Henry Lowenstern

Henry Lowenstern
Personal details
Born	Korbach, Germany
Died	8 April 2021
Nativity	Germany
Religion	Jewish
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
Arm / service	Infantry
ASN	01328717
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Camp Ritchie	Class 26 (3 January – 3 March 1945)
Section	5A
Team	IPW 218

Teammates

Team — IPW 218

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Henry Lowenstern (died 8 April 2021) was a Ritchie Boy (from Germany; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 26 and served with IPW Team 218.

Biography

Henry was born in Korbach, Germany, and came to the United States when he was 11. In August 2020, Grogan published this article about Ritchie Boy Henry Lowenstern who passed away on April 8, 2021.

He trained at Camp Ritchie and went overseas as a First Lieutenant where he interrogated German prisoners of war and investigated war crimes. David Grogan is a retired Navy Judge Advocate (JAG). He is a novelist and also publishes a monthly Voices to Veterans column in which he writes profiles of veterans whose stories have been sent to him.

What a wonderful tribute to this Ritchie Boy!

The timeline research also records 1940-1943 Graduated High School. 3/3/1945 Graduated with 26th Class (German) Certificate 10292. Worked for Department of Labor (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Research notes

• Civilian
• 11/22/1925-A

Gallery

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Class_ASN	1328717
Class_Name	LOWENSTERN, Henry
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Timeline

• 11/22/1925 Born in Korbach, Germany.
• 12/7/1944 Commissioned as Second Lieutenant (ASN: 01328717).
• 1/1945 Assigned to Camp Ritchie.
• 2nd Lt. Reinhold Frick (1919-2005).
• M/Sgt Kurt Altschul (1917-1970).
• Pvt John Neufeld (1925- ? ).
• Served with IPW Team 218 attached to 6th Army Group.
• T/4 Walter Prince (1912-1986).

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 2021-04-13 (2 posts)
• Facebook-linked source: legcy.co
• Facebook-linked source: bit.ly
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Henry Lowenstern for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Lowenstern, Henry for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: HENRY LOWENSTERN.doc)