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George attended Due to his high degree of intelligence and speaking several languages, he was selected to become an intelligence officer. He attended Enrolled at Cooper Union where he studied sculpture and art. He in a short time Weisz had built up a large American-lead resistance movement inside Hungary, the nation where Raul Wallenberg had worked a few years earlier to save Jews from the Nazis. He worked with CIA agent Clara Grace Follich. He graduated from high school in 1937 as an honor student, and then enrolled in college at Cooper Union | George attended Due to his high degree of intelligence and speaking several languages, he was selected to become an intelligence officer. He attended Enrolled at Cooper Union where he studied sculpture and art. He in a short time Weisz had built up a large American-lead resistance movement inside Hungary, the nation where Raul Wallenberg had worked a few years earlier to save Jews from the Nazis. He worked with CIA agent Clara Grace Follich. He graduated from high school in 1937 as an honor student, and then enrolled in college at Cooper Union. After Nuremberg, Weisz was appointed official negotiator with Hungarian Communist Government. He at that time the program was known all the way up to the President, so the White House, the State Department and the Pentagon all had to lie to the press and the American people. He chapter 7 devoted to George Weisz in Joseph Trento’s book “The Secret History of the CIA”. He in 1947 Weisz married the American intelligence officer Etta Jo McEndree. | ||
== Research notes == | == Research notes == | ||
Revision as of 03:06, 1 September 2026
| George Weisz | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1918 |
| Died | 1982 |
| Nativity | Hungary |
| Religion | Jewish |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Army |
| Arm / service | Cavalry |
| ASN | 01015887 |
| Rank | Second Lieutenant |
| Camp Ritchie | Class 18 (13 April – 10 June 1944) |
| Section | 6K |
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George Weisz (1918–1982) was a United States Army Second Lieutenant who trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 18.
Biography
George attended Due to his high degree of intelligence and speaking several languages, he was selected to become an intelligence officer. He attended Enrolled at Cooper Union where he studied sculpture and art. He in a short time Weisz had built up a large American-lead resistance movement inside Hungary, the nation where Raul Wallenberg had worked a few years earlier to save Jews from the Nazis. He worked with CIA agent Clara Grace Follich. He graduated from high school in 1937 as an honor student, and then enrolled in college at Cooper Union. After Nuremberg, Weisz was appointed official negotiator with Hungarian Communist Government. He at that time the program was known all the way up to the President, so the White House, the State Department and the Pentagon all had to lie to the press and the American people. He chapter 7 devoted to George Weisz in Joseph Trento’s book “The Secret History of the CIA”. He in 1947 Weisz married the American intelligence officer Etta Jo McEndree.
Research notes
- Cooper Union;CIA;Nuremberg
- OB 69
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Technical record
| Field | Imported value |
|---|---|
| Approx Age at Death | 64 |
| Class_ASN | 15887 |
| Class_Name | WEISZ, George |
| match_method | asn_partial_name_exact |
| row_source | both |
Sources
- Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
- Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
- NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
- 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)