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This interview was conducted to learn about my grandma’s background in world war 2.

Brothers-in-law and best pals Jonathan and Gunter discuss childhood on opposite sides of World War II.

Ilse talked about her trasition from Germany to America and the different jobs she has had.

My grandma gives a short story of how she ended up in America

Today is my Granny's 93rd Birthday. I wanted to ask her some questions about her childhood, service as a nurse in WWII, and her life overall before it is too late to ask.

“You never know when it’s going to be the last time you see somebody, life is so uncertain” In this interview, we hear Mighty Behrendt interviewing her grandmother, Sharon Hemmer Ruotola in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 28th,2019. Sharon was...

A conversation with my father about how he became a world-renowned historian of Indian Art, after a childhood in Chicago suburbs and never leaving the country before college.

About family ancestry, growing up during the depression, and life learned lessons.

Growing up Chicago during the great depression, world war 2, and the Korean War.

My grandpa and I talked about our family history! We really talked a lot about his parents, my great-grandparents, and how their struggles to be accepting in a time period that was not very accepting.

In this interview, conducted in November 2017 in Gallatin, Tennessee, Megan McCormick (17) interviews her mother Jennifer McCormick (44) about what life was like for her growing up in the 70s as a part of a family with traditions that...

Grandpa

Sam's grandfather tells about his time in Egypt and how he got to America.

Family History of the Bannon, Stanner, Bryan, Nelson

Rosemary's childhood in post WWII England, and the pursuit of her interests that led her to where she is now.

GD/WWII

My grandma talked about her childhood, family stories, her grandpa, and how she became a Delta Gamma.

I interview my dad about what his dads life was like being a WW2 veteran

I interviewed my biggest role model and mother, Terri Schantz. Terri grew up in democratic rural Iowa with a politically active and very republican mother and a father who was a world war 2 veteran. She learned and abided by...

The story of a child during World War II in Chicago, IL.

English Advanced Honors Project Interviewing Elders

I interviewed my mom about her grandparents and parents. She told me about how and when her parents migrated to America from Germany.

The D’Ascheberg’s came to America in the early 1950’s from Paris in order to become blueberry farmers. This interview discusses why they got to Paris in the first place, and where they were even before that!

My Papa, Mike Haverty, told me about life when he was growing up especially during the second world war. He also described experiences that have affected him and shaped him

An eight-year olds perspective of the liberation of Paris towards the end of World War II.