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|death_date=14 March 2015

|birth_place=Copenhagen, Denmark

|death_place=West Hollywood

|death_place=West Hollywood, California

|alias=Ib Jørgen Melchior

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Ib Jørgen Melchior (September ~~17,~~ 1917 – March ~~14,~~ 2015) was a Danish-American ~~novelist, short-story writer,~~ screenwriter and ~~film director of low~~-~~budget American science fiction movies, most of them released by American International Pictures~~.

'''Ib Jørgen Melchior''' (17 September 1917–14 March 2015) was a Danish-American screenwriter and Camp Ritchie [[Class 10]] MII / CIC veteran (Team 425-G) awarded the Bronze Star.

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== Biography ==

Melchior was born ~~and raised~~ in Copenhagen, Denmark, the son of Lauritz Melchior, ~~an opera singer~~.

Ib Jørgen Melchior was born on 17 September 1917 in Copenhagen, Denmark, the son of opera singer Lauritz Melchior. Before and during the war he worked as a stage manager (including at Radio City Music Hall) and as a news broadcaster in Europe. Research notes record OSS service from July 1942. He was drafted into the Army in New York City on 19 May 1943 (ASN 32909534), became a naturalized U.S. Citizen in Washington, D.C., on 21 January 1944, and trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 10]].

~~During World War II~~, ~~getting his~~ training at ~~Camp Ritchie~~ in ~~Maryland~~ which ~~classifies~~ him ~~as one~~ of the ~~Ritchie Boys~~.

In the field he served on MII Team 425-G (constituted 29 November 1944; attached to Twelfth Army Group / XII Corps, Third Army), working with CIC Detachment 212. Teammates included [[Arnstein, Felix P. (0552515)|Felix P. Arnstein]] and [[Lowenstein, Kurt (32888834)|Kurt Lowenstein]]. In a March 1948 ''Blue Book'' magazine article Melchior described Camp Ritchie IPW training and a 28 April 1945 CIC screening case at Weiden, Germany, in which Order of Battle knowledge from his IPW course helped expose a false deserter. Team reports under his name cover ammunition depots, underground factories, fortifications, and a V-2 site near Baumholder; a 19 May 1945 memo by Arnstein on Melchior’s Werewolf investigations supported his Bronze Star. Accounts also associate him with the liberation of Flossenbürg and the Merkers-Kieselbach treasure discovery.

~~Ib Jørgen~~ Melchior ~~(September 17, 1917 – March 14, 2015) was~~ a ~~Danish-American~~ novelist, ~~short-story writer~~, ~~screenwriter~~ and ~~film~~ director of low-budget ~~American~~ science fiction ~~movies, most of them released by American International Pictures. In July 1942, Melchior became member of OSS~~. He also participated in the liberation of Flossenbürg concentration camp as well as the discovery of stolen currency, gold and art at Merkers-Kieselbach Cavern, and the capture of a Werwolf unit in 1945, for which he was awarded the Bronze Star.

After the war Melchior became a novelist, screenwriter, and director of low-budget science-fiction films. He died of natural causes on 14 March 2015 in West Hollywood, California, aged 97.

~~Ib worked as cryptographer for OSS. He worked as news broadcaster in Europe. He worked as stage manager at Radio City Music Hall.~~

~~He worked as stage manager; also as news broadcaster in Europe. He was captured buried SS records in Regensburg. Which was confiscated by the communist government of East Germany and never returned.~~

~~Melchior~~ died of natural causes on March 14, ~~2015~~, ~~at the age of~~ 97~~, five months after the death of his wife of over 50 years, architect Cleo Baldon.~~

In the field he served on MII Team 425-G (constituted 29 November 1944; attached to Twelfth Army Group / XII Corps, Third Army), working with CIC Detachment 212. Teammates included [[Arnstein, Felix P. (0552515)|Felix P. Arnstein]] (Class 16) and [[Lowenstein, Kurt (32888834)|Kurt Lowenstein]] (Class 11). Team reports under his name cover ammunition depots, underground factories, fortifications, and a V-2 site near Baumholder. A 19 May 1945 memo by Arnstein on Melchior’s Werewolf investigations supported his Bronze Star; the team also noted a Good Conduct Medal and battle credit for Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe.

