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== Biography ==

~~Landauer~~ (~~below left~~)~~, the son of~~ Ritchie Boy ~~Henry Landauer~~; ~~Ambassador Richard Schifter (below center)~~, ~~one of the original Ritchie Boys~~; and ~~Bernie Lubran (below right)~~, the ~~main speaker whose father, Walter Lubran~~, was ~~a Ritchie Boy~~. In ~~addition to~~ the ~~showing of~~ the ~~Ritchie Boys documentary film, there will be a presentation by the sons of two Ritchie Boys, Bernie Lubran (son of RB Walter Lubran and Rafael Kellman (son of RB William Kellman). That~~ unit ~~turned out~~ to be the 16th Armored Division which ~~went South~~ through Germany into Czechoslovakia ~~where they~~ liberated ~~Pilzen~~.

Walter H. Lubran (1912–2000) was a German-born Jewish Ritchie Boy who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 16 and served overseas as a master sergeant with IPW Team 141. Before Camp Ritchie he trained at Camp Ellis, Illinois; Fort George G. Meade, Maryland; and Camp Lee, Virginia.

During the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, Team 141 was attached to the 84th Infantry Division in the Ardennes. In spring 1945 the team served in Europe; later that year the unit was reassigned to the 16th Armored Division, which advanced through Germany into Czechoslovakia and liberated Plzeň (Pilsen).

Team 141 included [[Pick, Gerard (32525638)|Gerard Pick]], Captain [[Wagner, Henry (01001068)|Henry Wagner]], T/3 [[Schimmerl, Kurt (32708849)|Kurt Schimmerl]] (Curt Shelton), 2nd Lt. [[Wolff, Victor H. (01052224)|Victor Wolff]], SSgt [[Wertheim, Joseph H. (32815602)|Joseph Wertheim]], and MSgt Walter Lubran.

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729928247029099.jpg|Christmas Day 1944 menu from a letter written during the Battle of the Bulge while serving with IPW Team 141, 84th Infantry Division

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1354674987887752.jpg|From left to right they are: [[Pick, Gerard (32525638)|Gerard Pick]], 20th Class Captain Henry Wagner, 20th Class T3 [[Schimmerl, Kurt (32708849)|Kurt Schimmerl]] (Curt Shelton), 19th Class 2nd Lt. [[Wolff, Victor H. (01052224)|Victor Wolff]], 19th Class SSgt [[Wertheim, Joseph H. (32815602)|Joseph Wertheim]], 19th Class MSgt [[Lubran, Walter H. (33668332)|Walter Lubran]], 16th Class

1354674987887752.jpg|From left to right they are: [[Pick, Gerard (32525638)|Gerard Pick]], 20th Class Captain Henry Wagner, 20th Class T3 [[Schimmerl, Kurt (32708849)|Kurt Schimmerl]] (Curt Shelton), 19th Class 2nd Lt. [[Wolff, Victor H. (01052224)|Victor Wolff]], 19th Class SSgt [[Wertheim, Joseph H. (32815602)|Joseph Wertheim]], 19th Class MSgt [[Lubran, Walter H. (33668332)|Walter Lubran]] ~~(my late Father)~~, 16th Class

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~~1810051279016785.jpg|Pictured below, they are (left to right): [[Jacobs, Harry A (33743685)|Harry Jacobs]], Gideon Kantor, and [[Shehab, Alfred H. M. (01012319)|Alfred Shehab]]~~

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 == Biography ==
-Landauer (below left), the son of Ritchie Boy Henry Landauer; Ambassador Richard Schifter (below center), one of the original Ritchie Boys; and Bernie Lubran (below right), the main speaker whose father, Walter Lubran, was a Ritchie Boy. In addition to the showing of the Ritchie Boys documentary film, there will be a presentation by the sons of two Ritchie Boys, Bernie Lubran (son of RB Walter Lubran and Rafael Kellman (son of RB William Kellman). That unit turned out to be the 16th Armored Division which went South through Germany into Czechoslovakia where they liberated Pilzen.
+Walter H. Lubran (1912–2000) was a German-born Jewish Ritchie Boy who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 16 and served overseas as a master sergeant with IPW Team 141. Before Camp Ritchie he trained at Camp Ellis, Illinois; Fort George G. Meade, Maryland; and Camp Lee, Virginia.
+During the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, Team 141 was attached to the 84th Infantry Division in the Ardennes. In spring 1945 the team served in Europe; later that year the unit was reassigned to the 16th Armored Division, which advanced through Germany into Czechoslovakia and liberated Plzeň (Pilsen).
+Team 141 included [[Pick, Gerard (32525638)|Gerard Pick]], Captain [[Wagner, Henry (01001068)|Henry Wagner]], T/3 [[Schimmerl, Kurt (32708849)|Kurt Schimmerl]] (Curt Shelton), 2nd Lt. [[Wolff, Victor H. (01052224)|Victor Wolff]], SSgt [[Wertheim, Joseph H. (32815602)|Joseph Wertheim]], and MSgt Walter Lubran.
 == Research notes ==
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+729928247029099.jpg|Christmas Day 1944 menu from a letter written during the Battle of the Bulge while serving with IPW Team 141, 84th Infantry Division
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+1354674987887752.jpg|From left to right they are: [[Pick, Gerard (32525638)|Gerard Pick]], 20th Class Captain Henry Wagner, 20th Class T3 [[Schimmerl, Kurt (32708849)|Kurt Schimmerl]] (Curt Shelton), 19th Class 2nd Lt. [[Wolff, Victor H. (01052224)|Victor Wolff]], 19th Class SSgt [[Wertheim, Joseph H. (32815602)|Joseph Wertheim]], 19th Class MSgt [[Lubran, Walter H. (33668332)|Walter Lubran]], 16th Class
-1354674987887752.jpg|From left to right they are: [[Pick, Gerard (32525638)|Gerard Pick]], 20th Class Captain Henry Wagner, 20th Class T3 [[Schimmerl, Kurt (32708849)|Kurt Schimmerl]] (Curt Shelton), 19th Class 2nd Lt. [[Wolff, Victor H. (01052224)|Victor Wolff]], 19th Class SSgt [[Wertheim, Joseph H. (32815602)|Joseph Wertheim]], 19th Class MSgt [[Lubran, Walter H. (33668332)|Walter Lubran]] (my late Father), 16th Class
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-1733288406693073.jpg
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-1810051279016785.jpg|Pictured below, they are (left to right): [[Jacobs, Harry A (33743685)|Harry Jacobs]], Gideon Kantor, and [[Shehab, Alfred H. M. (01012319)|Alfred Shehab]]
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