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== Biography ==

~~Wiki profile records list~~ [[Lewy, Stephan Heinz (31371862)|Stephan Heinz Lewy]] (ASN 31371862) as born in 1925 in Germany, of Jewish faith, with Camp Ritchie Class 15 (section 7A, private), overseas service, and enlistment at Boston, Massachusetts. ~~Civilian records~~ list one year of high school and a general office clerk occupation. Facebook posts report that he died on November 9, 2021—the anniversary of Kristallnacht—at age 96.

[[Lewy, Stephan Heinz (31371862)|Stephan Heinz Lewy]] (ASN 31371862) was born in 1925 in Germany, of Jewish faith, with Camp Ritchie Class 15 (section 7A, private), overseas service, and enlistment at Boston, Massachusetts. Records list one year of high school and a general office clerk occupation. Facebook posts report that he died on November 9, 2021—the anniversary of Kristallnacht—at age 96.

He 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, issued for children coming from Germany and Central Europe to Paris, survives in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and was shared on the Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page. 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 was sent to Camp Ritchie for military intelligence training. He served with the 6th Armored Division—described in page posts as a favorite of Gen~~. George S~~. Patton—which landed at Utah Beach shortly after D-Day. As a German refugee in American uniform he was warned of the danger of capture by Nazi forces. Facebook material states that he fought in the Battle of the Bulge and participated in the liberation of Buchenwald.

Because of his language skills he was sent to Camp Ritchie for military intelligence training. He served with the 6th Armored Division—described in page posts as a favorite of Gen. Patton—which landed at Utah Beach shortly after D-Day. As a German refugee in American uniform he was warned of the danger of capture by Nazi forces. Facebook material states that 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'', appeared in local Holocaust-education resources (including the Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo and later the Buffalo Jewish Federation), and attended related public events.

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 == Biography ==
-Wiki profile records list [[Lewy, Stephan Heinz (31371862)|Stephan Heinz Lewy]] (ASN 31371862) as born in 1925 in Germany, of Jewish faith, with Camp Ritchie Class 15 (section 7A, private), overseas service, and enlistment at Boston, Massachusetts. Civilian records list one year of high school and a general office clerk occupation. Facebook posts report that he died on November 9, 2021—the anniversary of Kristallnacht—at age 96.
+[[Lewy, Stephan Heinz (31371862)|Stephan Heinz Lewy]] (ASN 31371862) was born in 1925 in Germany, of Jewish faith, with Camp Ritchie Class 15 (section 7A, private), overseas service, and enlistment at Boston, Massachusetts. Records list one year of high school and a general office clerk occupation. Facebook posts report that he died on November 9, 2021—the anniversary of Kristallnacht—at age 96.
 He 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, issued for children coming from Germany and Central Europe to Paris, survives in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and was shared on the Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page. 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 was sent to Camp Ritchie for military intelligence training. He served with the 6th Armored Division—described in page posts as a favorite of Gen. George S. Patton—which landed at Utah Beach shortly after D-Day. As a German refugee in American uniform he was warned of the danger of capture by Nazi forces. Facebook material states that he fought in the Battle of the Bulge and participated in the liberation of Buchenwald.
+Because of his language skills he was sent to Camp Ritchie for military intelligence training. He served with the 6th Armored Division—described in page posts as a favorite of Gen. Patton—which landed at Utah Beach shortly after D-Day. As a German refugee in American uniform he was warned of the danger of capture by Nazi forces. Facebook material states that 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'', appeared in local Holocaust-education resources (including the Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo and later the Buffalo Jewish Federation), and attended related public events.