George Weisz

George Weisz
Personal details
Born	1918
Died	1982
Nativity	Hungary
Religion	Jewish
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
Arm / service	Cavalry
ASN	01015887
Rank	Colonel
Rank at Ritchie	Second Lieutenant
Camp Ritchie	Class 18 (13 April – 10 June 1944)
Section	6K

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George Weisz (1918–1982) was a United States Army Second Lieutenant who trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 18.

Biography

He graduated from high school in 1937 as an honor student, and then enrolled in college at Cooper Union. He attended Enrolled at Cooper Union where he studied sculpture and art.

In 1945, Weisz 8 Encouraged to join CIA by Carmel Offie and Frank Wisner with assignment of. He in 1947 Weisz married the American intelligence officer Etta Jo McEndree. In 1949, Weisz 51 Worked as a civilian employee for the military in Europe under Dabringhaus.

George attended Due to his high degree of intelligence and speaking several languages, he was selected to become an intelligence officer. He in a short time Weisz had built up a large American-lead resistance movement inside Hungary, the nation where Raul Wallenberg had worked a few years earlier to save Jews from the Nazis. He worked with CIA agent Clara Grace Follich.

After Nuremberg, Weisz was appointed official negotiator with Hungarian Communist Government. He at that time the program was known all the way up to the President, so the White House, the State Department and the Pentagon all had to lie to the press and the American people. He chapter 7 devoted to George Weisz in Joseph Trento’s book “The Secret History of the CIA”.

Research notes

• Cooper Union;CIA;Nuremberg
• OB 69

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	64
Class_ASN	15887
Class_Name	WEISZ, George
match_method	asn_partial_name_exact
row_source	both

Timeline

• Fall 1941 — Joined the U.S.
• 6 February 1943 — Commissioned 2nd Lt. (ASN: 01015887).
• 2-4/1943 Served with 14th Armored Division HQ.
• 10 June 1944 — Graduated with Class 18 (PI) as Second Lieutenant.
• 1945 — 8 Encouraged to join CIA by Carmel Offie and Frank Wisner with assignment of.
• In 1947 — Weisz married the American intelligence officer Etta Jo McEndree.
• In 1947 — Weisz married the American intelligence officer Etta Jo McEndree. This was a cover marriage for George who, during the remainder of his life, would have a number of mistresses. By 1948 George was transferred from the U.S. Army to a foreign service cover job with OPC. In 1949, Weisz started to work for Dr. Erhard Dabringhaus, who was a top U.S.
• 1971 — 4 Assigned to U.S. Embassy in Berlin (succeeded by Angus Thuermer, 1975-8).
• Also graduated Class 19 German OB.

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)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of George Weisz for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Weisz, George for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: GEORGE WEISZ.doc)