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Hans W. Rosenhaupt

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Hans W. Rosenhaupt
Personal details
Born1911
Frankfurt-on-main, Germany, Dr. Rosenhaupt
Died1985
NativityGermany
ReligionProtestant
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch United States Army
Arm / serviceField Artillery
ASN01182239
RankSecond Lieutenant
Camp RitchieClass 9 (21 June – 18 August 1943)
Section5D
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Hans W. Rosenhaupt (1911–1985) was a United States Army Second Lieutenant who trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 9.

Biography[edit | edit source]

He taught German and French at Oak Park Junior College Knox College and Colorado College before joining the US Army in 1942. He received his doctorate from the University of Bern in Switzerland, and in 1979 the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt awarded him the doctorate he should have received in 1933 from that university. AFTER THE WAR, he resumed teaching at Colorado College before becoming associate director of admissions at Columbia University, a post he held for 10 years.

He attended University of Berne (PhD). He worked as Asst Prof of German (Colorado College).

On 27 June 1941, Rosenhaupt became a naturalized citizen. He “How to Wage Peace” published by John Day, 1949. He later wrote a novel, “The True Deceivers’ (1954) about these experiences.

He attended Director of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. He served as an officer in military intelligence, interrogating German prisoners in England, France and Germany. He published a novel based on his war experiences, “The True.

He at that time, his dissertation had been accepted and his oral examination scheduled when Adolf Hitler’s rise to power postponed the examination. He published by: Vittorio Klostermann GmbH.

He was national director and them president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation until his retirement in 1981. He attended PRINCETON—Hans Rosenhaupt, 74, director of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship foundation for 23 years, died Friday after a lengthy illness.

Research notes[edit | edit source]

  • from Pvt to Captain
  • See Timeline

Gallery[edit | edit source]

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Technical record[edit | edit source]

Field Imported value
Approx Age at Death 74
Class_ASN 182239
Class_Name ROSENHAUPT, Hans W.
match_method asn_partial_name_exact
row_source both

Timeline[edit | edit source]

  • 27 June 1941 — Became naturalized citizen.
  • 20 May 1943 — OCS. Commissioned as 2nd Lt (ASN: 01182239).
  • 31 August 1943 — Assigned to Faculty. Section V.
  • Born PRINCETON—Hans Rosenhaupt, 74, director of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship foundation for 23 years, died Friday after a lengthy illness. Born in Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany, Dr. Rosenhaupt was a resident of Princeton since 1958. He attended the universities of Frankfurt, Berlin and Munich. He received his doctorate from the University of Bern.
  • Assigned to MID.
  • PRINCETON—Hans Rosenhaupt, 74, director of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship foundation for 23 years, died Friday after a lengthy illness.

Sources[edit | edit source]

  • 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 Hans W. Rosenhaupt for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
  • Dan Gross, Timeline of Rosenhaupt, Hans W. for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: HANS W. ROSENHAUPT.doc)