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Iwo Jima • Medal of Honor • Marine Corps
Flamethrower
An evidence-driven examination of Hershel “Woody” Williams, Iwo Jima, heroism and the Medal of Honor narrative.
Military Historian • Author • Speaker • PhD, CFP®
Bryan Mark Rigg
Award-winning military historian whose work confronts the hardest questions of World War II, the Holocaust, Imperial Japan, military valor and moral responsibility.
Bryan Mark Rigg // Historian // Author
PhDCambridge
430Oral-history interviews
300+Lectures delivered
The Archive
History built from evidence.
Rigg’s research began with a question buried inside Nazi racial law: how did men of Jewish descent serve in Hitler’s Wehrmacht? The answer took him into German military archives, hundreds of interviews, thousands of documents and a body of work that challenged simplified accounts of the Third Reich.
His scholarship later expanded into Imperial Japan, Iwo Jima, Holocaust rescue, military valor, faith, learning disabilities and resilience. The Bryan Mark Rigg oral-history collection includes nearly 800 hours of interviews.
1996
Yale University. BA in History with honors; English and German studies.
New Haven
1997
Cambridge University. MPhil in Historical Studies.
Cambridge
97–99
German Federal Military Archives. 430 interviews, 30,000+ pages of documents and 3,000 photographs collected during the research period described in the original site.
Freiburg
99–01
United States Marine Corps. Officer Candidate School and service as an officer, lecturer and researcher.
Quantico
2002
PhD, Cambridge University. European and religious history.
Cambridge
2024
Bryan Mark Rigg Oral History Collection. Nearly 800 hours of interviews accepted into the permanent archives of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, as described in the supplied site material.
Washington, D.C.
Imperial Japan • World War II • Knox Press
Japan’s Holocaust
A sweeping history of Imperial Japan’s mass murder and rape during World War II, confronting atrocities, command responsibility, expansion and the memory of war across Asia and the Pacific.
ForewordSir Andrew Roberts
SubjectPacific War • Imperial Japan
ISBN9781637586884
The Library
Read the work.
War, persecution, identity, rescue, valor, resilience and belief—each title opens a different part of Rigg’s research and experience.
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ADHD • Learning Disabilities • Resilience
Conquering Learning Disabilities at Any Age
Rigg’s personal account of overcoming ADHD and learning disabilities on the road to Yale, Cambridge, the Marine Corps, scholarship, business and fatherhood.
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Colby Award • Nazi Germany • Race Laws
Hitler’s Jewish Soldiers
The landmark study of men of Jewish descent in the German military under Nazi rule, built from archival research and hundreds of oral-history interviews.
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Oral History • Identity • Third Reich
Lives of Hitler’s Jewish Soldiers
Personal histories of men caught between Nazi racial law, military service, identity, persecution, compromise and survival.
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Holocaust Rescue • Lubavitcher Rebbe
Rescued from the Reich
The extraordinary rescue of Rebbe Joseph Isaac Schneersohn and the wartime collision of identity, authority, diplomacy and moral responsibility.
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Forthcoming 2026A Case
Against Christ
Against Christ
Theology • Philosophy • Belief
A Case Against Christ
A forthcoming challenge to Christian belief and traditional theological claims.
Research & Experience
A record that stands up.
0Interviews with survivors, veterans and historical witnesses
0Nearly 800 hours in the Bryan Mark Rigg oral-history collection
0Lectures delivered since 2002
0People reached through lectures and live presentations
“History is not dead material. It is a moral encounter with evidence.”
Speaking & Media
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Dr. Rigg has spoken at universities, military institutions, schools and Jewish organizations in the United States, Canada, Germany and Israel, with appearances across BBC, C-SPAN, NBC Dateline, Fox News, Israeli television, German television, radio and documentary work.
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Who is Bryan Mark Rigg?
Bryan Mark Rigg is a military historian, author, speaker, Cambridge PhD, Yale graduate, former U.S. Marine officer and private wealth manager. His work focuses on World War II, the Holocaust, Imperial Japan, military valor, moral complexity and resilience.
What books is Bryan Mark Rigg known for?
His books include Japan’s Holocaust, Hitler’s Jewish Soldiers, Lives of Hitler’s Jewish Soldiers, Flamethrower, Conquering Learning Disabilities at Any Age, Rescued from the Reich, and related work on the rescue of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Can Dr. Rigg be booked for lectures?
Yes. Speaking inquiries can include the event date, location, audience, topic, format and expected duration. The speaking links on this page open a pre-addressed inquiry.
Is Bryan Mark Rigg available for media interviews?
Dr. Rigg’s public background includes television, radio and documentary appearances. Media requests can include the outlet, topic, deadline, live or recorded format and expected interview length.
Where can I buy Japan’s Holocaust?
Japan’s Holocaust is available through its Simon & Schuster publisher page and major booksellers. Direct links are provided above.
What is distinctive about Dr. Rigg’s historical research?
His work combines archival research, oral history, military experience, German-language research and sustained attention to disputed or morally difficult historical questions.