
[[Michel, Werner E. (01329861)|Werner E. Michel]] left Landau for St. Louis in 1936 at age twelve; his father later perished at Auschwitz. After Fort Knox and Fort Benning OCS he trained at [[Camp Ritchie]] and commanded IPW Team 270 with the 9th Infantry Division, including Malmedy-related interrogations and undercover CIC work in Bavaria. He later rose to colonel and Defense Intelligence Inspector General. | |||
This July 2011 Zekelman Holocaust Center oral history covers his immigration, Ritchie training, occupation interrogations, and postwar intelligence career. | |||
'''Appears:''' [[Michel, Werner E. (01329861)|Werner E. Michel]] | |||
<div class="yt-embed" data-youtube-id="WtfVEo05stI" data-title="Werner E. Michel (Zekelman Holocaust Center)"> | |||
<p class="yt-embed-fallback">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtfVEo05stI Watch on YouTube]</p> | |||
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtfVEo05stI Open on YouTube] | |||
* [https://5152.sydneyplus.com/argus/final/Portal/Default.aspx?component=AAFG&record=651c5835-f6b1-4e81-8dac-d73dd7bac3af Open in Zekelman Holocaust Center collections (OHV 414)] | |||
* [https://holocaustcenter.org/research/oral-history-department/oral-histories-index/ Zekelman Holocaust Center oral-history index] | |||
* ''Oral history by The Zekelman Holocaust Center / Werner E. Michel (OHV 414, July 25, 2011)'' | |||
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=== Henry Norton (Zekelman Holocaust Center) === | |||
<div class="yt-interview" id="yt-SQT8VUiQwwM" data-youtube-id="SQT8VUiQwwM" data-heading="Henry Norton (Zekelman Holocaust Center)" data-short="Zekelman Holocaust Center" data-soldiers="Norton, Henry (01183147)"> | |||
[[Norton, Henry (01183147)|Henry Norton]] (born Heinrich Julius Nussenbaum in Bautzen) came alone to Rochester, New York, in 1937. An artillery officer before [[Camp Ritchie]], he interrogated with the 88th Infantry Division in Italy, later served in Fifth and Seventh Army G-2, and helped contact German rocket scientists near war’s end. He received the Bronze Star and afterward practiced law in Miami. | |||
This July 2011 Zekelman Holocaust Center oral history covers his family’s fate, combat interrogations in Italy and France, and postwar life. | |||
'''Appears:''' [[Norton, Henry (01183147)|Henry Norton]] | |||
<div class="yt-embed" data-youtube-id="SQT8VUiQwwM" data-title="Henry Norton (Zekelman Holocaust Center)"> | |||
<p class="yt-embed-fallback">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQT8VUiQwwM Watch on YouTube]</p> | |||
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQT8VUiQwwM Open on YouTube] | |||
* [https://5152.sydneyplus.com/argus/final/Portal/Default.aspx?component=AAFG&record=7b31595b-8ddf-4c7e-9a5e-85122623caa2 Open in Zekelman Holocaust Center collections (OHV 417)] | |||
* [https://holocaustcenter.org/research/oral-history-department/oral-histories-index/ Zekelman Holocaust Center oral-history index] | |||
* ''Oral history by The Zekelman Holocaust Center / Henry Norton (OHV 417, July 25, 2011)'' | |||
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=== Walter Schwarz (Zekelman Holocaust Center) === | |||
<div class="yt-interview" id="yt-97EFKeyfgJU" data-youtube-id="97EFKeyfgJU" data-heading="Walter Schwarz (Zekelman Holocaust Center)" data-short="Zekelman Holocaust Center" data-soldiers="Schwarz, Walter (31189305)"> | |||
[[Schwarz, Walter (31189305)|Walter Schwarz]] was born in Timișoara, Romania, in 1921 and reached the United States in March 1940. After long training at [[Camp Ritchie]] ([[Class 20]]) he served as a technical sergeant interrogator with Third Army through the Saar, the Battle of the Bulge, and into Czechoslovakia. | |||
This July 2011 Zekelman Holocaust Center oral history covers his Romanian youth, Ritchie training, European interrogations, and postwar textile career. | |||
'''Appears:''' [[Schwarz, Walter (31189305)|Walter Schwarz]] | |||
<div class="yt-embed" data-youtube-id="97EFKeyfgJU" data-title="Walter Schwarz (Zekelman Holocaust Center)"> | |||
<p class="yt-embed-fallback">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97EFKeyfgJU Watch on YouTube]</p> | |||
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97EFKeyfgJU Open on YouTube] | |||
