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Rigg discovered the large number of "[[Mischlinge]]" (part-Jews) who were members of the Nazi Party. |
Rigg discovered the large number of "[[Mischlinge]]" (part-Jews) who were members of the Nazi Party. |
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His work has been featured in the ''[[New York Times]]'' and on programs including [[NBC]] [[Dateline NBC|Dateline]] and [[Fox News]]. |
His work has been featured in the ''[[New York Times]]'' and on programs including [[NBC]] [[Dateline NBC|Dateline]] and [[Fox News]]. Raised up as a Baptist Christian, he discovered he was of Jewish descent, converted to the Jewish faith and served as a volunteer in the [[Israeli Army]]. He later served as an officer in the [[U.S. Marine Corps]]. |
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His collection of documents, videotapes, and wartime memoirs, are presented at the Bryan Mark Rigg Collection, part of the Federal German Military Archives (the [[Bundesarchiv]]), in Freiburg, Germany. |
His collection of documents, videotapes, and wartime memoirs, are presented at the Bryan Mark Rigg Collection, part of the Federal German Military Archives (the [[Bundesarchiv]]), in Freiburg, Germany. |
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Back at Cambridge, Rigg offered the subject as his thesis, but was rejected on the grounds that it was "dead end science". Upon insisting, he finally received a year off, and small funding from Cambridge for a research trip back to Germany, under Professor Jonathan Steinberg. Steinberg contacted the media about the future research, which caused much debate about the scientific value of the outcome.<ref>[http://thisiszionism.blogspot.com/2008/02/thousands-of-hitlers-soldiers-were-of.html This is Zionism] about Rigg's study and personal interest in the subject.</ref> During this year, traveling under harsh conditions on bicycle throughout Germany, he gathered over four hundred recorded interviews, with "Mischling"s of this sort. He also discovered that he had Jewish origins. He followed up on the trip to Sweden, Turkey, Canada, and finally Israel. |
Back at Cambridge, Rigg offered the subject as his thesis, but was rejected on the grounds that it was "dead end science". Upon insisting, he finally received a year off, and small funding from Cambridge for a research trip back to Germany, under Professor Jonathan Steinberg. Steinberg contacted the media about the future research, which caused much debate about the scientific value of the outcome.<ref>[http://thisiszionism.blogspot.com/2008/02/thousands-of-hitlers-soldiers-were-of.html This is Zionism] about Rigg's study and personal interest in the subject.</ref> During this year, traveling under harsh conditions on bicycle throughout Germany, he gathered over four hundred recorded interviews, with "Mischling"s of this sort. He also discovered that he had Jewish origins. He followed up on the trip to Sweden, Turkey, Canada, and finally Israel. |
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He identifies himself today as Jewish,<ref>[He returned to his family in Texas, where he had grown up as a devout Baptist Yale biography] "He now identifies himself as Jewish...". See also [http://your-jewish-mother.com/?p=60 Not Really Jewish?] Where a Jewish woman with a non-Jewish mother discusses maternal hereditary Jewish nationality with Prof. Rigg.</ref> and studied in Israel at the "Ohr Sameach" [[Yeshiva]]. He also |
He identifies himself today as Jewish,<ref>[He returned to his family in Texas, where he had grown up as a devout Baptist Yale biography] "He now identifies himself as Jewish...". See also [http://your-jewish-mother.com/?p=60 Not Really Jewish?] Where a Jewish woman with a non-Jewish mother discusses maternal hereditary Jewish nationality with Prof. Rigg.</ref> and studied in Israel at the "Ohr Sameach" [[Yeshiva]]. He also joined a short volunteer program at the Israeli army.<ref>[http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/failed_messiahcom/2005/05/bryan_mark_rigg.html Archived profile from the Jerusalem Post about Rigg] saved on FailedMassiah anti-orthodox Jewish website</ref> |
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Rigg has done humanitarian activities in Romania, Bulgaria, the Bahamas, South Africa, and France.<ref>[http://www.stengerhistorica.com/History/Ehrenrettung/Riggs/Dr.Riggs%20BG.htm Rigg's biography on StengerHistoria] a website for German soldiers, and research about German military history. See also the [http://www.thanksgiving.org/leader.html Thanksgiving Square] interfaith organization, and his speech at the [http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/01/reflections-on-holocaust-and-g.html Dallas Baptist Church].</ref> |
Rigg has done humanitarian activities in Romania, Bulgaria, the Bahamas, South Africa, and France.<ref>[http://www.stengerhistorica.com/History/Ehrenrettung/Riggs/Dr.Riggs%20BG.htm Rigg's biography on StengerHistoria] a website for German soldiers, and research about German military history. See also the [http://www.thanksgiving.org/leader.html Thanksgiving Square] interfaith organization, and his speech at the [http://religionblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/01/reflections-on-holocaust-and-g.html Dallas Baptist Church].</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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* [[Meno Burg]] (1789–1853), |
* [[Meno Burg]] (1789–1853), the highest ranking Jewish officer in the Prussian army. |
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==External Links and More Information== |
==External Links and More Information== |
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Revision as of 18:12, 30 July 2012
Bryan Mark Rigg born 1971, is an American author and speaker who received his PhD from Cambridge University. He is based at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
Rigg discovered the large number of "Mischlinge" (part-Jews) who were members of the Nazi Party.
