Review waiting, please be patient.

This may take 3 months or more, since drafts are reviewed in no specific order. There are 2,663 pending submissions waiting for review.

If the submission is accepted, then this page will be moved into the article space.
If the submission is declined, then the reason will be posted here.
In the meantime, you can continue to improve this submission by editing normally.

Where to get help

If you need help editing or submitting your draft, please ask us a question at the AfC Help Desk or get live help from experienced editors. These venues are only for help with editing and the submission process, not to get reviews.
If you need feedback on your draft, or if the review is taking a lot of time, you can try asking for help on the talk page of a relevant WikiProject. Some WikiProjects are more active than others so a speedy reply is not guaranteed.

How to improve a draft

Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia – a basic overview on how to edit Wikipedia.
Help:Wikitext – how to use the markup
Help:Referencing for beginners – how to include references
Wikipedia:Article development – how to develop your article
Wikipedia:Writing better articles – how to improve your article
Wikipedia:Verifiability – make sure your article includes reliable third-party sources

You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article.

Improving your odds of a speedy review

To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags.

Add tags to your draft

Editor resources

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
Easy tools: Citation bot (help) | Advanced: Fix bare URLs

Reviewer tools

Instructions · What links here · Frederic C. Teich, Jr. (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Bing, Wikipedia) · Submitted 60 days ago by SlateMouse (talk: D · +) · Last edited 60 days ago by SlateMouse

Frederic C. Teich, Jr.

Frederick C. Teich, Jr.
Frederick C. Teich, Jr.
Born	June 22, 1915; Newington, Connecticut
Died	November 25, 1965 (aged 50)
Buried	West Point Cemetery
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Rank	Colonel
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Silver Star; Legion of Merit
Alma mater	West Point

Colonel Frederic C. Teich, Jr. (June 22, 1915 - November 25, 1965) was a US Army career officer. He served as commandant of the Internal Security Detachment and director of the Nuremberg jail during the subsequent Nuremberg trials for war crimes committed by leaders of Nazi Germany.

Military career

Having graduated from the US Military Academy in West Point in 1938, Teich saw action as a battalion commander in the 66th Infantry Regiment, 71st Infantry Division in the European theatre during World War II.^[1] In 1945, he was awarded a Silver Star for his service.^[2]

After the war, Teich served as assistant to Colonel Burton C. Andrus, the commandant of the 6850th Internal Security Detachment (ISD). The ISD was charged with running the jail and providing security during the Nuremberg trials. After the trials of the main defendants and under public scrutiny over Hermann Göring's suicide, Andrus returned to the United States in October 1946. Teich was appointed his successor.^[3]

During his command, Teich tried to reassure the public and his superiors that security would remain tight for the following military tribunals and that there would not be another incident like Göring's suicide.^[4]^[5] Yet, some prisoners appreciated Teich's administration. Albert Speer recalled thanking Teich for his men's friendly conduct before being transferred to Spandau prison.^[6]

In the early 1990s, documents written by Rudolf Hess at the Nuremberg jail were discovered in the National Archives. Hess had intended to send these to British fascist leader Oswald Mosely. It is assumed that Teich intercepted and stole these private documents to remove them to the United States.^[7]

In 1964, Teich received the Legion of Merit for his work as Director of Plans, Joint Task Force FOUR, Fort Monroe.^[2]^[8]

Retirement and death

Teich retired as a US Army colonel. After his death in 1965, was buried at the West Point Cemetery.^[9]

References

^ United States Army; Clinger, Fred; Johnston, Arthur; Masel, Vincent (1946-01-01). "The history of the 71st Infantry Division". Regimental Histories.
^ ^a ^b "Frederic Teich - Recipient -". valor.militarytimes.com. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
^ "Article clipped from The Decatur Daily Review". The Decatur Daily Review. 1946-12-08. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
^ Goda, Norman J. W. (2007). Tales from Spandau: Nazi Criminals and the Cold War. Cambridge University Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-521-86720-7.
^ Weintraub, Robert (2013-04-02). The Victory Season: The End of World War II and the Birth of Baseball's Golden Age. Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-316-20590-0.
^ Speer, Albert (1978). Spandauer Tagebücher (in German). Frankfurt/M: Verlag Ullstein GmbH. p. 109. ISBN 3548035132.
^ Goda, Norman J. W. (2007). Tales from Spandau: Nazi Criminals and the Cold War. Cambridge University Press. p. 263. ISBN 978-0-521-86720-7.
^ "Army Publishing Directorate". armypubs.army.mil. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
^ Administration, National Cemetery. "VA.gov | Veterans Affairs". www.cem.va.gov. Retrieved 2024-03-16.

[1] United States Army; Clinger, Fred; Johnston, Arthur; Masel, Vincent (1946-01-01). "The history of the 71st Infantry Division". Regimental Histories.

[:0-2] "Frederic Teich - Recipient -". valor.militarytimes.com. Retrieved 2024-03-16.

[3] "Article clipped from The Decatur Daily Review". The Decatur Daily Review. 1946-12-08. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-03-16.

[4] Goda, Norman J. W. (2007). Tales from Spandau: Nazi Criminals and the Cold War. Cambridge University Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-521-86720-7.

[5] Weintraub, Robert (2013-04-02). The Victory Season: The End of World War II and the Birth of Baseball's Golden Age. Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-316-20590-0.

[6] Speer, Albert (1978). Spandauer Tagebücher (in German). Frankfurt/M: Verlag Ullstein GmbH. p. 109. ISBN 3548035132.

[7] Goda, Norman J. W. (2007). Tales from Spandau: Nazi Criminals and the Cold War. Cambridge University Press. p. 263. ISBN 978-0-521-86720-7.

[8] "Army Publishing Directorate". armypubs.army.mil. Retrieved 2024-03-16.

[9] Administration, National Cemetery. "VA.gov | Veterans Affairs". www.cem.va.gov. Retrieved 2024-03-16.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]