- Ethnic German Jews who fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s were recruited by the US Army in 1942 and trained at Fort Ritchie in Maryland to serve as interrogators and translators, known as the "Ritchie Boys". - During World War 2, the Ritchie Boys provided valuable intelligence by interrogating German prisoners of war and extracting tactical information that helped the US in battles. - After the war, some Ritchie Boys focused on strategic intelligence collection from captured German officials and interrogating former concentration camp guards. Their contributions helped the US defeat Nazi Germany.