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Jon Wertheim: So physical combat training as well as intelligence? Fortunately, a book written by historian Beverley Eddy tells the story of Camp Ritchie and the Ritchie Boys in great detail and with professional skill. The story of Camp Ritchie and the men (and women) who came there is a story that needs to be broadcast more widely. As Nazi persecution of Jews intensified in the late 1930s, desperate families often found they could get only a single child out of Germany via the efforts of Jewish relief agencies. I know all about you. Immigrants like Guy Stern. Starting in 1942, more than 11,000 soldiers went through the rigorous training at what was the Army's first centralized school for intelligence and psychological warfare. And, it is thanks to them (their native speaking German skills, knowledge of the German culture, and patriotism), that America and her allies were able to defeat Hitler. The 10 digit ISBN is 0811769968 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780811769969. Other Ritchie Boys were able to express their motivation and accomplishments in memoirs with titles such as I Must Be a Part of This War and A Few Who Made a Difference. Since Stern spoke German he was tasked with the interrogation of prisoners of war and defectors. Guy Stern: This one was our most effective leaflet and why was that? Max Lerner was assigned to interivew German civilians to help gauge the degree to which they had served the Nazi cause and determine which ones should be punished. Many were German- and Austrian-born Jews who had fled Adolf Hitlers genocidal Nazi regimemaking them most determined enemies of the Third Reich. They were members of a secret group whose mastery of the German language and culture helped them provide battlefield intelligence that proved pivotal to the Allies' victory. Jon Wertheim: I understand you you had sparring partners. What did work Is complicity. African-American Ritchie Boy William Warfield Ritchie Boys were heroes who used their innate skills to gather information from all sources But there were the odd grace notes among the wreckage of a continent. There's no fee to visit the local community Jon Wertheim: You work 6 days a week, you swim every morning, you lecture, any signs of slowing down? Immigrant Soldier, The Story of David Frey: There are a whole variety of prominent Ritchie Boys. And to take those heights against heavy firing, going up those steep cliffs, and of course, it had been done. Approximately 20,000 menmany of whom were immigrants and refugees from more than 70 countries, including 2,800 German and Austrian refugees who fled Look, I got a book here and it tells me that you were here and you went there and your boss was this." As was philanthropist David Rockefeller and media baron and billionaire John Kluge. And there's nothing that forges unity better than having a common enemy. Sixty-plus percent of the actionable intelligence gathered on the battlefield was gathered by Ritchie Boys.