Allied soldiers and resistance fighters from the

Allied soldiers and resistance fighters from
the Nuremberg-Fürth area during WW2
The following list is supposed to be both a
memorial for the men and women from
our region who actively fought the Axis
Powers and an appeal to our visitors to
add more information detailing the biographies of those already mentioned or contribute new names.
To our knowledge this is the first effort to
compile such a roll of honor for Allied
soldiers and resistance fighters who originated from a specific area in Germany
before their expulsion by the Nazis. Their
walks of life were intertwined in multiple
ways as relatives, schoolmates, friends,
refugees and eventually servicemen united
in the aim to overthrow murderous regimes.
We want to thank Mr. Frank A. Harris,
the founder and mastermind of the Nuremberg-Fürth Survivors’ Group for his
support of the project by correspondence
and making available to us the back-issues
of the group’s newsletter as a most valuable source. We are also indebted to the
participants in our survey of February 2012 among Nuremberg-Fürth families who shared with
us biographical data and photographs.
In January 2014 we added a separate list at the end of the file of emigrants who do not fit the
roster for being no Nuremberg-Fürthers or served in the forces of non-Allied countries in order to record also this information we got in the course of our research.
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List of names
Columns:
1 consecutive number
2 name
3 place of birth (FÜ = Fürth, N = Nuremberg)
4 served in the armed forces of: AUS = Australia, CAN = Canada, FRA = France, NL =
Netherlands, SU = Soviet Union, UK = United Kingdom including Palestine, USA
5 remarks (K.I.A. = Killed In Action)
2
1
1.
2
3
Alden, Harry (Arnstein, Hans)
FÜ
4
5
USA
Harry Alden
2.
Allard, Lorraine (Sulzbacher, Lorle)
FÜ
UK
3.
Ansbacher, Siegfried
Leutershausen
USA
4.
Ansbacher, Siegfried
Leutershausen
USA
5.
Avimeir, Hanan (Obermeyer, Hans)
N
UK
6.
Bach, Vernon Stephen (Werner Siegfried) N
UK
7.
Bancroft, Eric (Bamberger, Erich)
N
USA
8.
Bauernfreund, Horace (Horst)
FÜ
USA
9.
Bechhofer, Fred (Bechhöfer, Alfred)
FÜ
USA
FÜ
USA Bronze Star
10. Bechhofer, Jerry (Bechhöfer, Gerhard)
Fred and Jerry Bechhofer
Pioneer Corps,
Jewish Brigade in
Palestine & Europe
3
11. Becker, Martin
N
USA U.S. Air Corps,
Pacific Theater
of Operations
Martin Becker
12. Benjamin, Karl Ernst Jacob
N
UK
After WW2 with
the IDF, K.I.A.
1948
13. Bergmann, Ellen
FÜ
UK
ATS
14. Bergmann, Frederick E. (Ernst Friedrich)
FÜ
CAN Brother of Ellen
15. Berlin, Ludwig
N
UK
16. Bickart, Fritz
Erlangen
USA K.I.A. 1943
17. Bierer, Fritz
FÜ
UK
18. Bierer, Walter
FÜ
USA
19. Bierman, Fritz, Dr.
FÜ?
UK
20. Birnbaum, Fritz
FÜ
UK
Palestine
21. Bruce, Harold (Schilling, Harald)
N
UK
Paratroops, brother
of Vernon Stone
22. Coleman, Gus (Kohlmann, Helmut)
N
USA
23. Craig, Frank B. (Krakenberger, Franz)
N
USA Brother of William and Frederick & Richard
Kenber; since
1942
Marines
Brother of Walter
4
Frank Craig with his mother Alice and his youngest brother Herbert
after their liberation from the concentration camps, 1945
24. Craig, William (Krakenberger, Willi)
N
USA Brother of Frank
and Frederick &
Richard Kenber;
since 1941
William Craig
25. Eaton, Joseph W. (Wechsler)
N
USA
26. Everett, Leslie Ernie (Eichbaum, Lutz)
N
AUS
27. Federlin, Henry (Federlein, Hans-Max)
N
USA
5
28. Felder, Paul A. (Dingfelder)
N
USA
29. Fleischmann, Joseph
N
USA Europe & Pacific
Joseph Fleischmann
30. Fleischmann, Max
FÜ
USA Africa, Italy and
Germany
31. Frank, Peter
N
USA
32. Frankel, Ernst
Erlangen
USA France, Belgium
and Germany
33. Fraser, Kenneth (Fleischmann, Kurt)
FÜ
UK
34. Freedman, Hanne (nee Kohnstamm, Han- FÜ
nelore)
UK
35. Friedmann, Arnold
N
UK
Son of Dr. Max &
Else, brother of
Lotte, 1943 - 1946
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
36. Friedmann, Else
N?
