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== Biography ==

Bernhard H. Reijmers was born Bernhard Hans E. Reijmers in Vienna on 19 November 1921, probably a Dutch citizen; he was Jewish and was later recorded as a member of the Dutch Reformed Church. He graduated from a commercial secondary school in Vienna in 1937 and fled Austria after the Anschluss. With his family, registered as a transport manager, he sailed from Liverpool to the United States in September 1940. He took a course at the Institute of Photography in New York City, which he completed in 1942, and worked as a photo developer.

Bernhard Hans Reijmers was born Bernhard Hans E. Reijmers in Vienna on 19 November 1921, probably a Dutch citizen; he was Jewish and was later recorded as a member of the Dutch Reformed Church. He graduated from a commercial secondary school in Vienna in 1937 and fled Austria after the Anschluss. With his family, registered as a transport manager, he sailed from Liverpool to the United States in September 1940. He took a course at the Institute of Photography in New York City, which he completed in 1942, and worked as a photo developer.

Reijmers entered the Army in New York on 15 March 1943 and from April took infantry basic training with the 38th Infantry Training Battalion at the Infantry Replacement Training Center at Camp Croft, South Carolina. In September he was assigned to Company B of the 397th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division, at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and in October 1943 he briefly took intelligence or propaganda training with the 4448th Service Command Unit of the Signal Corps at Fort McPherson, Georgia. That same month he joined the headquarters of the station complement of the 2nd Women's Army Corps Training Center at Daytona Beach, Florida, probably in an administrative role, and in January 1944 the Quartermaster Supply Detachment of the 4446th Service Command Unit at Battey General Hospital in Rome, Georgia.

On 8 March 1944 Reijmers arrived at the Military Intelligence Training Center at Camp Ritchie, where he trained as a prisoner-of-war interrogator and graduated with [[:Category:Class 18|Class 18]] (IPW 5D, German). He was assigned to the 5th Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company on 12 May 1944 and to the 4th MRBC on 12 June, and took propaganda training at Camp Sharpe, Pennsylvania. He left Camp Ritchie on 14 July 1944 for the European theater, and in October 1944 he was with the 4th MRBC in Middlesex, England. He probably then worked in a technical role or as a photographer, possibly in another unit; his further wartime service is unknown. He was discharged as a private at Fort Dix, New Jersey, in February 1946. He died in 1994.

On 8 March 1944 Reijmers arrived at the Military Intelligence Training Center at Camp Ritchie, where he trained as a prisoner-of-war interrogator and graduated with [[:Category:Class 18|Class 18]] (IPW 5D, German). He was assigned to the 5th Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company on 12 May 1944 and to the 4th MRBC on 12 June, and took propaganda training at [[Camp Sharpe]], Pennsylvania. He left Camp Ritchie on 14 July 1944 for the European theater, and in October 1944 he was with the 4th MRBC in Middlesex, England. He probably then worked in a technical role or as a photographer, possibly in another unit; his further wartime service is unknown. He was discharged as a private at Fort Dix, New Jersey, in February 1946. He died in 1994.

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 == Biography ==
-Bernhard H. Reijmers was born Bernhard Hans E. Reijmers in Vienna on 19 November 1921, probably a Dutch citizen; he was Jewish and was later recorded as a member of the Dutch Reformed Church. He graduated from a commercial secondary school in Vienna in 1937 and fled Austria after the Anschluss. With his family, registered as a transport manager, he sailed from Liverpool to the United States in September 1940. He took a course at the Institute of Photography in New York City, which he completed in 1942, and worked as a photo developer.
+Bernhard Hans Reijmers was born Bernhard Hans E. Reijmers in Vienna on 19 November 1921, probably a Dutch citizen; he was Jewish and was later recorded as a member of the Dutch Reformed Church. He graduated from a commercial secondary school in Vienna in 1937 and fled Austria after the Anschluss. With his family, registered as a transport manager, he sailed from Liverpool to the United States in September 1940. He took a course at the Institute of Photography in New York City, which he completed in 1942, and worked as a photo developer.
 Reijmers entered the Army in New York on 15 March 1943 and from April took infantry basic training with the 38th Infantry Training Battalion at the Infantry Replacement Training Center at Camp Croft, South Carolina. In September he was assigned to Company B of the 397th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division, at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and in October 1943 he briefly took intelligence or propaganda training with the 4448th Service Command Unit of the Signal Corps at Fort McPherson, Georgia. That same month he joined the headquarters of the station complement of the 2nd Women's Army Corps Training Center at Daytona Beach, Florida, probably in an administrative role, and in January 1944 the Quartermaster Supply Detachment of the 4446th Service Command Unit at Battey General Hospital in Rome, Georgia.
-On 8 March 1944 Reijmers arrived at the Military Intelligence Training Center at Camp Ritchie, where he trained as a prisoner-of-war interrogator and graduated with [[:Category:Class 18|Class 18]] (IPW 5D, German). He was assigned to the 5th Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company on 12 May 1944 and to the 4th MRBC on 12 June, and took propaganda training at Camp Sharpe, Pennsylvania. He left Camp Ritchie on 14 July 1944 for the European theater, and in October 1944 he was with the 4th MRBC in Middlesex, England. He probably then worked in a technical role or as a photographer, possibly in another unit; his further wartime service is unknown. He was discharged as a private at Fort Dix, New Jersey, in February 1946. He died in 1994.
+On 8 March 1944 Reijmers arrived at the Military Intelligence Training Center at Camp Ritchie, where he trained as a prisoner-of-war interrogator and graduated with [[:Category:Class 18|Class 18]] (IPW 5D, German). He was assigned to the 5th Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company on 12 May 1944 and to the 4th MRBC on 12 June, and took propaganda training at [[Camp Sharpe]], Pennsylvania. He left Camp Ritchie on 14 July 1944 for the European theater, and in October 1944 he was with the 4th MRBC in Middlesex, England. He probably then worked in a technical role or as a photographer, possibly in another unit; his further wartime service is unknown. He was discharged as a private at Fort Dix, New Jersey, in February 1946. He died in 1994.
 == Gallery ==