Oral history interview with James R. Bird
Extent and Medium
1 sound cassette, analog
Creator(s)
- Nita Howton
- Mary Cook
Biographical History
Mary Cook donated the oral history interview with James R. Bird to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in October 2013. The interview is part of a collection of telephone interviews with concentration camp liberators and other American wartime eyewitnesses produced by Mary Cook and Nita Howton from 1993 to 1995.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mary Cook and Nita Howton
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Restrictions on use. Restrictions may exist. Contact the Museum for further information: reference@ushmm.org
Copyright Holder: Mary Cook
People
- James R. Bird
- Mary Cook
- Nita Howton
- Bird, James R., 1919-
Corporate Bodies
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 45th
Subjects
- Soldiers--United States--Interviews.
- Concentration camp inmates--Germany.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Study and teaching.
- Germany.
- Men--Personal narratives.
- Dachau (Germany)
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
- United States.
- World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States.
Genre
- Oral History
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