YSU hosts David Frey for Holocaust lecture

Youngstown State University’s Center for Judaic and Holocaust Studies is presenting a lecture at 7 p.m. March 31.

David Frey, a professor of History at U.S. Military Academy West Point, will give a lecture titled “Holocaust Refugees who Fought Back: The Military Intelligence Training Center at Camp Ritchie.”

The talk, which will be held in Room 132 of Debartolo, will discuss the “Richie Boys,” Holocaust refugees who joined a special intelligence unit in the U.S. army at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, to go back to Europe, infiltrate the Nazis and help the Allies win the war.

The event is co-sponsored by the YSU Army ROTC, the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation and the Ohio Holocaust and Genocide Memorial and Education Commission. A dessert reception will follow the lecture.

Any questions or media inquiries can be directed to Adam Fuller, director of the YSU Center for Judaic and Holocaust Studies, at afuller@ysu.edu.