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== Biography ==

William Nagel was a Ritchie Boy. Formerly Wilhelm Nagelberg, he was born the only child of Fritz (1883-1960) and Helene Nagelberg (n-e Licht, 1891-1959) in Vienna, Austria, on 10 December 1914. His father operated his own business, and the family lived in Leopoldstadt, Vienna's second municipal district. After secondary school, William studied global trade at university and pursued a PhD in economics. In July 1938 he submitted ~~his~~ dissertation~~, ''-ber Ver-nderungen~~ in ~~der Baumwollwirtschaft Gro-britanniens vom Weltkrieg bis zur Gegenwart'', and~~ became one of the few Jewish students in Austria to receive a doctoral degree after the Anschluss.

William Nagel was a Ritchie Boy. Formerly Wilhelm Nagelberg, he was born the only child of Fritz (1883-1960) and Helene Nagelberg (n?e Licht, 1891-1959) in Vienna, Austria, on 10 December 1914. His father operated his own business, and the family lived in Leopoldstadt, Vienna's second municipal district. After secondary school, William studied global trade at university and pursued a PhD in economics. In July 1938 he submitted a dissertation on changes in the British cotton economy from the First World War to the present. He became one of the few Jewish students in Austria to receive a doctoral degree after the Anschluss.

The Nagelberg family later fled Austria for Italy. In March 1940 William left Italy for the United States aboard the SS ''Vulcania''; his parents remained in Europe. After arriving, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. Several months later he met Gertrude Juris, a Jewish refugee from Vienna, and they married in New York on 18 January 1942. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen the following year and trained at Camp Ritchie as an Army intelligence officer.

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 == Biography ==
-William Nagel was a Ritchie Boy. Formerly Wilhelm Nagelberg, he was born the only child of Fritz (1883-1960) and Helene Nagelberg (n-e Licht, 1891-1959) in Vienna, Austria, on 10 December 1914. His father operated his own business, and the family lived in Leopoldstadt, Vienna's second municipal district. After secondary school, William studied global trade at university and pursued a PhD in economics. In July 1938 he submitted his dissertation, ''-ber Ver-nderungen in der Baumwollwirtschaft Gro-britanniens vom Weltkrieg bis zur Gegenwart'', and became one of the few Jewish students in Austria to receive a doctoral degree after the Anschluss.
+William Nagel was a Ritchie Boy. Formerly Wilhelm Nagelberg, he was born the only child of Fritz (1883-1960) and Helene Nagelberg (n?e Licht, 1891-1959) in Vienna, Austria, on 10 December 1914. His father operated his own business, and the family lived in Leopoldstadt, Vienna's second municipal district. After secondary school, William studied global trade at university and pursued a PhD in economics. In July 1938 he submitted a dissertation on changes in the British cotton economy from the First World War to the present. He became one of the few Jewish students in Austria to receive a doctoral degree after the Anschluss.
 The Nagelberg family later fled Austria for Italy. In March 1940 William left Italy for the United States aboard the SS ''Vulcania''; his parents remained in Europe. After arriving, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. Several months later he met Gertrude Juris, a Jewish refugee from Vienna, and they married in New York on 18 January 1942. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen the following year and trained at Camp Ritchie as an Army intelligence officer.