UK
Women’s Air
Force Auxiliary in
Palestine & Egypt
37. Friedmann, Lotte
N
UK
Auxiliary Territorial Service in
Palestine
38. Friedmann, Max, Dr. (lawyer in Nuremberg since 1920)
Suhl
UK
Palestine & Egypt
39. Gartner, Henri (Heinrich)
N
FRA
40. Gerst, Eric Frank
N
USA Ritchie Boy (Intelligence
Corps),
since 1944 with
63rd Infantry Division in France &
Germany
6
41. Gitterman, Henry (Gütermann, Heinz)
N
USA
42. Glaser, Willie
FÜ
CAN
43. Goldmann, Arthur
FÜ
CAN
44. Goldmann, Fred (Friedl)
FÜ
USA
45. Goldsmith, Fred (Goldschmidt, Fritz)
N
UK
46. Grant, Howard (Gutmann)
N
USA
47. Greenbaum, Henry (Grünbaum, Heinz)
Erlangen
USA
48. Griesman, Henry (Heinz)
N
USA
Henry Griesman
49. Grierson, Sir Ronald (Grießmann)
N
UK
Special Forces
50. Grünbaum, Alfred Abraham
N
USA
51. Gunzenhauser, Werner
N
USA Navy
52. Gutmann, Ernest (Ernst)
N
USA K.I.A. 1945
53. Gutmann, Kurt
N
USA Twin brother of
Peter
54. Gutmann, Peter
N
USA Air Force
55. Haas, Walter
Neumarkt
USA
56. Habermann, Fred
FÜ
USA Ritchie Boy (Intelligence Corps)
57. Hagen, Friedrich
N
FRA
French resistance
58. Hamburger, Arno
N
UK
Jewish Brigade
59. Hanau, Walter
FÜ
USA
60. Harris, Frank A. (Hess, Franz S.)
FÜ
USA
61. Hecht, Walter
N
USA
62. Heilbronn, Eric (Erich)
N
USA K.I.A. 1944
7
63. Heilbronner, Fred (Fritz)
N
USA Pacific Theater
of Operations
Fred Heilbronner
64. Heiman, Karl
Bopfingen,
USA Brother of Martin
family lived in N
65. Heiman, Martin (Udo)
Bopfingen,
USA
family lived in N
66. Hellmann, Kurt
N
UK
67. Herbst, Ady (Adolf)
N
USA
68. Herrman, Martin (Herrmann)
N
USA
69. Herrmann, Harold B.
N
USA HQ 9th Army
70. Herz, Art (Arthur)
N
USA
71. Hirschmann, Fritz
FÜ
USA Brother of Ralph;
Ritchie Boy (Intelligence Corps)
Fritz Hirschmann
Engineer
8
72. Hirschmann, Henry (Heinz)
N
USA
73. Hirschmann, Peter
N
USA
74. Hirschmann, Ralph F.
FÜ
USA Brother of Fritz;
