Guy Stern

Guy Stern
Personal details
Birth name	Guenther
Born	1922
Died	2023
Nativity	Germany
Religion	Jewish
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	37413105
Rank	Private
Camp Ritchie	Class 8 (17 May – 16 July 1943)
Section	5C
Enlisted	Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
Specialty	POW interrogation
Unit / division	Military Intelligence Service
Team	IPW 41

Interviews Watch Guy Stern in 2 recordings on Ritchie Boy Interviews: Zekelman Holocaust Center (part 1) · Zekelman Holocaust Center (part 2).

On film Guy Stern appears in The Ritchie Boys (Christian Bauer, 2004).

Teammates

Team — IPW 41

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Guy Stern (b. 1922) was a United States Army Pvt who trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 8. Born Günther Stern in Hildesheim, he interrogated German POWs after D-Day and later became a distinguished German literature scholar.

Biography

Guy Stern — German literature scholar; Professor Emeritus, Wayne State University. Summary from a Notable Ritchie Boys slide (source).

Guy Stern (born Günther Stern in Hildesheim, Germany, in 1922) escaped to the United States in 1937; the rest of his immediate family perished in the Holocaust. Drafted in 1942, he trained at Camp Ritchie as a POW interrogator, arrived in Europe shortly after D-Day, and received the Bronze Star for his mass-interrogation methods. After the war he earned a Ph.D. and became Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Wayne State University. He died in 2023. See the full story.

Research notes

• OTC;SO 217 (9/7/43)
• Ritchie Boy
• 1/14/1922-A
• Civil Life
• German literature scholar; Professor Emeritus, Wayne State University
• Portrait and summary from Notable Ritchie Boys slides (source).

Gallery

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Nara ASN	37413105
Nara Name	STERN GUY
Nara State	75
Nara County	191
Nara POE	7545
Nara DOE	210143
Nara Grade Alpha	PVT
Nara Grade Code	8
Nara Branch Alpha	BI
Nara Branch Code	0
Branch	Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
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	22
Nara Race	1
Nara Race Description	White citizen
Nara Education	6
Nara Civilian Occupation	227
Nara Marital Status	1
Nara Height (inches)	66
Nara Weight (lbs)	138
Class_ASN	37413105
Class_Name	STERN, Guy
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Sources

• 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)
• The Stories essay