Fritz Wetzel collection

Fritz Wetzel collection 

Fritz Wetzel collection 

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Consists of items collected and saved by PFC Fritz Wetzel, a member of the 483rd Medical Collection Company, during World War II. Included are a set of German cigarette cards featuring Hitler and German propaganda, photographs taken after the liberation of Paris, and US Army magazines. Notable are a pocket guide to Germany distributed to US troops and a pass, permission slip, and customs form allowing PFC Wetzel to possess and retain captured German military equipment. Also includes nine photographs taken the liberation of an unknown camp, perhaps Gardelegen, and a July 1945 copy of the Belgian (Flemish) magazine"ABC"