Ernest Kaufman

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Ernest Kaufman
Personal details
Born	1920 Drove, Germany
Nativity	Germany
Religion	Jewish
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
Arm / service	Infantry
ASN	01318310
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Camp Ritchie	Class 12 (27 September – 25 November 1943)
Teams	IPW 39, MII 420-G

Teammates

Team — IPW 39

Team — MII 420-G

These are other soldiers listed on the same team roster. People moved between teams; overlapping service dates are not always documented.

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Ernest Kaufman (born 1920) was a Ritchie Boy (from Germany; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 12 and served with IPW Team 39.

Biography

Ernest Kaufman was born in Drove, Germany in 1920. Ernest Kaufman will be speaking about his experiences on March 30 in Burlington, NJ. He was interred briefly at the Buchenwald Concentration Camp in 1938 and was able to emigrate to the United States in 1939. He enlisted in the US Army in February 1942 and was sent to Camp Ritchie where he graduated in the 12th Class as an Interrogator of Prisoners War (IPW) team.

The timeline research also records Served as CO of MII Team 420-G.

Research notes

• to Major; BS
• https://mlra.org/photo-essays/ernest-kaufman/
• 420-G
• 6/7/1920-A

Technical record

Field	Imported value
Class_ASN	312310
Class_Name	KAUFMAN, Ernest
match_method	pass2_near2_asn_name
row_source	both

Timeline

• 6/7/1920 Born in Drove (Rhineland) Germany as Ernst Kaufmann.
• 9/27/1943 Started Class 12, Section 5A.
• 3/1/1945 Promoted to Captain.
• 1st Lt. Robert M. Kennedy (1919-1993).
• 5/43 Served with IOPP to train recruits at Fort McClellan, AL.
• Assigned to IPW Team 39 attached to the 113th Reconnaissance.
• Battalion of XIX Corps. Members of IPW Team 39:.
• Commissioned as 2nd Lt. (ASN 01318310).
• M/Sgt Joseph Sargent (1900-1966).
• Pvt Arthur Adler (1921-1980).
• Retired as Major.
• S/Sgt Ernest Parker (1917-2010).
• T/5 Fred Ruelf (1905-2000).

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 2019-03-14 (1 post)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Ernest Kaufman for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Kaufman, Ernest for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: ERNEST KAUFMAN.doc)