Charles R. Stein

Charles R. Stein
Personal details
Born	parents. Story recorded by news reporter
Died	2020 Chelmno, Indiana
Nativity	Austria
Religion	Jewish
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	01182970
Rank	Colonel
Camp Ritchie	Class 10 (23 July – 20 September 1943)
Teams	IPW 5, IPW 26

Teammates

Team — IPW 5

Team — IPW 26

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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Charles R. Stein (died 2020) was a Ritchie Boy (from Austria; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie and served with IPW Team 5; 26.

Biography

The Nazis deported my parents to the Lodz ghetto in October 1941, and four months later they were killed with poison gas at Chelmno." Sincerely, Charles Stein Holocaust Survivor Captain, US Army (RET) I'm saddened to report the death of Ritchie Boy Charles Stein of Alexandria, VA, August 28, 2020 at the age of 100. His parents remained in Europe and died in Chelmno in 1942. Charles was born to a Jewish family in Vienna, Austria.

From 1937 to 1938, Charles attended University of Vienna Medical School. In 1937, Charles was admitted to the Medical School of the University of Vienna. After the Nazis marched onto Vienna on March 13, 1938, Jews were no longer permitted to study at the University.

On 20 September 1943, he graduated 10th Class with Certificate 3194.

In June 1943, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Field Artillery, and shortly thereafter was transferred to Camp Ritchie for training in Military Intelligence.

By August 1938, he had found a way to leave to Luxembourg. In it, Ritchie Boy Charles Stein, a volunteer at the Museum, recalls the day seventy-three years ago today when he landed on Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion of June 1944. From 1951 to 1953, he served as Intelligence Officer with 2nd Infantry Division attached to 8th.

In 1980, he wrote up personal history. He was member of IPW Team 5 attached to. He served as Captain with the 9th Infantry Division (60th Infantry Regiment) when his unit reached the Elbe.

He served as foreign service officer with Special Assistant to Secretary of State for resettlement of European refugees; wrote summary report. He married Air Force Lieutenant. As an Austrian Jewish refugee, I knew what I was fighting against.

So I was fighting my way back to them to find out what happened. His father was a printer. He served in World War II in combat from Normandy to the Czech border and again during the Korean War in Korea.

He then worked as an Intelligence Analyst at the Department of Defense, and in 1966 transferred to the Department of the State Foreign Service until his retirement in December 1978. On 31 December 1978, he retired as Lt.

Research notes

• XIX Corps; Retired as Lt. Col.
• 11/28/1919-A

Technical record

Field	Imported value
row_source	demographics

Timeline

• Died 1942.
• Parents remained in Europe and died in Chelmno in 1942.
• 1944 — 1945 Promoted to 1st Lt. Officer in Charge of IPW Team attached to 30th Infantry Division, and XIX Corps (Hurtgen Forest, Battle of the Bulge). Interrogated thousands of German POWs at front lines including Ukrainian guards at Nordhausen. Served as Captain with the 9th Infantry Division (60th Infantry Regiment) when his unit reached the Elbe.
• 1 August 1945 — Special Order F-52 (HQ, MIS Forward) Leave and Furlough Group E.
• 3 November 1948 — Returned to Army/Pentagon and served as Chief of the Translation Section, Office of Chief of Military History. (Experiences of German General Staff assigned to Eastern Front).
• 1951 — 1953 Served as Intelligence Officer with 2nd Infantry Division attached to 8th.
• 31 December 1978 — Retired as Lt.
• America handling electrical appliances. Later had office job with company.
• Married Air Force Lieutenant.
• Returned to U.S. and worked first with Air Force Intelligence and then on information systems with team of Government experts at State Department. [Testified successfully for financial support at Congressional hearing].
• the 29th Infantry Division (?) whose initial roster consisted of.

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 2017-06-07 (1 post)
• Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2020-09-03 (1 post)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Charles R. Stein for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Stein, Charles R. for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: CHARLES R. STEIN (2020A).doc)