Karen Ebel is a non-practicing attorney in New Hampshire and the daughter of former German American internee, Max Ebel. She is an active spokesperson for the German American community on the subject of World War II internment of persons of German ethnicities. She is a frequent speaker and writer on World War II alien enemy internment and has consulted on the creation of several related documentaries and exhibits. Karen is a member of the multi-ethnic Enemy Alien Files Consortium. Her father, now deceased, was interned at age 23 for approximately 2 years and was held at camps around the US. Karen only learned of his internment when he was 80 years old.