# Event Details

- **Event Name**: A German Jew’s Triumph: Fritz Oppenheimer
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 15 Jan, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Event Description**: U.S. Army Major Fritz Oppenheimer started his military career as a Prussian soldier in WWI, leaving the Western Front with two Iron Crosses.

Two decades later, he returned to Germany for the next global conflict – this time on the Allies’ side – to interrogate high-ranking Nazi leaders like Wilhelm Keitel, head of the Wehrmacht, and to help denazify the laws of his homeland.

Oppenheimer’s remarkable story remained untold until his grandson Harry Handler discovered letters and documents stuffed into a closet – including contemporaneous WWI diaries and a heretofore-unknown escape plan for top Nazis. With his wife Cindy Schweich Handler (a journalist for Gannett whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today and other national outlets), they wrote “A German Jew’s Triumph: Fritz Oppenheimer and the Denazification of Germany.”

Join the Handlers as they unravel an incredible story spanning across an ocean and two World Wars. Hosted as part of commemorations for America250 and as an initiative of the Center for Faith, Religion and Culture.


HOW TO PARTICIPATE
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026
6:30 p.m. 
Free with RSVP
Auditorium and Online
Register: https://www.theworldwar.org/events/german-jews-triumph-fritz-oppenheimer
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- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.theworldwar.org/events/german-jews-triumph-fritz-oppenheimer?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=kansas+city-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Kansas City
- **state**: KS
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 2 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, MO, United States, Missouri 64108
- **lat**: 39.08066
- **long**: -94.58598
- **full address**: 2 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, MO, United States, Missouri 64108

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: National WWI Museum and Memorial (https://allevents.in/org/national-wwi-museum-and-memorial/25989091)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 15 Jan, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 2 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, MO, United States, Missouri 64108
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** National WWI Museum and Memorial
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about A German Jew’s Triumph: Fritz Oppenheimer ?
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