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

Photograph | Photograph Number: 55326

Date: 1944
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

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.
Keyword: CLOSE-UPS
READING
SMOKING (PIPES)
SOLDIERS
SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
SOLDIERS/MILITARY (JEWISH)
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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