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Documentaries/Movies
Documentaries/Movies lists notable films about the Ritchie Boys or featuring interviews with them, adapted from theritchieboys.com.
Below are some notable movies about The Ritchie Boys or that feature interviews with Ritchie Boys. Please feel free to contact us if you think a title should be added.
The Ritchie Boys
a film by Christian Bauer
"The Ritchie Boys" is the untold story of a group of young men who fled Nazi Germany and returned to Europe as soldiers in US uniforms. They knew the psychology and the language of the enemy better than anybody else. In Camp Ritchie, Maryland, they were trained in intelligence and psychological warfare. Not always courageous, but determined, bright, and inventive they fought their own kind of war. They saved lives. They were victors, not victims.
- Official page
- Movie trailer
- IMDb
- Watch for free on Tubi
About Face: The Story of the Jewish Refugee Soldiers of World War II
a film by Steve Karras
Documents the as-yet-untold WWII story of young Jewish men and women who escaped certain death at the hands of the Nazis…and returned to fight them in Europe and North Africa. Told via the recollections of these brave men and women, the film chronicles the journey from Nazi victim, to refugee and finally, to Allied soldiers and spies.
Note: Not all interviewed in this movie are Ritchie Boys, but there are a number featured in the documentary.
- Official page
- Movie trailer
- IMDb
- Watch for free on Amazon Freevee or Tubi