Pacific Theater
of Operations
Ralph Hirschmann
75. Hopf, Don (Klaus)
N
USA
Don Hopf
76. Hopf, Hans E.
N
USA
77. Iglauer, Hank
N
USA
9
78. Illfelder, Herbert
FÜ
USA K.I.A. 1943
79. Jaffe, Heinz A.
N
USA Brother of Walter;
European Theater
80. Jaffe, Walter
N
USA Brother of Heinz;
Pacific Theater
81. Josephthal, Giora (Georg)
N
UK
82. Kahn, Eric
N
USA
83. Katz, Leo
N
USA
84. Kenber, Frederick G. (Krakenberger,
Fritz)
N
UK
Brother of Richard and Frank &
William Craig;
since 1944 Royal
Military College
then officer
85. Kenber, Richard Kurt Max (Krakenberger, N
Kurt Max)
UK
Brother of Frederick and Frank
& William Craig;
British
8th Army
86. Kingsley, Ralph (Kleemann, Rolf)
UK
Pioneer Corps
London, family
lived in N
Ralph Kingsley
87. Kissinger, Henry (Heinz A.)
FÜ
USA
88. Klaber, Eric (Erich)
FÜ
USA
Palestine &
Egypt
10
89. Kramer, Warren (Krämer, Werner)
N
UK
90. Kunreuther, Bill (Willy)
FÜ
USA
91. Lamm, Sidney (Siegfried)
N
USA Army
Sidney Lamm
92. Land, Kurt (Landenberger)
N
UK
93. Landman, Gerald (Landmann)
N
USA
94. Langlois, Gerard (Löwensohn, Gerhard)
FÜ
FRA
95. Lauchheimer, Alan
N
USA
96. Lorch, Ernest (Ernst)
N
USA
Ernest Lorch
French resistance
& regular Army
11
97. Lowe, Paul (Löwensohn)
FÜ
UK
R.A.F., Egypt
(Canal Zone)
Paul Lowe
98. Lytton, Hugh (Lichtenstein, Heinz)
N
CAN
99. Mandel, Jean
FÜ
SU
100. Meinhardt, Al (Albrecht)
N
USA
101. Mercer, Randoph (Metzger, Rudolf)
N
UK
102. Metzger, Kurt Anton
N
USA Brother of
Randolph Mercer
103. Miller, Norman (Müller, Norbert)
N
USA
104. Moore, Martin (Mohrenwitz)
Bamberg
AUS
105. Mosbacher, Al (Alfred)
N
USA
106. Mosbacher, Stephen S. (Stefan Sigmund)
N
USA K.I.A. 1945
Stephen S. Mosbacher
Guerilla in the
Nazi occupied
Soviet Union
after his escape
from the camps
Brother of Kurt
Anton Metzger
12
107. Myller, Rolf (Müller)
N
USA
108. Noymer, Ernest (Neumetzger, Ernst)
N
USA
109. Nussbaum, Rudi
FÜ
NL
110. Obermayer, Peter
FÜ
USA
111. Oestreicher, Ernest (Ernst)
N
CAN
112. Oppenheim, Henry (Hansl)
N
USA
113. Oppenheim, Walter
N
USA
114. Oppenheimer, Eva
N
UK
115. Oppenheimer, Rudolph
FÜ
UK
116. Ottenstein, Albert
N
UK
Pioneer Corps
ATS
Dutch resistance
Albert Ottenstein
117. Patience, Ellen (nee Rosenberg)
FÜ
UK
118. Pretsfelder, Ernst
FÜ
USA
119. Reading, Max (Regensburger)
N
UK
120. Rafael, Steve (Stefan)
N
USA
121. Rand, Ernest A. (Rindskopf, Ernst)
FÜ
USA
122. Reed, Walter (Rindsberg, Werner)
Mainstockheim
near Kitzingen
USA
Walter Reed
13
123. Regensburger, Marianne
FÜ
USA Signal Corps,
Pacific Theater
of Operations
124. Reichsthaler, Stefan
N
NL
125. Rodwell, Heinz (Rosenthal)
FÜ
UK
126. Rogers, George (Rosenfelder, Albert)
FÜ
UK
Dutch resistance
George Rogers
127. Rosenberg, Edgar
FÜ
Edgar Rosenberg
USA 1st Army, 99th Div,
393rd Reg, Western front 1944-45
14
128. Rosenfelder / Field, Kurt
FÜ
USA K.I.A.
