Parloff, Morris B. (0552566)

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Morris B. Parloff
Personal details
Born	29 October 1918 Cleveland, Ohio
Died	2011
Nativity	United States
Religion	Jewish
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	0552566
Rank	Technician Fifth Grade
Camp Ritchie	Class 16 (6 February – 5 April 1944)
Section	5F
Team	IPW 94

On film Morris B. Parloff appears in The Ritchie Boys (Christian Bauer, 2004).

Teammates

Team — IPW 94

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Morris B. Parloff (1918–2011) was a United States Army T/5 who trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 16.

Biography

Morris Parloff was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1918. He studied psychology and social work, learned German in high school, and also spoke Yiddish. He entered the U.S. Army in 1942 and trained at Camp Ritchie as an interrogator of prisoners of war.

In France he served with fellow Ritchie Boy Richard Schifter in a special unit tasked with securing documents and arresting designated persons. While in Aachen, Parloff’s team conducted a large-scale interrogation of remaining civilians; the documentary biography associates that work with the later denazification questionnaire.

After returning to the United States at the end of 1945, he earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and became a leading research figure at the National Institute of Mental Health.

Research notes

• "T" Force Team 10
• Ritchie Boy
• Clinical psychologist; NIH administrator
• Portrait and summary from Notable Ritchie Boys slides ( )

Gallery

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  Earlier profile photograph (retained after press-photo update)

Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	93
Class_ASN	35314774
Class_Name	PARLOFF, Morris B.
match_method	pass2_unique_name
row_source	both

Timeline

• Born 29 October 1918 in U.S.
• 18 July 1942 — Enlisted as Pvt (ASN: 35314774).
• July 1942 — Basic training with 52nd Training Battalion.
• 1944–1945 — Served in France and Germany with a special unit including Richard Schifter; Aachen civilian interrogations.
• 5 April 1944 — Graduated Class 16 (IPW Ge).
• 6 February 1944 — Entered Class 16 (German).
• End of 1945 — Returned to the United States.
• Assigned to IPW Team 94.

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 Morris B. Parloff for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Parloff, Morris B. for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: MORRIS B. PARLOFF.doc)
• The Ritchie Boys: Morris Parloff
• The Ritchie Boys film site — press photos (© TANGRAM (Harald Stuckmann); high-res https://ritchieboys.com/DL/photos-highq/boys/parloff.jpg)