us-005578-irn552824
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn552824/alternateIDs/2
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had some members with language: Silent
date: 1945?
type: RecordSet
scope and content: From left to right: Hymie Green, his older sister Zelda Blatt (wife of Julius Blatt) and their mother Ada Green. Zelda wearing a fur coat speaks. Large ship with steam rising from its two funnels. Pans right along the dock. Hill with various buildings. Views of the sea from a boat. 01:20:33 Julius and friend talking and laughing along the edge of the boat. Julius lifts a cigar to his mouth. Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel in front of the Louvre Palace. A young girl in winter clothing leans on a stroller. A bearded man sits on a bench in the garden feeding the birds food from his pocket. Another view of the Louvre Palace. A woman plays the violin on a bridge with a Paris street in the background. Other bridges along the Seine River.
identifier: irn552824
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biographical history: Julius Blatt (1917-2002, Jewish) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army from 1942 to 1946. He served as Plans and Intelligence Officer. He led an advance party into Nuremberg and into Munich to obtain National Socialist Party secret documents and for this service was awarded a Bronze Star medal. He was also part of the crew that liberated Dachau. After combat, he served as commander in Paris controlling all prisoner of war labor - 60,000 personnel - in all warehouse, ordnance, and engineer shops. He lived in England after the war. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn552824/alternateIDs/1
title: American soldiers in Paris; Louvre Palace