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George T. Czuczka
| George T. Czuczka | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1925 |
| Nativity | Austria |
| Religion | Jewish |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Army |
| ASN | 42136349 |
| Rank | Private |
| Camp Ritchie | Class 27 (5 February – 5 April 1945) |
| Section | 5A |
| Enlisted | Cp Upton Yaphank, New York |
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George T. Czuczka (born 1925) was a United States Army Private who trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 27. George enlisted at Cp Upton Yaphank, New York.
Biography
George had a wonderful human sense, was a skilled diplomat, and is still a good friend”. He following World War II, George returned to Europe, where he worked for various denazification commissions and participated in the war crimes trials in Dachau. He worked as a voice of America - Editor. His parents were immigrants from Vienna, but he’d been in the occupation working as an interrogator after the war. He worked as a from 1951 to 1975 he was an editor for Voice of America and subsequently joined the US Foreign Service, among other things as the director of an Amerika Haus and as the American press attaché in Vienna. He oral History at Leo Baeck Institute (2008).
Research notes
- Dachau Trials
- Editor for VOA
- Father held in Dachau
- 7/3/1925-A
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Technical record
| Field | Imported value |
|---|---|
| Nara ASN | 42136349 |
| Nara Name | CZUCZKA GEORGE T |
| Nara State | 23 |
| Nara County | 061 |
| Nara POE | 2314 |
| Nara DOE | 050644 |
| Nara Grade Alpha | PVT |
| Nara Race | 1 |
| Nara Race Description | White citizen |
| Class_ASN | 42136349 |
| Class_Name | CZUCZKA, George T. |
| match_method | asn_exact_name_exact |
| row_source | both |
Timeline
- Born 1925.
- In the early 1930s, his family moved to the Karl-Marx-Hof tenement complex in Vienna’s Heiligenstadt District and in 1934 witnessed the February Uprising.
- Following World War II, George returned to Europe, where he worked for various denazification commissions and participated in the war crimes trials in Dachau.
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)