Eugene Fodor

Eugene Fodor
Personal details
Born	14 October 1905 Levice, Austria-hungary
Died	18 February 1991 Litchfield, Connecticut
Nativity	Austria
Known for	Writer
Awards	American Society of Travel Agents World Travel Congress Hall of Fame
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	39532445
Rank	Technician Third Grade
Enlisted	Los Angeles, California

Awards and honors

• American Society of Travel Agents World Travel Congress Hall of Fame

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Eugene Fodor (October 14, 1905 – February 18, 1991) was a Hungarian-American writer of travel literature.

Biography

Fodor was born in Léva, Hungary (then Austria-Hungary; now Levice, Slovakia).

Eugene attended University of Grenoble.

Eugene Fodor (October 14, 1905 – February 18, 1991) was a Hungarian-American writer of travel literature. Believing that travel guides of his time were boring, he wrote a guide to Europe, On the Continent—The Entertaining Travel Annual, which was published in 1936 by Francis Aldor, Aldor Publications, London and was reprinted in 2011 by Random House as an e-book. Fodor joined the US Army in 1942 during World War II, and was transferred to the Office of Strategic Services, serving in Europe.

He married Vlasta Zobel, a Czech national, in 1948. He created Fodor Modern Guides, operating initially from Paris but moving to Connecticut in 1964. He lived there until his death in 1991.

He remained with CIA for ’12 to 15 years’. His spy status was kept a secret until nearly thirty years later, when it was revealed by E.

Research notes

• Propaganda Technician
• Transferred to OSS May 1945
• 1st Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company
• OSS/CIA intelligence officer; Fodor’s travel guides

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
MRBC1	1
Approx Age at Death	86
Nara ASN	39532445
Nara Name	FODOR EUGENE
Nara State	1
Nara County	061
Nara POE	9141
Nara DOE	250842
Nara Grade Alpha	PVT
Nara Race	1
Nara Race Description	White citizen
Nara Height (inches)	69
Nara Weight (lbs)	151
row_source	demographics

Timeline

• Born 1905.
• 30 October 1944 — Joined OSS (R & A) for 2 years prior to transfer to SI Branch in summer of 1945.
• 30 October 1944 — Joined OSS (R & A) for 2 years prior to transfer to SI Branch summer 1945.
• Born 14 October 2005 in Hungary.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Eugene Fodor (writer)
• 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)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Eugene Fodor for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 2 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Fodor, Eugene for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 2 source files: EUGENE FODOR.doc, EUGENE FODOR.docx)