George Jellinek

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George Jellinek
Personal details
Born	22 December 1919 Ujpest, Budapest, Hungary
Died	16 January 2010
Nativity	Hungary
Religion	Protestant
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	01326463
Rank	Private First Class
Camp Ritchie	Class 16 (6 February – 5 April 1944)
Section	5E
Team	MII 426-G

Teammates

Team — MII 426-G

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George Jellinek (22 December 1919 – 16 January 2010) was a Ritchie Boy (from Hungary; Protestant) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 16.

Biography

George Jellinek (22 December 1919 – 16 January 2010) was a Hungarian-born Ritchie Boy and later the host of The Vocal Scene, a weekly syndicated radio feature produced by WQXR in New York City. From 1969 to 2004 he interviewed opera singers and other classical-music figures and presented comparative recordings of arias and excerpts with commentary that the New York Times called "encyclopedic."

Born in Ujpest, Budapest, Hungary, he became a longtime resident of the New York City area. He served in the United States Army and trained in military intelligence at Camp Ritchie. He was also familiar to radio audiences for intermission appearances on the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts. He retired from The Vocal Scene with the broadcast of 23 December 2004.

Research notes

• OCS Fort Benning; WQXR
• 426-G
• WQXR radio host, "The Vocal Scene"
• Portrait and summary from Notable Ritchie Boys slides (source).

Gallery

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	91
Class_ASN	32242809
Class_Name	JELLINEK, George
match_method	pass2_unique_name
row_source	both

Sources

• Wikipedia: George Jellinek
• 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 2022-11-19 (1 post)