Oral history interview with Stanley Akita

Identifier
irn511072
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1990.481.3
  • RG-50.062.0003
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn511072

Extent and Medium

1 videocassette (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Creator(s)

  • Judy Weightman

Biographical History

Ben Tamashiro and Judy Weightman, of the Hawaii Holocaust Project, conducted the interview with Stanley Akita on January 9, 1988 as part of a project to interview Holocaust survivors and concentration camp liberators currently living in Hawaii. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received a copy of the interview in March 1990.

Archival History

Hawaii Holocaust Project, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Restrictions on use. See collections release form for details regarding restrictions.

People

  • Judy Weightman
  • Stanley Akita
  • Akita, Stanley, 1923-

Corporate Bodies

  • United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Japanese American.
  • Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskaia oblast', Russia)
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.
  • Prisoner-of-war camps--Germany.
  • Munich (Germany)
  • France, Southern.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
  • Prisoners of war--United States.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German.
  • Hawaii.
  • Honolulu (Hawaii)
  • Camp Shelby (Miss.)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States.
  • Japanese American soldiers.

Genre

  • Oral History
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