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Arnold M. Silver
| Arnold M. Silver | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1919 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | 1993 |
| Nativity | United States |
| Religion | Jewish |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Army |
| ASN | 13106118 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Rank at Ritchie | Private First Class |
| Camp Ritchie | Class 21 (21 July – 18 September 1944) |
| Section | 5A |
| Enlisted | Washington District Of Columbia |
| Team | IPW 162 |
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Arnold M. Silver was a CIA operations officer.
Biography
Arnold M. Silver was a CIA operations officer.
Silver graduated at Tufts University and received a master's degree in German philology from Harvard University in 1942. During the second world war he participated in the Normandy landings and later became a prisoner-of-war interrogator (IPW), trainings which he mastered while at Camp Ritchie in which he was one of the Ritchie Boys. In September 1945 he joined the IPW team in Oberursel, near Frankfurt-am-Main, at the 7707th European Intelligence Center. Many of the Paperclip scientists were recruited there and Silver interrogated Otto Skorzeny, Walter Schellenberg, and Richard Kauder.
In 1948, he retired from the Army as a technical sergeant and joined the newly formed CIA. Silver served as CIA Chief of Station in Luxembourg from 1957 to 1960. He retired from the CIA in 1978 and settled in Luxembourg, but continued publishing articles on European and Soviet affairs in newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal and The Herald Tribune.
He died of multiple myeloma on December 16, 1993, at his home in Luxembourg City.
The timeline research also records 12/4/1919 Born in Boston, MA. 1942 MA Harvard (Germanic Languages). Graduated as T/3 German Linguist, Certificate No. Substitute teacher, tutor of German. 1957-1960 Silver served as CIA Chief of Station in Luxembourg. 4/43 Promoted to Pfc; served as German language Translator. Published article “Questions, Questions, Questions”.
Research notes
- Camp King article
- https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/unclass1994.pdf
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Technical record
| Field | Imported value |
|---|---|
| Approx Age at Death | 74 |
| Nara ASN | 13106118 |
| Nara Name | SILVER ARNOLD M |
| Nara State | 13 |
| Nara County | 25 |
| Nara POE | 3490 |
| Nara DOE | 110942 |
| Nara Grade Alpha | PVT |
| Nara Grade Code | 8 |
| Nara Branch Alpha | MI |
| Nara Branch Code | 5 |
| Branch | Military Intelligence |
| Nara Term or Enlistment | 5 |
| Term of enlistment | Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law |
| Defer. Date | 0 |
| Nara Source | 0 |
| Nara Nativity | 13 |
| Nativity.1 | MASSACHUSETTS |
| Nara Year of Birth | 19 |
| Nara Race | 1 |
| Nara Race Description | White citizen |
| Nara Education | 8 |
| Nara Civilian Occupation | 992 |
| Nara Marital Status | 6 |
| Nara Height (inches) | 72 |
| Nara Weight (lbs) | 214 |
| Class_ASN | 13106118 |
| Class_Name | SILVER, Arnold M. |
| match_method | asn_exact_name_exact |
| row_source | both |
Timeline
- 12/4/1919 Born in Boston, MA.
- 12/29/44 Assigned to IPW-Ge Team 162 as part of 66th Inf Div (12th AG).
- 5/1/45 Listed rank of Arnold Silver was T/Sgt.
- 1st Lt. Calvin G. Dietrich (0441241).
- 2nd Lt. Anselm K. Sessler (0927246).
- 4/43 Promoted to Pfc; served as German language Translator.
- 7/44 Started Class 21 / 5A (IPW German).
- 9/42 Entered Camp Ritchie as Pvt (ASN 13106118). Assigned to DEML.
- Assigned to IPW-Ge Team 412 T (as Document Examiner) with others:.
- Capt. Carl J. Kleinert (0418577).
- Graduated as T/3 German Linguist, Certificate No. 8441.
- S/Sgt Andrew E. Olson (39178146).
- T/5 Robert G. Heliczer (31461704).
- with CIC, Silver prepared memos dealing with Klaus Barbie.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Arnold M. Silver
- 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)
- Dan Gross, Timeline of Arnold M. Silver for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
- Dan Gross, Timeline of Silver, Arnold M. for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: ARNOLD M. SILVER.doc)