Bryan Mark Rigg
Rescued from the Reich:
How One of Hitler's Soldiers Saved the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Yale University Press, 2004
Hitler's Jewish Soldiers:
The Untold Story of Nazi Race Laws and Men of Jewish Descent in the Germany Military
University Press of Kansas, April 2002
(Winner of Colby Award for Military History, 2003)
Cambridge University, Cambridge, England
PhD in European History, February 2002
Thesis: "Jews and Men of Jewish Descent in the German Armed Forces During WWII"
Cambridge University, Cambridge, England
Masters of Philosophy in Historical Studies (Honors), Summer 1997
Thesis: "The Rescue of the Rebbe Schneersohn from Warsaw 1939-1940"
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Bachelor of Arts in History (Honors), English and German Studies, May 1996
William H. McKim Prize for significant new historical research, Henry Fellowship to conduct graduate studies at Cambridge University
Aug. 03- Present
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY
Dallas, TX
Adjunct Professor of History. Classes taught: Holocaust Military History and the History of God.
Nov. 00-Present
AMERICAN MILITARY UNIVERSITY
Manassas, VA
Professor of History. Classes Taught: Ancient Greek Warfare, Germany Military History, German Military of WWII, Research Techniques, Japanese Military History, the Holocaust, and the History of God.
Oct. 99-Aug. 01
UNITED STATES MARINE COPRS
Quantico, VA
Graduated with Honors from Officer Candidate School; 6th of 270 Candidates, Winter 1999
Officer and Researcher at the United States Marine Corps' Officer Basic School Library Science, Lecturing and Research. Advised senior officers in military reading and course guides for military studies.
Leader of my Platoon of 40 men at the end of training at Officer Candidate School during a high-stress training environment.
1997-1999
GERMAN FEDERAL MILITARY ARCHIVES
Freiburg, Germany
Founder and Researcher of the Bryan Mark Rigg Collection.
Leader of pioneering study documenting Jews and men of Jewish descent who served in the Wehrmacht during WWII. Conducted 430 interviews. Collected 30,000 pages of documents (some having Hitler and Göring's signatures). Collected over 3,000 photographs (many of which are of German generals and admirals).
Successfully raised over $100,000 in Scholarship grants for my research.
1997-1999 UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG'S ATHLETIC CLUB (USC) Freiburg, Germany
Coach and Player on Basketball Team. Coached and led team in two winning seasons.
Summer 1998 ISRAELI ARMY Negev Desert, Israel
Volunteer Unit (Marva): Desert Survival, Small Unit Tactics, and Israeli History
