Brombert, Victor H. (32906913)

Victor Henri Brombert
Personal details
Birth name	Victor Henri Bromberg
Born	11 November 1923 Berlin, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany
Died	26 November 2024 Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Nativity	Germany
Religion	Jewish
Known for	Professor
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	32906913
Rank	Major
Rank at Ritchie	Private
Camp Ritchie	Class 11 (25 August – 23 October 1943)
Section	5C
Enlisted	New York City, New York
Battles / wars	World War II
Team	MII 438-G

Interview Watch Victor Henri Brombert on American Veterans Center.

On film Victor Henri Brombert appears in The Ritchie Boys (Christian Bauer, 2004).

Teammates

Team — MII 438-G

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Victor Henri Brombert (né Bromberg; November 11, 1923 – November 26, 2024) was an American scholar of 19th and 20th century literature. He taught at Yale University and Princeton University, becoming Princeton's Henry Putnam University Professor.

Biography

Victor Henri Brombert (né Bromberg; 11 November 1923 – 26 November 2024) was a German-born Jewish Ritchie Boy who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 11. Born in Berlin to a Russian-Jewish family, he fled Nazi Europe via France and Spain and settled in New York. Drafted in May 1943, he changed his surname to Brombert during military service. After the war he became a scholar of nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature, teaching at Yale and Princeton, where he was Henry Putnam University Professor Emeritus.

Research notes

• Also 28th Inf Div (MII 438-G)
• Ritchie Boy
• 2nd Armd
• Also Class 11
• Fr 423
• 11/11/1923-a
• Professor Emeritus, Princeton
• Author, "Trains of Thought"
• Portrait and summary from Notable Ritchie Boys slides (source).

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Nara ASN	32906913
Nara Name	BROMBERT VICTOR H
Nara State	23
Nara County	61
Nara POE	2364
Nara DOE	130543
Nara Grade Alpha	PVT
Nara Grade Code	8
Nara Branch Alpha	NO
Nara Branch Code	2
Branch	No branch assignment
Nara Term or Enlistment	5
Term of enlistment	Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Defer. Date	0
Nara Source	0
Nara Nativity	N1
Nara Year of Birth	23
Nara Race	J
Nara Race Description	White not yet a citizen
Nara Education	5
Nara Civilian Occupation	50
Nara Marital Status	6
Nara Height (inches)	0
Nara Weight (lbs)	117
Class_ASN	32906913
Class_Name	Brombert, Victor H.
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Timeline

• 5/13/1943 Inducted into the Army in NYC as Pvt (ASN 32906913). (Dan Gross private research timeline; VICTOR BROMBERT (2021).doc, page unknown; paragraph 11)
• 8/23/43 Assigned to Company F at Camp Ritchie. (Dan Gross private research timeline; VICTOR BROMBERT (2021).doc, page unknown; paragraph 13)
• 8/25/43 Started Class 11 (IPW Ge). (Dan Gross private research timeline; VICTOR BROMBERT (2021).doc, page unknown; paragraph 14)
• 11/4/43 Started Special Graduate Training Class #1 MII French. (Dan Gross private research timeline; VICTOR BROMBERT (2021).doc, page unknown; paragraph 18)
• 12/15/43 Promoted from Pvt to M/Sgt. (Dan Gross private research timeline; VICTOR BROMBERT (2021).doc, page unknown; paragraph 21)
• 3/30/44 MII Team 423 attached to HQ, 2nd Armored Division (1st Army) consisted of:. (Dan Gross private research timeline; VICTOR BROMBERT (2021).doc, page unknown; paragraph 24)
• 9/30/44 MII Team 423 placed on 30-day duty with CIC Detachment 417 (Major Wilson). (Dan Gross private research timeline; VICTOR BROMBERT (2021).doc, page unknown; paragraph 41)
• 9/30/44 MII Team 423 placed on 30-day duty with CIC Detachment 417 (Major Wilson). (Dan Gross private research timeline; VICTOR BROMBERT (2021).doc, page unknown; paragraph 41)
• 10/18/44 MII Team 438-G attached to 28th Infantry Division (V Corps, 1st Army) with. (Dan Gross private research timeline; VICTOR BROMBERT (2021).doc, page unknown; paragraph 44)
• 4/1/45 T/5 Edwin M. Slesak 33610554 joined MII 438-G (replaces Leeds who was. (Dan Gross private research timeline; VICTOR BROMBERT (2021).doc, page unknown; paragraph 52)
• 6/25/45 Brombert is assigned to MII Team 438-G (attached to HQ, 15th Army) for duty. (Dan Gross private research timeline; VICTOR BROMBERT (2021).doc, page unknown; paragraph 54)
• 11/11/23 Born in Germany. Parents were Jews from Russia (original name Bromberg). (Dan Gross private research timeline; VICTOR BROMBERT (2021).doc, page unknown; paragraph 5)
• 1st Lt. Nathan H. Muchnick (1915-1993) 01324046 16th Class. (Dan Gross private research timeline; VICTOR BROMBERT (2021).doc, page unknown; paragraph 46)
• 2nd Lt. John W. Pyne (1918-1999) 01171727 3rd Class. (Dan Gross private research timeline; VICTOR BROMBERT (2021).doc, page unknown; paragraph 25)
• Division) consisted of 2nd Lt. Buteau, 2nd Lt. Marks, M/Sgt Fluchere, S/Sgt. (Dan Gross private research timeline; VICTOR BROMBERT (2021).doc, page unknown; paragraph 33)
• Fall 1944 Assigned to 28th Infantry Division (“The Bloody Bucket”). (Dan Gross private research timeline; VICTOR BROMBERT (2021).doc, page unknown; paragraph 39)
• S/Sgt Willi Joseph (1908-1974) 32709846 8th Class. (Dan Gross private research timeline; VICTOR BROMBERT (2021).doc, page unknown; paragraph 28)
• T/3 John A. Scott (1915-2010) 32632714 12th Class. (Dan Gross private research timeline; VICTOR BROMBERT (2021).doc, page unknown; paragraph 29)

Sources

• Wikipedia: Victor Brombert
• Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
• 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 Victor H. Brombert for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 2 source documents reviewed)