5/9/2021
The Ritchie Boys
Breaking Newstags: Jewish history, espionage, World War 2, OSS
Stories from members of the Ritchie Boys, a secret U.S. WWII intelligence unit bolstered by German-born Jews
The Ritchie Boys were responsible for uncovering more than half the combat intelligence on the Western Front during World War II. For the many German-born Jews in their ranks, defeating the Nazis was heartbreakingly personal. Jon Wertheim reports.