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Some of them are portrayed and honored in the 2014 film The Monuments Men. You can read more about the commission here:
Some of them are portrayed and honored in the 2014 film The Monuments Men. You can read more about the commission here:
A 4 January 1945 memorandum recommends Sergeant Wolf for consideration by the Civil Affairs Division in connection with postwar cultural-property work. [[:File:6070697316285472.jpg|Source image]]


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==

Revision as of 02:45, 28 August 2026

Edwin II Wolf
Personal details
Born1911
Died1991
NativityUnited States
ReligionJewish
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch United States Army
ASN33619146
RankCorporal
Camp RitchieClass 18 (13 April – 10 June 1944)
Section7D
EnlistedAllentown, Pennsylvania
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Edwin II Wolf (1911–1991) was a Ritchie Boy (from United States; Jewish) who trained at Camp Ritchie in class 18.

Biography

The following documents are about Ritchie Boy Edwin Wolf II. He was being recommended to join the Second Roberts Commission.

His Wikipedia page can be found at The second Roberts Commission, which was presidential-appointed is known after its chairman, then Supreme Court Justice Owen Roberts. It was created to help the US Army protect works of cultural value in Allied-occupied areas of Europe. Its formal name was the American Commission for the Protection and Salvage of Artistic and Historic Monuments in War Areas.

The commission also developed inventories of Nazi-appropriated property. Along with the US Military program known as Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (MFAA), the commission worked to rescue and preserve items of cultural significance. The commission took place from 1943 to 1946.

The Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program (MFAA) under the Civil Affairs and Military Government Sections of the Allied armies was established in 1943 to help protect cultural property in war areas during and after World War II. The group of approximately 400 service members and civilians worked with military forces to safeguard historic and cultural monuments from war damage, and as the conflict came to a close, to find and return works of art and other items of cultural importance that had been stolen by the Nazis or hidden for safekeeping.

Some of them are portrayed and honored in the 2014 film The Monuments Men. You can read more about the commission here:

A 4 January 1945 memorandum recommends Sergeant Wolf for consideration by the Civil Affairs Division in connection with postwar cultural-property work. Source image

Research notes

  • ASTP
  • OCR (96%) of `6070697312952139.jpg` (gallery document) — rank mentioned: Staff Sergeant.
  • OCR (95%) of `6070697292952141.jpg` (Camp Ritchie).
  • OCR (89%) of `6070697302952140.jpg` (gallery document).
  • OCR (81%) of `6070697316285472.jpg` (gallery document) — rank mentioned: Sergeant.
  • OCR (81%) of `6070697332952137.jpg` (gallery document) — rank mentioned: Sergeant.
  • OCR (80%) of `6070697319618805.jpg` (Camp Ritchie).

Gallery

Technical record

Field Imported value
Approx Age at Death 80
Nara ASN 33619146
Nara Name WOLF EDWIN II
Nara State 32
Nara County 91
Nara POE 3201
Nara DOE 90343
Nara Grade Alpha PVT
Nara Grade Code 8
Nara Branch Alpha NO
Nara Branch Code 2
Branch No branch assignment
Nara Term or Enlistment 5
Term of enlistment Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Defer. Date 0
Nara Source 0
Nara Nativity 39
Nara Year of Birth 11
Nara Race 1
Nara Race Description White citizen
Nara Education 7
Nara Civilian Occupation 68
Nara Marital Status 2
Nara Height (inches) 43
Nara Weight (lbs) 132
Class_ASN 33619146
Class_Name WOLF, Edwin
match_method asn_exact_name_exact
row_source both

Sources

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