Oral history interview with Ruth Kirby

Identifier
irn513362
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • RG-50.344.0001
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn513362

Extent and Medium

1 sound cassette (90 min.),

Creator(s)

  • Neenah Ellis

Biographical History

Neenah Ellis, on the behalf of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, conducted the interview with Ruth Kirby on July 14, 1995 in West Park, New York.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

People

  • Neenah Ellis
  • Ruth Kirby
  • Kirby, Ruth.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Southampton (England)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States.
  • DDT (Insecticide)
  • Concentration camp inmates--Medical care--Austria.
  • Mass burials--Austria.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps.
  • Medical personnel
  • Military nursing--Germany.
  • Glen Ridge (N.J.)
  • Nurses--United States.
  • Germany.
  • Military nursing--Austria.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female.
  • Sulfonamides--Therapeutic use.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Medical care--Austria.
  • Passenger ships
  • Military nursing--England.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Hospitals--Great Britain.
  • Linz (Austria)
  • France.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Medical care--England.

Genre

  • Oral History
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