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'''Emanuel Suessmann''' (1910&ndash;1978) was a United States Army soldier associated with Camp Ritchie, Maryland.
'''Emanuel Suessmann''' (1910–1978) was a Ritchie Boy (from Germany; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie.
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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Emanuel Suessmann (born Emanuel Süssmann) was a Ritchie Boy. Born July 17 1910 in Leipzig Germany. He was arrested and sent to Sachsenhausen after Kristallnacht, was a resident in Kitchener camp, England in 1939, and immigrated to the United States via England in 1940. He was drafted by the United States military, trained at Camp Ritchie, and served in World War II in the Military Intelligence Division in Germany. Photographs include a picture of Emanuel Suessmann in uniform at Camp Ritchie in March 1945, three photographs of war damage in Mainz, Bad Munster, and Bad Kreuznach in July 1945. Emanuel passed away July 4 1978.


== Research notes ==
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== Technical record ==
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* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-10-26 (1 post)