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'''Guy Stern''' (1922–2023), born Günther Stern in Germany, was a Jewish Ritchie Boy, interrogator, memoirist, and public educator. After Camp Ritchie Class 8 he landed in Normandy shortly after D-Day with IPW Team 41, interrogated prisoners on the front lines, and later became one of the best-known voices of the Ritchie Boys through the documentary ''The Ritchie Boys'', Bruce Henderson's ''Sons and Soldiers'', and his memoir ''Invisible Ink''.

'''[[Stern, Guy (37413105)|Guy Stern]]''' (1922–2023), born [[Stern, Guy (37413105)|Günther Stern]] in Germany, was a Jewish Ritchie Boy, interrogator, memoirist, and public educator. After Camp Ritchie Class 8 he landed in Normandy shortly after D-Day with IPW Team 41, interrogated prisoners on the front lines, and later became one of the best-known voices of the Ritchie Boys through the documentary ''The Ritchie Boys'', Bruce Henderson's ''Sons and Soldiers'', and his memoir ''Invisible Ink''.

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== Biography ==

Wiki profile records list Guy Stern (ASN 37413105), also known as Günther Stern, as born in 1922 in Germany, of Jewish faith, with Camp Ritchie Class 8 (section 5C, private), IPW Team 41, specialty POW interrogation, and Military Intelligence Service. He enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; civilian records list two years of college and an occupation as a waiter. He died in 2023.

Wiki profile records list [[Stern, Guy (37413105)|Guy Stern]] (ASN 37413105), also known as [[Stern, Guy (37413105)|Günther Stern]], as born in 1922 in Germany, of Jewish faith, with Camp Ritchie Class 8 (section 5C, private), IPW Team 41, specialty POW interrogation, and Military Intelligence Service. He enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; civilian records list two years of college and an occupation as a waiter. He died in 2023.

He fled Nazi Germany for the United States and served in U.S. Army military intelligence as one of the German-Jewish Ritchie Boys. At Camp Ritchie he trained in interrogation methods that Bruce Henderson later summarized from Stern's account in ''Sons and Soldiers'': superior knowledge of enemy units, controlled incentives such as food or cigarettes, finding common interests with a prisoner, and exploiting a prisoner's fears—always under the Judge Advocate General admonition never to touch a prisoner.

With Fred Howard, and with help from Capt. Edgar Kann, Stern also took part in the well-known "Commissar Krukov" ruse used to pressure German prisoners of war. Facebook posts on the Ritchie Boys of WWII page place him among the German-Jewish trainees highlighted by Henderson and identify him with IPW Team 41 teammates.

With Fred Howard, and with help from Capt. [[Kann, Edgar W. (01183329)|Edgar Kann]], Stern also took part in the well-known "Commissar Krukov" ruse used to pressure German prisoners of war. Facebook posts on the Ritchie Boys of WWII page place him among the German-Jewish trainees highlighted by Henderson and identify him with IPW Team 41 teammates.

Three days after D-Day (D+3), Stern landed at Normandy with a special military intelligence unit composed largely of German-, Austrian-, and Czech-born Jewish soldiers and interrogated prisoners of war on the front lines. After the war he remained a public interpreter of that experience: he was featured in the documentary film ''The Ritchie Boys'', spoke at events such as "Sunset on the Mountain" at the former Fort Ritchie Officers' Club, and served as director of the Harry and Wanda Zekelman International Institute of the Righteous at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan. He was also a long-time board member of the Leo Baeck Institute in New York.

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3512130662142163.jpg|and say they can have it if they cooperate.' 3) 'Play on their like and inclinations.' 4) 'Find out his anxieties and fears and make him think they will soon become a reality.' In the photo below, Ritchie Boy [[Selling, Martin I. (32468061)|Martin Selling]] is [[Selling, Martin I. (32468061)|Martin Selling]] questions German prisoners near the front in France, 1944.

