Oral history interview with Peter Fussell

Identifier
irn510846
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1995.A.1285.38
  • RG-50.149.0038
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn510846

Extent and Medium

2 sound cassettes (90 min.),

Biographical History

The interview was conducted by the Imperial War Museum as part of their retrospective oral history interview program. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum acquired a copy of the interview with Peter Fussell from the Imperial War Museum in February 1995.

Archival History

Imperial War Museum

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Restrictions on use. Permission to copy and/or use recordings in any production must be granted by the Imperial War Museums.

People

  • Milch, Erhard, 1892-1972.
  • Fussell, Peter.
  • Lovat, Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser, Baron, 1911-
  • Peter Fussell

Corporate Bodies

  • Great Britain. Special Service Brigade, 1st
  • Great Britain. Combined Operations Command. Commando, 4th

Subjects

  • Seine River (France)
  • Solent Channel (England)
  • Prisoners of war--France.
  • Meuse River.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front.
  • Military training camps--England.
  • Southampton (England)
  • Rhine River.
  • Belsen (Bergen, Celle, Germany)
  • Operation Neptune.
  • Aller River (Germany)
  • Men--Personal narratives.
  • Dieppe Raid, 1942.
  • Normandy (France)
  • Sussex (England)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Germany.
  • Prisoners of war--Soviet Union.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy.
  • Dieppe (France)
  • Netherlands.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Participation, British.
  • Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Great Britain.

Genre

  • Oral History
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