Oral history interview with James Dorris
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette (VHS), sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Creator(s)
- Peter Ryan
Biographical History
The interview with James Dorris was conducted on July 15, 1995, by the Surviving Generations of the Holocaust as part of a project documenting the testimonies of members of the 42nd Rainbow Division whom participated in the liberation of Dachau. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received a copy of the interview in March 1997.
Archival History
Survivors and Surviving Generations of the Holocaust
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Survivors and Surviving Generations of the Holocaust
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
People
- James Dorris
- Peter Ryan
- Dorris, James.
Corporate Bodies
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
- United States. Army. Infantry Division, 42nd
Subjects
- France.
- Munich (Germany)
- Jews--Persecutions--Europe.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- United States.
- Concentration camp inmates.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
- Men--Personal narratives.
- Soldiers--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States.
Genre
- Oral History
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