brother officers of gross hypocrisy: many of them knew of his labours, he wrote, and some had even read the manuscripts and encouraged him with the project. After the publication of the book, Bird campaigned to have Hess released from what had effectively become permanent solitary confinement after Albert Speer and Baldur von Schirach were released in 1966. Hess allegedly committed suicide in August 1987 aged 93 in Spandau Prison and Bird publicly voiced his concern that Hess may have been murdered. Bird died in his Berlin home on October 28, 2005. He was survived by his wife and two daughters and was buried at the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf Cemetery in Berlin. References External links More information regarding Lt.Col Eugene K Bird 1926 births 2005 deaths United States Army colonels American prison wardens People from Richland County, Montana American expatriates in Germany Burials at the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf