Arnold H. Weiss

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Arnold H. Weiss
Personal details
Born	1924
Died	2010
Nativity	Germany
Religion	Jewish
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	36805065
Rank	Private First Class
Camp Ritchie	Class 26 (3 January – 3 March 1945)
Section	4C

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Arnold H. Weiss (1924–2010) was a United States Army Private First Class who trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 26.

Biography

In 1942, Weiss graduated High School (Academic). When he needed to relax, he and the other house fellows would congregate at the Hasty Tasty, a former tavern on University Avenue near Engineering Hall. He attended Article from University of Wisconsin.

He attended Bill to earn undergraduate degrees in political science and economics as well as his law degree. He attended Outside of a constantly full course load, Weiss spent his four years at the university active in politics and the Hoofers Hiking Club, and he was a house fellow in Goldberg House. He attended Treasury to trace assets of the Nazi Party, before returning to the United States to attend the University of Wisconsin.

He worked as a inter-Urban Bank drafted International Bank Deputy General Counsel and.

He they married in 1956 and had two sons, Daniel and Andrew, and Weiss is now the proud grandparent of three grandchildren. He — Arnold Weiss ’51, LLB’53 is a 2010 recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Wisconsin Alumni Association. He attended Degree in Law and Economics (cum laude).

He worked as a army Air Corps, beginning a military career first as an instrument technician and B-17 gunner and ending as an intelligence officer responsible for bringing Nazi war criminals to justice. He worked as a author Trevor-Roper (“The Last Days of Hitler”) was in charge of team. He worked as a counsel to Treasury Department (Intl Finance).

He worked as a officer and author Hugh Trevor-Roper (“The Last Days of Hitler”) was in. He worked as a treasury as general counsel to the Office of International Finance.

Research notes

• OTC; OSS; USHMM; Friend of Werner Michel; Henry Kissinger; Hitler's Diary; Bormann; etc. Bethesda

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	86
Class_ASN	36805064
Class_Name	WEISS, Arnold E.
match_method	asn_near_name_exact
row_source	both

Timeline

• Born 1924.
• Born Weiss was born in 1924 in Nuremberg, Germany. While a young child, his parents separated and he and his two sisters were left with their mother. Unable to support all three of her children, Weiss’s mother was forced to leave him in the care of a Jewish orphanage in Furth, a suburb of Nuremburg, in 1931. As the years progressed, the danger posed by.
• February 1943 — Enlisted in Army (Air Corps) as Pvt (ASN: 36805065).
• 3 January 1945 — Entered Camp Ritchie Class 26 (CI-ETO).
• 3 March 1945 — Graduated Class 26 (Counter Intelligence - ETO).
• April 1945 — Assigned to Dachau Concentration Camp to bring out selected prisoners.
• February 1947 — Returned to Janesville WI, U.S.
• 1956 — Married daughter of Greek immigrants.
• They married in 1956 and had two sons, Daniel and Andrew, and Weiss is now the proud grandparent of three grandchildren.
• — Arnold Weiss ’51, LLB’53 is a 2010 recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Wisconsin Alumni Association. Learn more at uwalumni.com/daa.
• Absorbed into OSS; arranged for training in Counter Intelligence.
• Attached to 45th Infantry Division (4th Infantry Division?).
• Attached to 45th Infantry Division (___ Regiment?).
• CSDIC 9th Infantry Division looked for German parachutists nr Meuse.
• Detailing succession plans, the documents eventually became important evidence at the Nuremberg Trials in trying remaining Nazi officials, and Weiss was honored with the Army Commendation Medal for his important discovery.
• Following graduation, Weiss returned to work for the U.S.
• Set up CIC Headquarters in Munich (Region 4).
• Set up CIC Headquarters in Munich (Region 4). Denazification.
• “I was lucky in being married to a very good wife,” Weiss says. “She was very smart.

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)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Arnold H. Weiss for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 2 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Weiss, Arnold H. for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 2 source files: ARNOLD H. WEISS 2.doc, ARNOLD H. WEISS.doc)