Robert Wolfe | |
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Born | Burlington, Vermont, U.S. | March 2, 1921
Died | December 9, 2014 (aged 93) Alexandria, VA, U.S.[1] |
Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
Education | Columbia University |
Occupation | Archivist |
Years active | 1961–2005 |
Employer | U. S. government |
Organization | US National Archives |
Known for | Knowledge of World War II Nazi war documents. |
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Spouse | Ingeborg Edith Kirch |
Children | 2 |
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.