His work has been featured in the New York Times and on programs including NBC Dateline and Fox News. Raised up as a Baptist Christian, he discovered he was of Jewish descent, converted to the Jewish faith and served as a volunteer in the Israeli Army. He later served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.
His collection of documents, videotapes, and wartime memoirs, are presented at the Bryan Mark Rigg Collection, part of the Federal German Military Archives (the Bundesarchiv), in Freiburg, Germany.
Biography
Born and raised as a Baptist Christian,[1] Rigg studied at Phillips Exeter Academy, continued on to Yale university, and received his B.A. in 1996. He received a grant from the Henry Fellowship, to continue his studies in Cambridge University. That summer he went to Germany, and met Peter Millies, an elderly man who helped Rigg understand the German in a movie they were watching, 'Europe Europe', about Shlomo Pearl, a Jew who served in the Nazi army. Millies later told Rigg that he himself was a part-Jew, and introduced him to the subject which was to become his main research topic for many years.[2]
Back at Cambridge, Rigg offered the subject as his thesis, but was rejected on the grounds that it was "dead end science". Upon insisting, he finally received a year off, and small funding from Cambridge for a research trip back to Germany, under Professor Jonathan Steinberg. Steinberg contacted the media about the future research, which caused much debate about the scientific value of the outcome.[3] During this year, traveling under harsh conditions on bicycle throughout Germany, he gathered over four hundred recorded interviews, with "Mischling"s of this sort. He also discovered that he had Jewish origins. He followed up on the trip to Sweden, Turkey, Canada, and finally Israel.
He identifies himself today as Jewish,[4] and studied in Israel at the "Ohr Sameach" Yeshiva. He also joined a short volunteer program at the Israeli army.[5]
Rigg has done humanitarian activities in Romania, Bulgaria, the Bahamas, South Africa, and France.[6]
His discoveries and writings have been used both by Holocaust researchers,[7] as well as Holocaust denial and anti-Zionist groups.[citation needed]
Recent activities: Bryan Mark Rigg worked in the Private Banking Division of Credit Suisse as a Private Wealth Manager from 2006 to 2008. He has set up his own firm called RIGG Wealth Management.
He was a professor at Southern Methodist University and American Military University from 2000 to 2006.[8]
Criticism
David Cesarani, professor for Jewish history in Southampton, England, and Raul Hilberg, emeritus of the University of Vermont judge Rigg’s work negatively, because they believe Rigg’s thesis is presented in a sensationalistic and unbalanced way.
Some scholars also resent that Rigg tried to gain public attention when his work was still in an early stage. Other scholars, like Richard J. Evans, history professor in Cambridge, and Omer Bartov, history professor at Brown University, consider the titles of Rigg's books, such as Hitler's Jewish Soldiers, misleading, because the books are not about Jews but in most cases about "mixed Jews" as defined by the Nazi ideology, but not according to the Jewish view.[citation needed]
Bibliography
- Hitler's Jewish Soldiers: The Untold Story of Nazi Racial Laws and Men of Jewish Descent in the German Military, University Press of Kansas, 2002. ISBN 978-0-7006-1358-8
- Rescued from the Reich: How one of Hitler's Soldiers Saved the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Yale University Press, 2004. ISBN 978-0-300-11531-4
- The Untold Stories of Hitler's Jewish Soldiers University of Kansas Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-7006-1638-1
- Hitler Strikes Poland: Blitzkrieg, Ideology, and Atrocity (review) Holocaust and Genocide Studies - Volume 19, Number 1, Spring 2005, pp. 127–129
See also
- Meno Burg (1789–1853), the highest ranking Jewish officer in the Prussian army.
External Links and More Information
- The Dallas Observer On Rigg's interviews.
- (Hebrew) Haaretz newspaper article on Bryan Mark Rigg and his books.
References
- ^ Yale biography "He returned to his family in Texas, where he had grown up as a devout Baptist..."
- ^ A short biography of Rigg appended to the book review from the University of Kansas Press website.
- ^ This is Zionism about Rigg's study and personal interest in the subject.
- ^ [He returned to his family in Texas, where he had grown up as a devout Baptist Yale biography] "He now identifies himself as Jewish...". See also Not Really Jewish? Where a Jewish woman with a non-Jewish mother discusses maternal hereditary Jewish nationality with Prof. Rigg.
- ^ Archived profile from the Jerusalem Post about Rigg saved on FailedMassiah anti-orthodox Jewish website
- ^ Rigg's biography on StengerHistoria a website for German soldiers, and research about German military history. See also the Thanksgiving Square interfaith organization, and his speech at the Dallas Baptist Church.
- ^ a pointer to Rigg's book On Holocaust Teachers website
- ^ ANNUAL REFLECTIONS ON HOLOCAUST & GENOCIDES