Guy Stern

Guy Stern
Born
Günther Stern

(1922-01-14)14 January 1922
Hildesheim, Germany[1]
Died7 December 2023(2023-12-07) (aged 101)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Academic background

Guy Stern (born Günther Stern; January 14, 1922 – December 7, 2023) was a German-American U.S. Army soldier and scholar. He was a decorated member of the secret Ritchie Boys World War II military intelligence interrogation team. He later became a scholar of literature.

Stern died on December 7, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan at the age of 101.[2][3]

Works

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  • Invisible Ink: A Memoir. Detroit: Wayne State University Press 2020. ISBN 9870814347591
  • Fielding, Wieland, Goethe and the rise of the novel. Frankfurt am Main u.a. 2003.
  • Literarische Kultur im Exil. Gesammelte Beiträge zur Exilforschung (1989 - 1997) . Dresden u.a. 1998.
  • Literatur im Exil. Gesammelte Aufsätze 1959 – 1989. Ismaning 1989.
  • (edited with Gustave Mathieu) Introduction to German Poetry. Dover. 1991. ISBN 9780486267135. OCLC 742447008.
  • War, Weimar and literature. The story of the Neue Merkur, 1914-1925. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press 1971.

References

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  1. ↑ Franklin, Joshua. "German-Jewish Refugees in the American Armed Forces during World War II" (PDF). p. 34. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-30.
  2. ↑ Holocaust-Überlebender Guy Stern mit 101 Jahren gestorben (in German)
  3. ↑ DPA (December 8, 2023). "German-American Holocaust survivor Guy Stern dead at 101 ｜ DPA". DPA. Archived from the original on December 8, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2023.