Robert Wolfe

Robert Wolfe
Robert Wolfe (left)
Born(1921-03-02)March 2, 1921
DiedDecember 9, 2014(2014-12-09) (aged 93)
Resting placeArlington National Cemetery
EducationColumbia University
OccupationArchivist
Years active1961–2005
EmployerU. S. government
OrganizationUS National Archives
Known forKnowledge of World War II Nazi war documents.
Notable work
  • Americans as proconsuls
  • Holocaust: the documentary evidence
  • U.S. Intelligence and the Nazis
SpouseIngeborg Edith Kirch
Children2

Robert Wolfe (March 2, 1921 – December 09, 2014) was a World War II U.S. Army officer, historian, and retired senior archivist of the US National Archives. He was wounded in both the Pacific and European Theaters of Operation. He commanded a recon team and also an anti-landmine platoon. He was a subject-matter expert on captured Nazi war documents. Wolfe worked for 34 years at the Archives, functioning as its senior specialist for captured German and related records.

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