Max J. Silberman

Max J. Silberman
Personal details
Born	1923 Vienna, Austria
Died	25 June 2019
Nativity	Austria
Religion	Jewish
Awards	Bronze Star Medal
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	35066874
Rank	Technician Third Grade
Rank at Ritchie	Private First Class
Camp Ritchie	Class 18 (13 April – 10 June 1944)
Section	5D
Enlisted	Cincinnati, Ohio
Team	IPW 186

Awards and honors

Bronze Star Medal

Teammates

Team — IPW 186

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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Max J. Silberman (1923 – 25 June 2019) was a Ritchie Boy (from Austria; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 18 and served with IPW Team 186.

Biography

Thanks to Ritchie Boy historian Dan Gross for forwarding to me a timeline for Ritchie Boy Max Silberman. Austrian-born Silberman graduated in the 18th Class at Ritchie as an Interrogator of Prisoners of War (IPW), and served on IPW team 186 with the 100th Infantry Division. Awarded a Bronze Star for his interrogations, RB Silberman passed away June 25, 2019 at the age of 95.

After the war, his unit was one of the first to liberate Dachau and he interrogated key Nazis prior to the Nuremberg trials.

Research notes

• ASTP BS
• FID

Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	96
Nara ASN	35066874
Nara Name	SILBERMAN MAX
Nara State	53
Nara County	49
Nara POE	5321
Nara DOE	210643
Nara Grade Alpha	PVT
Nara Grade Code	8
Nara Branch Alpha	NO
Nara Branch Code	2
Branch	No branch assignment
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	N2
Nara Year of Birth	23
Nara Race	J
Nara Race Description	White not yet a citizen
Nara Education	4
Nara Civilian Occupation	992
Nara Marital Status	6
Nara Height (inches)	63
Nara Weight (lbs)	586
Class_ASN	35066874
Class_Name	SILBERMAN, Max
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Timeline

• Born 27 December 1923 in Vienna, Austria.
• 21 June 1943 — Enlisted at Cincinnati, OH as Pvt (ASN: 35066874).
• 10 June 1944 — Graduated with Class 18 (Classified as German IPW Linguist 1).
• 14 June 1944 — Promoted to T/3.
• Assigned to IPW Team 186 attached to 100th Infantry Division.
• Bronze Star.

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 2020-03-14 (1 post)
• Facebook-linked source: bit.ly
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Max J. Silberman for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Silberman, Max J. for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: MAX SILBERMAN.doc)