Oral history interview with Yuzuru Morita
Extent and Medium
1 videocassette (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Creator(s)
- Judy Weightman
Biographical History
Judy Weightman, of the Hawaii Holocaust Project, conducted the interview with Yuzuru Morita on May 12, 1989 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
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, acquired from the Hawaii Holocaust Project
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Restrictions on use. See collections release form for details regarding restrictions.
People
- Morita, Yuzuru, 1917-
- Yuzuru Morita
- Judy Weightman
Corporate Bodies
- Dachau (Concentration camp)
- United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd
- United States. Army. Field Artillery Battalion, 527th
Subjects
- Men--Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Japanese American.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.
- Japanese American soldiers.
- Schofield Barracks (Hawaii)
- Camp Shelby (Miss.)
- Diamond Head (Hawaii)
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
- Bavaria (Germany)
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Germany.
Genre
- Oral History
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