Rudolph E. Friedman

Rudolph E. Friedman
Personal details
Born	1914 Germany
Died	1999
Nativity	Germany
Religion	Jewish
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	39076100
Rank	Captain
Rank at Ritchie	Corporal
Camp Ritchie	Class 16 (6 February – 5 April 1944)
Section	7C
Enlisted	Sacramento, California
Specialty	Interrogation of prisoners of war
Team	IPW 164

Teammates

Team — IPW 164

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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Rudolph E. Friedman (1914–1999), known as Rudy, was a German-born Jewish Camp Ritchie graduate of the 16th class (April 1944) who served as a master sergeant on IPW Team 164 in France and Germany. Family posts on the Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page preserve his diploma, IPW photographs, and unit mementos shared by his son Ronald.

Biography

Friedman]] (ASN 39076100) as born in 1914 in Germany, of Jewish faith, with Camp Ritchie Class 16 (section 7C, corporal), IPW Team 164, overseas service, and enlistment at Sacramento, California. On 1 February 1941, he joined the Army in Sacramento, CA (ASN: 39076100). He died in 1999. Rudolph attended college in Germany (Economics) (non-graduate). He worked as Chief Clerk in Coca-Cola plant. (0907226)|Fred W. Ronald later noted the Latin motto on the MITC completion certificate, Fas est ab hoste doceri ("It is right to be taught even by an enemy"), as a fitting description of how Ritchie Boys worked. After Ronald's messages were posted, a relative of teammate Fred Hellman also contacted the page, linking the IPW 164 story across families.

Research notes

• Also Class 1 IPW Ge

Gallery

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  The second photo on the right was taken on June 26, 1945 at Lindenfels, south of Frankfurt, Germany Courtesy of his son, Ronald Friedman.
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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	85
Nara ASN	39076100
Nara Name	FRIEDMAN RUDOLPH E
Nara State	91
Nara County	89
Nara POE	9170
Nara DOE	10241
Nara Grade Alpha	PVT
Nara Grade Code	8
Nara Branch Alpha	BI
Nara Branch Code	0
Branch	Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Nara Term or Enlistment	3
Term of enlistment	Enlistment for Hawaiian Department
Defer. Date	0
Nara Source	0
Nara Nativity	N1
Nara Year of Birth	14
Nara Race	J
Nara Race Description	White not yet a citizen
Nara Education	8
Nara Civilian Occupation	591
Nara Marital Status	6
Nara Height (inches)	73
Nara Weight (lbs)	158
Class_ASN	39076100
Class_Name	FRIEDMAN, Rudolph E.
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Timeline

• Born 25 May 1914 in Danzig (Germany).
• 1 February 1941 — Joined the Army in Sacramento, CA (ASN: 39076100).
• 6 February 1944 — Entered Class 16 (French).
• 5 April 1944 — Graduated Class 16 (French Translator; German Asst Interrogator).
• 4 October 1944 — Transferred to DEML. Promoted to M/Sgt.
• May 1943 — Clerk with 267th Sep CA Battalion as Cpl.
• Assigned to IPW Team 164 attached to Seventh Army, XXI Corps.

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 2018-01-10 (4 posts)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2018-01-15 (1 post)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Rudolph E. Friedman for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Friedman, Rudolph E. for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: RUDOLPH E. FRIEDMAN.doc)