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-'''Guy Stern''' (1922–2023), born Günther Stern in Germany, was a Jewish Ritchie Boy, interrogator, memoirist, and public educator. After Camp Ritchie Class 8 he landed in Normandy shortly after D-Day with IPW Team 41, interrogated prisoners on the front lines, and later became one of the best-known voices of the Ritchie Boys through the documentary ''The Ritchie Boys'', Bruce Henderson's ''Sons and Soldiers'', and his memoir ''Invisible Ink''.
+'''[[Stern, Guy (37413105)|Guy Stern]]''' (1922–2023), born [[Stern, Guy (37413105)|Günther Stern]] in Germany, was a Jewish Ritchie Boy, interrogator, memoirist, and public educator. After Camp Ritchie Class 8 he landed in Normandy shortly after D-Day with IPW Team 41, interrogated prisoners on the front lines, and later became one of the best-known voices of the Ritchie Boys through the documentary ''The Ritchie Boys'', Bruce Henderson's ''Sons and Soldiers'', and his memoir ''Invisible Ink''.
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 == Biography ==
-Wiki profile records list Guy Stern (ASN 37413105), also known as Günther Stern, as born in 1922 in Germany, of Jewish faith, with Camp Ritchie Class 8 (section 5C, private), IPW Team 41, specialty POW interrogation, and Military Intelligence Service. He enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; civilian records list two years of college and an occupation as a waiter. He died in 2023.
+Wiki profile records list [[Stern, Guy (37413105)|Guy Stern]] (ASN 37413105), also known as [[Stern, Guy (37413105)|Günther Stern]], as born in 1922 in Germany, of Jewish faith, with Camp Ritchie Class 8 (section 5C, private), IPW Team 41, specialty POW interrogation, and Military Intelligence Service. He enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; civilian records list two years of college and an occupation as a waiter. He died in 2023.
 He fled Nazi Germany for the United States and served in U.S. Army military intelligence as one of the German-Jewish Ritchie Boys. At Camp Ritchie he trained in interrogation methods that Bruce Henderson later summarized from Stern's account in ''Sons and Soldiers'': superior knowledge of enemy units, controlled incentives such as food or cigarettes, finding common interests with a prisoner, and exploiting a prisoner's fears—always under the Judge Advocate General admonition never to touch a prisoner.
-With Fred Howard, and with help from Capt. Edgar Kann, Stern also took part in the well-known "Commissar Krukov" ruse used to pressure German prisoners of war. Facebook posts on the Ritchie Boys of WWII page place him among the German-Jewish trainees highlighted by Henderson and identify him with IPW Team 41 teammates.
+With Fred Howard, and with help from Capt. [[Kann, Edgar W. (01183329)|Edgar Kann]], Stern also took part in the well-known "Commissar Krukov" ruse used to pressure German prisoners of war. Facebook posts on the Ritchie Boys of WWII page place him among the German-Jewish trainees highlighted by Henderson and identify him with IPW Team 41 teammates.
 Three days after D-Day (D+3), Stern landed at Normandy with a special military intelligence unit composed largely of German-, Austrian-, and Czech-born Jewish soldiers and interrogated prisoners of war on the front lines. After the war he remained a public interpreter of that experience: he was featured in the documentary film ''The Ritchie Boys'', spoke at events such as "Sunset on the Mountain" at the former Fort Ritchie Officers' Club, and served as director of the Harry and Wanda Zekelman International Institute of the Righteous at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan. He was also a long-time board member of the Leo Baeck Institute in New York.
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+3512130662142163.jpg|and say they can have it if they cooperate.' 3) 'Play on their like and inclinations.' 4) 'Find out his anxieties and fears and make him think they will soon become a reality.' In the photo below, Ritchie Boy [[Selling, Martin I. (32468061)|Martin Selling]] is [[Selling, Martin I. (32468061)|Martin Selling]] questions German prisoners near the front in France, 1944.
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