Holton, Edgar H. (0555178)

Edgar H. Holton
Personal details
Born	Germany
Nativity	Germany
Religion	Jewish
Awards	Bronze Star Medal
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	0555178
Rank	Colonel
Camp Ritchie	Class 18 (13 April – 10 June 1944)
Team	MII 420-G

Awards and honors

Bronze Star Medal

Teammates

Team — MII 420-G

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Edgar H. Holton was a United States Army soldier associated with Camp Ritchie, Maryland.

Biography

Edgar attended 1/44 Promoted to Pfc and was transferred to college in Philadelphia (ASTU). He "It almost always worked.

On 18 December 1943, Holton became a naturalized citizen 6090131. He be appointed OIC in place of Capt Kaufman who was seriously wounded in action and evacuated 15 April 1945.

Holton there is no legacy organization, no annual gathering, no steady correspondence. After the war, the Army ordered up an assessment of the Ritchie Boys by Col. Holton army intelligence officer interrogating the imprisoned Nazi in preparation for the postwar Nuremberg trials, but Goering wasn't cracking loose about his slave labor programs or how many Jews he'd ordered gassed. His interrogation helped send Schellenberg to prison for two years after the war - he was released shortly before dying of cancer in 1952. Holton that unit is largely forgotten today, and all save 300 of the 3,500 members have died. He the interrogation unit was composed of young German and Austrian Jewish men who fled to America as World War II broke out, got drafted as foreigners and were trained to be intelligence officers.

Research notes

• Also 32974453 Pfc ASTP
• WH Archives
• 420-G
• 12/24/1923-A

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Technical record

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Timeline

• Born 24 December 1923 in Germany of Austrian parents (Jewish).
• 18 December 1943 — Became naturalized citizen 6090131.
• 10 June 1944 — Graduated with Class 18 / Section 5B (German).
• 24 September 1944 — Relieved from attachment with the 303rd CIC Detachment.
• 30 June 1945 — Holton assigned to HQ US Group CC for duty w/Economics Division PCS.
• 7 April 1945 — Pfc Peter P. Oppenheim assigned to Team.
• "The only thing the Gestapo left behind as they fled was booby-trapped toilet seats, and I could tell by the elevation of the seat," he said.
• 1/44 Promoted to Pfc and was transferred to college in Philadelphia (ASTU).
• After the war, the Army ordered up an assessment of the Ritchie Boys by Col. Robert Schow, who concluded in a lengthy report that the unit was "extremely valuable to all commands to which they were attached.".
• By the end of the war, he had made captain, earned a Bronze Star - and was made a U.S. citizen, like the other Ritchie Boys, for his service.
• By the end of the war, he had made captain, earned a Bronze Star - and was made a U.S. citizen, like the other Ritchie Boys, for his service. Then came Nuremberg.
• That chamber also earned Schellenberg a special medal from Hitler, "and he was very proud of that," Holton added. "I asked him how many people he gassed, and he said 345,245 was his weekly total at one point.
• That unit is largely forgotten today, and all save 300 of the 3,500 members have died.
• The interrogation unit was composed of young German and Austrian Jewish men who fled to America as World War II broke out, got drafted as foreigners and were trained to be intelligence officers.

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)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Edgar H. Holton for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Holton, Edgar H. for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: EDGAR H. HOLTON.doc)