Biography
Eugene K. Bird was born in Lambert, Montana, USA. In 1944, Bird joined the U.S. Army. He was sent to Europe, where he fought against the Axis Powers.
After the Nuremberg trials of the major Nazis, the old prison at Spandau in the western suburb of Berlin was adapted by the Allies to incarcerate the seven convicted senior Nazis who were not executed at Nuremberg.
In 1964, Bird was appointed U.S. Commandant of the Spandau Allied Prison. By late 1966, the only remaining prisoner incarcerated there was Rudolf Hess.
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