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American GI Lee Merel relaxes by reading and smoking a pipe.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 55326
American GI Lee Merel relaxes by reading and smoking a pipe.

American GI Lee Merel relaxes by reading and smoking a pipe.

Date
1944
Locale
Paris, [Seine] France
Photo Designation
WORLD WAR II: ALLIED WAR EFFORT -- Allied Invasion/Fighting Units -- Refugee Units (Ritchie Boys/X Troop)
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Lee Merel

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Biography
Lee Merel was born in Berlin, Germany in1924. Prior to the war, Lee's family immigrated to the United States. Lee left his college studies to volunteer in the US Army. He was sent to France shortly after D-Day and served as an interpreter of the investigation of the chief engineer of the Krupp Armaments in Germany. He was also in charge of a mission to clear out the Gardelegen concentration camp in Germany.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Lee Merel
 
Record last modified: 2014-08-28 00:00:00
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