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'''Stephan Heinz Lewy''' (1925–2021), also known as Stephen/Heinz Stephan Lewy, was a Berlin-born Jewish orphan, Kindertransport refugee, and Ritchie Boy of Camp Ritchie Class 15. Drafted in 1943 at Boston, he trained for military intelligence and served with the 6th Armored Division, including the Battle of the Bulge and the liberation of Buchenwald.

'''[[Lewy, Stephan Heinz (31371862)|Stephan Heinz Lewy]]''' (1925–2021), also known as Stephen/Heinz Stephan Lewy, was a Berlin-born Jewish orphan, Kindertransport refugee, and Ritchie Boy of Camp Ritchie Class 15. Drafted in 1943 at Boston, he trained for military intelligence and served with the 6th Armored Division, including the Battle of the Bulge and the liberation of Buchenwald.

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== Biography ==

Wiki profile records list Stephan Heinz Lewy (ASN 31371862) as born in 1925 in Germany, of Jewish faith, with Camp Ritchie Class 15 (section 7A, private), overseas service, and enlistment at Boston, Massachusetts. Civilian records list one year of high school and a general office clerk occupation. Facebook posts report that he died on November 9, 2021—the anniversary of Kristallnacht—at age 96.

Wiki profile records list [[Lewy, Stephan Heinz (31371862)|Stephan Heinz Lewy]] (ASN 31371862) as born in 1925 in Germany, of Jewish faith, with Camp Ritchie Class 15 (section 7A, private), overseas service, and enlistment at Boston, Massachusetts. Civilian records list one year of high school and a general office clerk occupation. Facebook posts report that he died on November 9, 2021—the anniversary of Kristallnacht—at age 96.

He was born in Berlin and raised in an orphanage. In 1939 he was sent with other orphanage children to France on a Kindertransport; a Kindertransport identification paper for the German-Jewish refugee child Heinz Stephan Lewy, issued for children coming from Germany and Central Europe to Paris, survives in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and was shared on the Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page. He emigrated to the United States in 1942 and was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1943 at age 18.

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-'''Stephan Heinz Lewy''' (1925–2021), also known as Stephen/Heinz Stephan Lewy, was a Berlin-born Jewish orphan, Kindertransport refugee, and Ritchie Boy of Camp Ritchie Class 15. Drafted in 1943 at Boston, he trained for military intelligence and served with the 6th Armored Division, including the Battle of the Bulge and the liberation of Buchenwald.
+'''[[Lewy, Stephan Heinz (31371862)|Stephan Heinz Lewy]]''' (1925–2021), also known as Stephen/Heinz Stephan Lewy, was a Berlin-born Jewish orphan, Kindertransport refugee, and Ritchie Boy of Camp Ritchie Class 15. Drafted in 1943 at Boston, he trained for military intelligence and served with the 6th Armored Division, including the Battle of the Bulge and the liberation of Buchenwald.
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 == Biography ==
-Wiki profile records list Stephan Heinz Lewy (ASN 31371862) as born in 1925 in Germany, of Jewish faith, with Camp Ritchie Class 15 (section 7A, private), overseas service, and enlistment at Boston, Massachusetts. Civilian records list one year of high school and a general office clerk occupation. Facebook posts report that he died on November 9, 2021—the anniversary of Kristallnacht—at age 96.
+Wiki profile records list [[Lewy, Stephan Heinz (31371862)|Stephan Heinz Lewy]] (ASN 31371862) as born in 1925 in Germany, of Jewish faith, with Camp Ritchie Class 15 (section 7A, private), overseas service, and enlistment at Boston, Massachusetts. Civilian records list one year of high school and a general office clerk occupation. Facebook posts report that he died on November 9, 2021—the anniversary of Kristallnacht—at age 96.
 He was born in Berlin and raised in an orphanage. In 1939 he was sent with other orphanage children to France on a Kindertransport; a Kindertransport identification paper for the German-Jewish refugee child Heinz Stephan Lewy, issued for children coming from Germany and Central Europe to Paris, survives in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and was shared on the Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page. He emigrated to the United States in 1942 and was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1943 at age 18.