Kluge, John W. (01577435)

John W. Kluge
Personal details
Birth name	John Werner Kluge
Born	21 September 1914 Chemnitz, German Empire (today Chemnitz, Germany)
Died	7 September 2010 Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Nativity	Germany
Religion	Protestant
Known for	Chairman, Metromedia
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
Arm / service	Transportation Corps
ASN	01577435
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Camp Ritchie	Class 7 (15 April – 12 June 1943)
Section	8

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John W. Kluge (1914–2010) was a Ritchie Boy (from Germany; Protestant) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 7.

Biography

John W. Kluge trained at Camp Ritchie and served in military intelligence.

A 2015 article in Rubrica Contemporanea (Vol. 8), a journal of the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona — Simona Tobia, "Close Encounters: The Role of Culture in Interrogation and Questioning in the Second World War" — describes interrogation methods taught in the United Kingdom and at Camp Ritchie, and the effectiveness of using emigres from Germany and other Axis-occupied countries to gather human intelligence (HUMINT) by interrogating captured soldiers near the front. The article discusses the work of Ritchie Boys including John Kluge and Gerd Miller.

Research notes

• Also Class 5 OB MIRS
• Metromedia owner; billionaire philanthropist
• Portrait and summary from Notable Ritchie Boys slides (source).

Gallery

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	96
Class_ASN	577435
Class_Name	KLUGE, John W.
match_method	asn_partial_name_exact
row_source	both

Sources

• Wikipedia: John Kluge
• Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2017-09-03 (1 post)