Paul Fairbrook

Paul Fairbrook
Personal details
Nativity	Germany
Religion	Jewish
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	32709209
Rank	Private
Camp Ritchie	Class 7 (15 April – 12 June 1943)
Section	6

Interviews Watch Paul Fairbrook in 2 recordings on Ritchie Boy Interviews: Veterans Breakfast Club (with Maximilian Lerner) · Zekelman Holocaust Center.

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Paul Fairbrook (ASN 32709209) was a Ritchie Boy (from Germany; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 7.

Biography

In 2001, the Best Defense Foundation flew several WWII Veterans to Berlin, Germany, including two Ritchie Boys - Guy Stern and Paul Fairbrook, and they are planning another trip to Germany in November 2023. Ritchie Boy Paul Fairbrook, a larger-than-life food services director at University of the Pacific who had a vital role gathering intelligence in World War II, died peacefully Oct. 2 at the age of 100. The Best Defense Foundation, is a non-profit whose mission is "Taking care of the ones who took care of us.

The Foundation works tirelessly to take WWII Veterans back to the battlefields where they served. They have offered to include any Ritchie Boys in their upcoming trip and have asked us to reach out to the RB Community. Please contact us if you know of a Ritchie Boy who would be interested in this program.

Research notes

• 8/21/1923-A

Technical record

Field	Imported value
Class_ASN	32709209
Class_Name	FAIRBROOK, Paul
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Sources

• 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 2021-09-24 (1 post)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2023-06-01 (1 post)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2023-11-10 (1 post)
• Facebook-linked source: bit.ly
• Facebook-linked source: Veterans interview / article
• Facebook-linked source: bestdefensefoundation.org
• Facebook-linked source: pacific.edu