== Research notes ==

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== Sources ==

* Ib Melchior, article in ''Blue Book'' magazine, vol. 86 no. 5 (March 1948) — first-person account of Camp Ritchie IPW training and CIC/OB case at Weiden, 28 April 1945 (RB Archive PDF)

* Dan Gross research archive (miscellaneous timeline-adjacent documents; not uploaded): ''IB MELCHIOR Reports.doc''

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ib_Melchior Wikipedia: Ib Melchior]

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 |death_date=14 March 2015
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 |alias=Ib Jørgen Melchior
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-Ib Jørgen Melchior (September 17, 1917 – March 14, 2015) was a Danish-American novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and film director of low-budget American science fiction movies, most of them released by American International Pictures.
+'''Ib Jørgen Melchior''' (17 September 1917&ndash;14 March 2015) was a Danish-American screenwriter and Camp Ritchie [[Class 10]] MII / CIC veteran (Team 425-G) awarded the Bronze Star.
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 == Biography ==
-Melchior was born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark, the son of Lauritz Melchior, an opera singer.
+Ib Jørgen Melchior was born on 17 September 1917 in Copenhagen, Denmark, the son of opera singer Lauritz Melchior. Before and during the war he worked as a stage manager (including at Radio City Music Hall) and as a news broadcaster in Europe. Research notes record OSS service from July 1942. He was drafted into the Army in New York City on 19 May 1943 (ASN 32909534), became a naturalized U.S. Citizen in Washington, D.C., on 21 January 1944, and trained at [[Camp Ritchie]], Maryland, in [[Class 10]].
-During World War II, getting his training at Camp Ritchie in Maryland which classifies him as one of the Ritchie Boys.
+In the field he served on MII Team 425-G (constituted 29 November 1944; attached to Twelfth Army Group / XII Corps, Third Army), working with CIC Detachment 212. Teammates included [[Arnstein, Felix P. (0552515)|Felix P. Arnstein]] and [[Lowenstein, Kurt (32888834)|Kurt Lowenstein]]. In a March 1948 ''Blue Book'' magazine article Melchior described Camp Ritchie IPW training and a 28 April 1945 CIC screening case at Weiden, Germany, in which Order of Battle knowledge from his IPW course helped expose a false deserter. Team reports under his name cover ammunition depots, underground factories, fortifications, and a V-2 site near Baumholder; a 19 May 1945 memo by Arnstein on Melchior’s Werewolf investigations supported his Bronze Star. Accounts also associate him with the liberation of Flossenbürg and the Merkers-Kieselbach treasure discovery.
-Ib Jørgen Melchior (September 17, 1917 – March 14, 2015) was a Danish-American novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and film director of low-budget American science fiction movies, most of them released by American International Pictures. In July 1942, Melchior became member of OSS. He also participated in the liberation of Flossenbürg concentration camp as well as the discovery of stolen currency, gold and art at Merkers-Kieselbach Cavern, and the capture of a Werwolf unit in 1945, for which he was awarded the Bronze Star.
+After the war Melchior became a novelist, screenwriter, and director of low-budget science-fiction films. He died of natural causes on 14 March 2015 in West Hollywood, California, aged 97.
-Ib worked as cryptographer for OSS. He worked as news broadcaster in Europe. He worked as stage manager at Radio City Music Hall.
-He worked as stage manager; also as news broadcaster in Europe. He was captured buried SS records in Regensburg. Which was confiscated by the communist government of East Germany and never returned.
-Melchior died of natural causes on March 14, 2015, at the age of 97, five months after the death of his wife of over 50 years, architect Cleo Baldon.
-In the field he served on MII Team 425-G (constituted 29 November 1944; attached to Twelfth Army Group / XII Corps, Third Army), working with CIC Detachment 212. Teammates included [[Arnstein, Felix P. (0552515)|Felix P. Arnstein]] (Class 16) and [[Lowenstein, Kurt (32888834)|Kurt Lowenstein]] (Class 11). Team reports under his name cover ammunition depots, underground factories, fortifications, and a V-2 site near Baumholder. A 19 May 1945 memo by Arnstein on Melchior’s Werewolf investigations supported his Bronze Star; the team also noted a Good Conduct Medal and battle credit for Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe.
 == Research notes ==
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 == Sources ==
+* Ib Melchior, article in ''Blue Book'' magazine, vol. 86 no. 5 (March 1948) — first-person account of Camp Ritchie IPW training and CIC/OB case at Weiden, 28 April 1945 (RB Archive PDF)
 * Dan Gross research archive (miscellaneous timeline-adjacent documents; not uploaded): ''IB MELCHIOR Reports.doc''
 * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ib_Melchior Wikipedia: Ib Melchior]