Adolph Kinsbrunner

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Adolph Kinsbrunner
Personal details
Born	Vienna, Austria
Nativity	Austria
Religion	Jewish
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	01329601
Rank	Sergeant
Camp Ritchie	Class 16 (6 February – 5 April 1944)
Section	5F
Team	IPW 216

Teammates

Team — IPW 216

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Adolph Kinsbrunner (ASN 01329601) was a Ritchie Boy (from Austria; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 16 and served with IPW Team 216.

Biography

On January 27, 2022, the Silicon Valley Holocaust Remembrance Association will host a virtual webinar about the Ritchie Boys. He Graduated High School in Vienna. Worked as shipping clerk in clothing store. He served as member of IPW Team 216 attached to XII Army Group. The time for the program is 8-9:30 pm EST. Speakers will include: Stephen Kinsey, son of Ritchie Boy Adolph Kinsbrunner Dr. David Frey, history professor at the US Military Academy at West Point Professor Beverley Eddy, author of Ritchie Boy Secrets Ritchie Boy Paul Fairbrook Rabbi Jaymee Alpert, Congregation Beth David Registration information is in the link below.

Research notes

• Also 36004467 Sgt
• 1914-1973?

Technical record

Field	Imported value
Class_ASN	36004467
Class_Name	KINSBRUNNER, Adolph
match_method	pass2_unique_name
row_source	both

Timeline

• 16.
• According to a message from the sister of Ritchie Boy Walter Pick, Kinsbrunner and three skiing friends from Vienna escaped to Switzerland.
• Assigned to HQ Sp Trs, WDC, Presidio.

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)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2021-12-22 (1 post)
• Facebook-linked source: bit.ly
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Adolph Kinsbrunner for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Kinsbrunner, Adolph for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: ADOLPH KINSBRUNNER.doc)