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1/2/2022: 60 Minutes Presents - The Ritchie Boys

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The Richie Boys and the Library of Congress

There were richie boys that were in the first wave on the first day at dida. Some didn't even go over to europe. There were two who were actually captured at the battle of the bulge, and when their identity was discovered, they were summarily executed by the germans because they were jewish. 98 year old paul fairbrook helped set up the german military document section at camp richie,. A vast catalogue of more than 20 thousand cap german documents. They created something that i call the equivalent of the of the library of congress. The project detailed every aspect of the german army's operations during the war.

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