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A loving childhood. College studies and summer jobs.

We talk about where she lived, her first memories of my dad, her memories of WWII

Interview with my grandparents

Lev Raphael tells his friend Melissa Ingells about growing up as a child of Holocaust survivors and becoming a scholar and author on the subject

Growing up before WWII and falling in love were the easiest parts of Vera's life, but she encountered more hurdles along her way. On November 21, 2017, in Los Angeles, CA, Vera Volfson shares her story with her great-granddaughter Dara...

Pat Patterson, truly one of our greatest generation, discusses his career with the Coast Guard during World War II. He served at Garibaldi Oregon his entire enlistment where he met and married his wife. Pat expressed a special request that...

Gary interviews his grandmother Irene about her life.

Sharon Wakamoto, an OC resident for almost 60 years, but born in Los Angeles spent a few years as a young child, during WW2 in the Japanese internment camp or War Relocation Center as it was called, at Gila Bend,...

WW2 and his dad

I interviewed my father about his father Grandpa Fred who I never met.

Ara Arakelian (79) is interviewed by his daughter Lisa Forsberg (29). Ara shares his experiences as a child and as a soldier in the Korean War where he won a bronze medal of valor.

Interview with my mother Barbara Kline, 82. Memories of first generation childhood, the 50s and 60s, a career in modern dance, and life as a rabbi's spouse.

Japanese interment camp interview

My mother recounts a story about her father being declared missing in action during WWII

Living in interesting times. Choosing to be caring and friendly. It's the simple things that matter.

Nan and Jack Dorsey tell about their life to their grandson Graham Edson.

Life stories from being 2-years-old learning to sew to being a young mother during WWII to working to having 66 years of marriage and 6 great grandchildren.

I interviewed my grandmother, Monelle Richmond on November 27, 2017; to find out about why her parents moved to America, and to discuss an experience of her mother's in France during WWII.