Werner F. Neu

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Werner F. Neu
Personal details
Born	1913 Germany
Died	1978
Nativity	Germany
Religion	Jewish
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	37053636
Rank	Private
Camp Ritchie	Class 2 (24 August – 17 October 1942)

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Werner F. Neu (1913–1978) was a Ritchie Boy (from Germany; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 2.

Biography

I want to thank Steve Goodell for his incredible research on this photo which was published on another FB page. This is a colorized photo of Ritchie Boy S/Sgt Werner Neu taken on March 1, 1945 interrogating two civilians from the "Volkssturm" near Elsdorf, Germany. Neu was identified in this picture with IPW Team # 29, which was attached to the Headquarters Forward Echelon of the 3rd Armored "Spearhead" Division on January 14, 1944. He was German-born, Jewish, and had lived in St. In December, 1941 he married Rose Figlure, and they had one son, Theodore A. Steve has sent me much more info on RB Neu, which I will provide in future posts.

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	65
Class_Name	Neu, Werner P.
match_method	pass2_unique_name
row_source	both

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)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2020-10-29 (1 post)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Werner F. Neu for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Neu, Werner F. for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: WERNER F. NEU.docx)