* [https://5152.sydneyplus.com/argus/final/Portal/Default.aspx?component=AAFG&record=c9b7dbbb-8dd7-466f-9403-c8fe6399b41e Open in Zekelman Holocaust Center collections (OHV 413)] | |||
* [https://holocaustcenter.org/research/oral-history-department/oral-histories-index/ Zekelman Holocaust Center oral-history index] | |||
* ''Oral history by The Zekelman Holocaust Center / Walter Schwarz (OHV 413, July 24, 2011)'' | |||
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=== Guy Stern (Zekelman Holocaust Center) === | |||
<div class="yt-interview" id="yt-gN0Dl4T3RJM" data-youtube-id="gN0Dl4T3RJM" data-heading="Guy Stern (Zekelman Holocaust Center)" data-short="Zekelman Holocaust Center" data-soldiers="Stern, Guy (37413105)"> | |||
[[Stern, Guy (37413105)|Guy Stern]] (born Günther Stern in Hildesheim) reached St. Louis in 1937; his parents and siblings were later murdered in the Holocaust. A [[Class 8]] Ritchie Boy and master sergeant, he interrogated from Normandy through the Bulge, earned the Bronze Star, and afterward became a German-literature scholar and Holocaust Center leader in Michigan. | |||
This November 2011 Zekelman Holocaust Center oral history (two parts) covers his Hildesheim youth, immigration, wartime intelligence service, and academic career. | |||
'''Appears:''' [[Stern, Guy (37413105)|Guy Stern]] | |||
<div class="yt-embed" data-youtube-id="gN0Dl4T3RJM" data-title="Guy Stern (Zekelman Holocaust Center) (part 1)"> | |||
<p class="yt-embed-fallback">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN0Dl4T3RJM Watch on YouTube]</p> | |||
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<div class="yt-embed" data-youtube-id="X1P87ezHg_0" data-title="Guy Stern (Zekelman Holocaust Center) (part 2)"> | |||
<p class="yt-embed-fallback">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1P87ezHg_0 Watch on YouTube]</p> | |||
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN0Dl4T3RJM Open on YouTube] | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1P87ezHg_0 Open on YouTube] | |||
* [https://5152.sydneyplus.com/argus/final/Portal/Default.aspx?component=AAFG&record=42e71bd5-27f8-4aaf-b402-d0e47d079916 Open in Zekelman Holocaust Center collections (OHV 402)] | |||
* [https://holocaustcenter.org/research/oral-history-department/oral-histories-index/ Zekelman Holocaust Center oral-history index] | |||
* ''Oral history by The Zekelman Holocaust Center / Guy Stern (OHV 402, November 16, 2011)'' | |||
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=== Ernest Wachtel (Zekelman Holocaust Center) === | |||
<div class="yt-interview" id="yt-Gb9dKXmmJiM" data-youtube-id="Gb9dKXmmJiM" data-heading="Ernest Wachtel (Zekelman Holocaust Center)" data-short="Zekelman Holocaust Center" data-soldiers="Wachtel, Ernest (32776330)"> | |||
[[Wachtel, Ernest (32776330)|Ernest Wachtel]] left Vienna for France in 1938 and reached New York alone in July 1938; his parents followed to a New Jersey chicken farm beside Camp Kilmer. After University of Kentucky topography training he went to [[Camp Ritchie]] and served with IPW Team 62 of Patton’s Third Army from Omaha Beach into Germany, including aid to Dachau survivors after liberation. | |||
This July 2011 Zekelman Holocaust Center oral history covers his Vienna escape, Ritchie service, Third Army interrogations, and postwar life. | |||
'''Appears:''' [[Wachtel, Ernest (32776330)|Ernest Wachtel]] | |||
<div class="yt-embed" data-youtube-id="Gb9dKXmmJiM" data-title="Ernest Wachtel (Zekelman Holocaust Center)"> | |||
<p class="yt-embed-fallback">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb9dKXmmJiM Watch on YouTube]</p> | |||
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb9dKXmmJiM Open on YouTube] | |||
* [https://5152.sydneyplus.com/argus/final/Portal/Default.aspx?component=AAFG&record=370e404e-16b9-469f-bff7-559f799e945f Open in Zekelman Holocaust Center collections (OHV 418)] | |||
* [https://holocaustcenter.org/research/oral-history-department/oral-histories-index/ Zekelman Holocaust Center oral-history index] | |||
* ''Oral history by The Zekelman Holocaust Center / Ernest Wachtel (OHV 418, July 24, 2011)'' | |||
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