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 biog-raphies of those already mentioned or con-tribute new names.

To our knowledge this is the first effort to compile such a roll of honor for Allied soldiers and resistance fighters who origi-nated 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 re-gimes.

We want to thank Mr. Frank A. Harris, the founder and mastermind of the Nur-

emberg-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 valu-able 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 or-der 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)

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1 2 3 4 5

1. Alden, Harry (Arnstein, Hans) FÜ 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 Pioneer Corps, Jewish Brigade in Palestine & Europe

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

10. Bechhofer, Jerry (Bechhöfer, Gerhard) FÜ USA Bronze Star

Fred and Jerry Bechhofer

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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 Marines

16. Bickart, Fritz Erlangen USA K.I.A. 1943

17. Bierer, Fritz FÜ UK Brother of Walter

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 Wil-liam and Freder-ick & Richard Kenber; since 1942

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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

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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-nelore)

FÜ UK

35. Friedmann, Arnold N UK Son of Dr. Max & Else, brother of Lotte, 1943 - 1946 Royal Army Ord-nance Corps

36. Friedmann, Else N? UK Women’s Air Force Auxiliary in Palestine & Egypt

37. Friedmann, Lotte N UK Auxiliary Territo-rial Service in Palestine

38. Friedmann, Max, Dr. (lawyer in Nurem-berg since 1920)

Suhl UK Palestine & Egypt

39. Gartner, Henri (Heinrich) N FRA

40. Gerst, Eric Frank N USA Ritchie Boy (Intel-ligence Corps), since 1944 with 63rd Infantry Divi-sion in France & Germany

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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 (In-telligence 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

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63. Heilbronner, Fred (Fritz) N USA Pacific Theater of Operations

Fred Heilbronner

64. Heiman, Karl Bopfingen,

family lived in N

USA Brother of Martin

65. Heiman, Martin (Udo) Bopfingen,

family lived in N

USA

66. Hellmann, Kurt N UK Engineer

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 (In-telligence Corps)

Fritz Hirschmann

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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

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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 Palestine & Egypt

82. Kahn, Eric N USA

83. Katz, Leo N USA

84. Kenber, Frederick G. (Krakenberger, Fritz)

N UK Brother of Rich-ard and Frank & William Craig; since 1944 Royal Military College then officer

85. Kenber, Richard Kurt Max (Krakenberger, Kurt Max)

N UK Brother of Fre-derick and Frank & William Craig; British 8th Army

86. Kingsley, Ralph (Kleemann, Rolf) London, family lived in N

UK Pioneer Corps

Ralph Kingsley

87. Kissinger, Henry (Heinz A.) FÜ USA

88. Klaber, Eric (Erich) FÜ USA

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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 French resistance & regular Army

95. Lauchheimer, Alan N USA

96. Lorch, Ernest (Ernst) N USA

Ernest Lorch

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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 Guerilla in the Nazi occupied Soviet Union after his escape from the camps

100. Meinhardt, Al (Albrecht) N USA

101. Mercer, Randoph (Metzger, Rudolf) N UK Brother of Kurt Anton Metzger

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

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107. Myller, Rolf (Müller) N USA

108. Noymer, Ernest (Neumetzger, Ernst) N USA

109. Nussbaum, Rudi FÜ NL Dutch resistance

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

Albert Ottenstein

117. Patience, Ellen (nee Rosenberg) FÜ UK ATS

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

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123. Regensburger, Marianne FÜ USA Signal Corps, Pacific Theater of Operations

124. Reichsthaler, Stefan N NL Dutch resistance

125. Rodwell, Heinz (Rosenthal) FÜ UK

126. Rogers, George (Rosenfelder, Albert) FÜ UK

George Rogers

127. Rosenberg, Edgar FÜ USA 1st Army, 99th Div, 393rd Reg, West-ern front 1944-45

Edgar Rosenberg

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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

133. Sarle, Bernard (Sahlmann, Bernhard Erich) FÜ UK Pioneer Corps

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 French resistance (FFI) & regular Army, brother of Lore Strauss

140. Selling, Martin Lehrberg near USA

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Ansbach

141. Shuler, Kurt (Schulherr) N USA

Kurt Shuler

142. Sinclair, Maurice (Schulowitz, Moritz) FÜ UK

143. Skyte, Frank (Scheidt, Fritz) FÜ UK British Home Guard

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

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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.

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164. Weil, Lothar FÜ USA Papua New Guinea

Lothar Weil

165. Weiler, Edgar N USA

166. Weiss, Arnie (Wangersheim, Arnold) N USA

Arnie Weiss

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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 Nur-emberg; 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

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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 Compulsory ser-vice in Switzer-land

177. Meyers, Herb Wiesbaden USA

Herb Meyers

178. Siegel, Uri Munich UK Cyprus

Uri Siegel

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179. Sinclair, Peter (Siegel, Hans Peter) Munich UK India

Peter Sinclair

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