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Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, Parents Fought Nazis in WWII, Now He Fights Trump: Thom Hartmann
- (WWII) Ritchie Boys. They were specially trained in methods of intelligence, counterintelligence, interrogation, investigation and psychological warfare. 900 of these men also attended special training at Camp Sharpe, Penn. The Jewish refugees were qualified for these tasks because they knew the German language and understood the German mentality and behavior better than most American-born soldiers.
The role of the soldiers was, therefore, to work in the front lines, at strategic corps and army levels, at interrogation, analyzing German forces and plans, and to study and demoralize the enemy. The majority of them went on to work as members of the US Counter Intelligence Corps.
During the Battle of the Bulge, two Ritchie Boys were recognized by their accents, and the German officer Curt Bruns then ordered them both to be summarily executed; he said, "The Jews have no right to live in Germany." He was captured on Feb. 15, 1945, put on trial for the murders, and sentenced to death by firing squad. Bruns was executed on June 15, 1945, the first World War II criminal to be executed by the US Army...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritchie_Boys