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Edwin II Wolf
| Edwin II Wolf | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1911 |
| Died | 1991 |
| Nativity | United States |
| Religion | Jewish |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Army |
| ASN | 33619146 |
| Rank | Corporal |
| Camp Ritchie | Class 18 (13 April – 10 June 1944) |
| Section | 7D |
| Enlisted | Allentown, 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:
Research notes
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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 |