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Guy Stern

German-born American literary scholar, Holocaust survivor, and Ritchie Boys interrogator (1922-2023) · Germany · On the map · Academics · Died at 101

Günther "Guy" Stern was a German-American decorated member of the secret Ritchie Boys World War II military intelligence interrogation team. As the only person from his Jewish family to flee Nazi Germany, he came to the United States and later served in the US Army conducting frontline interrogations.

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Awards

Honorary Citizen of Hildesheim2012
Goethe Medal1989
Bronze Star Medal
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

About this person

Country
Germany
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 2023 · aged 101

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