129. Rosskamm, Stephen (Stefan)
N
USA
130. Rothenberg, Hans
N
USA K.I.A.
131. Sachs, John (Hans)
N
USA
132. Sahlmann, Rudolf, Dr.
FÜ
FRA
French Foreign
Legion in North
Africa
UK
Pioneer Corps
133. Sarle, Bernard (Sahlmann, Bernhard Erich) FÜ
Bernard Sarle
134. Schlesinger, Adolph
FÜ
USA
135. Schneebalg, David
N
SU
136. Schopler, Harry (Schopflocher, Heinz)
N
USA Navy
137. Schueftan, Henry
Berlin, family
lived in N
USA
138. Schwab, Henry (Hans)
Neustadt / Aisch
USA Third Army, XX
Corps
139. Seidenberger, George
N
FRA
140. Selling, Martin
Lehrberg near
USA
French resistance
(FFI) & regular
Army, brother of
Lore Strauss
15
Ansbach
141. Shuler, Kurt (Schulherr)
N
USA
Kurt Shuler
142. Sinclair, Maurice (Schulowitz, Moritz)
FÜ
UK
143. Skyte, Frank (Scheidt, Fritz)
FÜ
UK
144. Spear, Hans
N
UK
145. Spiegel, Frank (Franz)
FÜ
USA
146. Spiegel, John (Hans)
Berlin, lived in N USA 10th Mt Div in
CO, WI, AL; MS
John Spiegel
147. Stahl, Frank (Franz)
FÜ
USA
British Home
Guard
16
148. Stahl, Rudy
FÜ
USA
149. Steinacher, Gerald (Gerhard)
FÜ, family lived
in N
USA
150. Sternschein, Hugo
Ullstadt
USA
Hugo Sternschein
151. Stiefel, Paul
FÜ
USA Pacific Theater
152. Stone, Vernon (Schilling, Werner)
N
UK
Brother of Harold
Bruce
153. Strauss, Lore (née Seidenberger)
N
FRA
French resistance
(FFI), sister of
George, wife of
Walter
154. Strauss, Walter
N
USA
155. Strauss, Werner
N?
USA K.I.A.
156. Teitz, Erich
FÜ
USA
157. Teutsch, Eddie
N
USA brother of Walter
158. Teutsch, Walter
N
USA
159. Tuchmann, Fritz
N
USA Navy
160. Tuchmann, Herbert
N
UK
161. Uhlfelder, Herbert
N
USA
162. Wallerstein, Jules (Julius)
FÜ
USA
163. Weil, John (Hans)
N?
USA K.I.A.
17
164. Weil, Lothar
FÜ
USA Papua New Guinea
Lothar Weil
165. Weiler, Edgar
N
USA
166. Weiss, Arnie (Wangersheim, Arnold)
N
USA
Arnie Weiss
18
167. Willner, Charles K. (Karl)
N
FRA
Foreign Legion
1939 - 1941;
French resistance;
brother of Philipp
Charles K. Willner
168. Willner, Philipp
N
USA Chief German
Court Reporting
Branch of the
OCCWC in Nuremberg; brother
of Charles
169. Wohl, Henry (Heinz)
N
USA
Henry Wohl
170. Wolf, Paul
N
USA
171. Wolff, Arthur
FÜ
USA
172. Yondorf, Eric (Erich)
N
USA Signal Corps,
brother of Walter
173. Yondorf, Rudy
N
USA
19
174. Yondorf, Walter F.
N
USA Signal Corps
Active Soldiers not from Nuremberg-Fürth or in non-Allied countries
175. Buff, Fred
Krumbach
USA Navy, Pacific
Theater
176. Guggenheimer, Heinrich
N
CH
177. Meyers, Herb
Wiesbaden
USA
Compulsory service in Switzerland
Herb Meyers
178. Siegel, Uri
Munich
Uri Siegel
UK
Cyprus
20
179. Sinclair, Peter (Siegel, Hans Peter)
Munich
UK
India
Peter Sinclair
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