Alfred Diamant

Alfred Diamant
Personal details
Born	25 September 1917 Vienna, Austria
Died	11 May 2012
Nativity	Austria
Religion	Jewish
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	01016844
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Camp Ritchie	Class 13 (30 October – 23 December 1943)
Section	5D (13); A (13)
Team	IPW 43

Teammates

Team — IPW 43

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Alfred Diamant (1917–2012) was a United States Army Second Lieutenant who trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 13.

Biography

Alfred Diamant (September 25, 1917 – May 11, 2012) was an Austrian-born American political scientist. Diamant was born in Vienna, Austria, and came to the United States as a young man when the fascists gained power in Germany and Austria.

Thesis on "Prototypes of Austro-German Fascism" at Indiana University in 1948. He was a member of the Comparative Administration Group (CAG) and a co-chairperson of the Council for European Studies based at Columbia University. Together with his colleague, James Christoph, he "established Indiana University as a major site of the study of European culture, society and politics".

By that time, it was already clear to him that he wanted to teach and do research at a university.

On 14 January 1942, he attended Enlisted as Pvt (ASN 31059453) at Fort Devens, MA.

On 16 July 1943, Became naturalized citizen. His main contribution was in the field of comparative politics and comparative public administration. Diamant's areas of expertise were "Comparative Western European Politics and Social Policy".

Martz called the works of Maurice Duvergier, Sigmund Neumann and Diamant that focus on the study of political parties "Western European-oriented classics". During WWII, he served in the U.S. He was married to Ann Diamant.

Worked as assistant manager in textile mill.

Research notes

• POW

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	95
Class_ASN	16844
Class_Name	DIAMANT, Alfred; Diamant, Alfred
match_method	asn_partial_name_exact
row_source	both

Timeline

• 14 January 1942 — Enlisted as Pvt (ASN 31059453) at Fort Devens, MA.
• 16 July 1943 — Became naturalized citizen.
• 23 December 1943 — Graduated with Class 13 as IPW Ge (“OIC-German”).
• March 1943 — Commissioned as 2nd Lt (ASN 01016844).
• May 1943 — Platoon Officer with 80th Division.
• Assigned to OCS.
• OIC of IPW team 43 attached to 82nd Airborne Division.

Sources

• Alfred Diamant — Wikipedia
• 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 Alfred Diamant for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Diamant, Alfred for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: ALFRED DIAMANT.doc)