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Actions	Interview with Bernard McKenna Remove from selection Add to selection TitleInterview with Bernard McKenna ReferenceTAPE/200 Date n.d. Scope and ContentBernard McKenna recalls the South Manchester branch of the Young Communist League, his reasons for joining the International Brigade, travelling to Spain via Paris. He describes how little training he received, rifle and machine gun drill, the military action. He describes the multi-national members of the International Brigade, about being taken prisoner, his transfer to prisoner-of-war camp in Italy until released. There is a Word document which gives a more detailed summary of the tape. Extent1 cassette tape and 2 digital recordings Physical descriptionDuration: 1 hr. 29 min. LanguageEnglish Archival historyThe views and opinions expressed in the interview(s) are the interviewee’s own, and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the Working Class Movement Library. The interview may contain attitudes and/or language that some people may find offensive and may contain discussions of events that some people may find distressing. Persons keywordMcKenna, Bernard, Young Communist League, International Brigades SubjectOral history, Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), Prisoners and prisons Conditions governing accessOpen Levelfile Normal locationZ (Room 24)

TitleInterview with Bernard McKenna

ReferenceTAPE/200

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Scope and ContentBernard McKenna recalls the South Manchester branch of the Young Communist League, his reasons for joining the International Brigade, travelling to Spain via Paris. He describes how little training he received, rifle and machine gun drill, the military action. He describes the multi-national members of the International Brigade, about being taken prisoner, his transfer to prisoner-of-war camp in Italy until released. There is a Word document which gives a more detailed summary of the tape.

Extent1 cassette tape and 2 digital recordings

Physical descriptionDuration: 1 hr. 29 min.

LanguageEnglish

Archival historyThe views and opinions expressed in the interview(s) are the interviewee’s own, and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the Working Class Movement Library.
The interview may contain attitudes and/or language that some people may find offensive and may contain discussions of events that some people may find distressing.

Persons keywordMcKenna, Bernard, Young Communist League, International Brigades

SubjectOral history, Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), Prisoners and prisons

Conditions governing accessOpen

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Normal locationZ (Room 24)

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