Imagine soldiers not only going through the horrors of everyday warfare but then stumbling upon concentration camps near or at the end of the war. Just when you thought you’d seen it all, then this unfolds before your very eyes. Who would do this to fellow human beings? Who would incarcerate citizens, torture, starve, gas and work millions of people to death, “just because”…
Today I was contacted by Amy Munneke. She sent me the following email regarding their newscast, scheduled for Tues, June 4, 2024.
Hi Marion,
My name is Amy Munneke and I’m a producer with Special Report on Fox news. We are airing a package tomorrow that profiles three men who died on D-Day. One of those men is Julius Wolfe who I know have some photos of in your collection. I’m wondering if we could get permission to use those with courtesy?
After completing the last Zooniverse project, Star Notes, I decided to begin another – WWII Army Separation Notices. While quite a departure from astronomy to history, it’s still an interest near and dear to my heart. As many of you know, I began researching my father’s WWII history approximately twenty years ago.
Years ago, I started a site that I dedicated to my father, a 540th Combat Engineer. But never in my wildest imaginings, could I see what the future beheld. Those two tiny pages of derived information, turned into hundreds of pages, and encounters with veterans, their families and friends, and spontaneous friendships around the world with WWII historians, and others with the same avid interests.
(the above video is the intro to my documentary, No Bridge Too Far) Many years have passed since I began, writing, directing, producing, and narrating the documentary, No Bridge Too Far, dedicated to my father a 540th Combat Engineer in …
