Konrad Kellen

Konrad Kellen
Personal details
Birth name	Katznellenbogen
Born	1913
Died	2007
Nativity	Germany
Religion	Protestant
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	39701828
Rank	Technician Fourth Grade
Rank at Ritchie	Private
Camp Ritchie	Class 13 (30 October – 23 December 1943)
Section	E

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Konrad Kellen (born Konrad Moritz Adolf Katzenellenbogen; December 14, 1913 – April 8, 2007) was a German-born American political scientist, intelligence analyst, and author. thumb|upright|right|Konrad Kellen.

Biography

Konrad Kellen (born Konrad Moritz Adolf Katzenellenbogen; December 14, 1913 – April 8, 2007) was a German-born American political scientist, intelligence analyst, and author.

Service notes include Camp Ritchie class 13; class rank Pvt; final rank T/4; overseas service.

Konrad Kellen, also known as Katznellenbogen lived 1913–2007, with nativity listed as Germany, Protestant. thumb|upright|right|Konrad Kellen. At different points in his career, Kellen analyzed postwar German soldiers, defectors from behind the Iron Curtain, Viet Cong who had been captured, and terrorists.

He was among the first intelligence analysts to conclude that, contrary to prevailing U.S. administration assessments, enemy morale in the Vietnam War was, in fact high and the war was not winnable. While at the RAND Corporation, he co-authored an open letter to the U.S.

government urging withdrawal of troops. Konrad Kellen appears in a wartime group photograph of Ritchie Boys (see the gallery caption for identifications and photo credit).

Research notes

• Section V 1/7/44; to 2nd MRBC 1/19

Gallery

• 
  Thanks to Stephen Goodell for sharing this group photo. It can be found at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, part of the Joseph Eaton collection. All the men identified in the pix are "Ritchie Boys." Seated - Hans Habe. Standing L-R - Unknown, Ernest Wynder, Konrad Kellen, unknown, Stefan Heym, Louis Atlas, Peter Weidenreich (last name later changed to Wyden), unknown, Joseph Eaton.

Technical record

Field	Imported value
MRBC2	2
Approx Age at Death	94
Class_ASN	39701828
Class_Name	Katzenellenbogen, Konrad
match_method	pass2_asn_first
row_source	both

Sources

• Wikipedia: Konrad Kellen
• 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)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2021-08-11 (1 post)