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Donald Wise (94) and Margaret Wise (95) married 73 years as of December 2017, share their Thanksgiving memories, traditions, and family faith story.

Robin Liesenfelt and her aunt Joan Hill discuss life lessons and missed opportunities.

My 100-year-old grandfather’s reflections on his education and career in chemical engineering—before and after WWII.

We discussed life in Germany before WWII, coming to America as a Jewish immigrant, and experiences as a Jew in Germany and America.

Josephine Cole (15) interviews her computer scientist father (Billy Cole, 50) on growing up in West Virginia, the events of September 11, 2001, religion and family. While he plays video games in the background, and her sister yells advise.

We discussed some of our family history.

This is an interview about my dad and his relationship to his father. He speaks of my grandpa’s escape from the Nazis during World War 2 and about our Jewish roots.

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

Siegfried Buss (78) talks with daughter Frieda Nossaman (?) about being a German missionary living in Japan.

Alan and Emily came to the booth to remember their mother, Janice Sawyer Green, who passed away 14 years ago.

Lauren M. Landau (30) speaks with her grandfather, Leonard M. Landau (99), about his childhood in the Bronx, serving in London and France during World War II, and getting by during COVID-19 compared to the Great Depression.

An interview with a working-class Nashville Native. You can hear about family history, civic engagement in Nashville, and passions of my grandfather.

Grandfather describes his investigations while in the Army from October 1940 to June 30th 1966

This is an interview with my Uncle regarding his dad’s experience in World War II. He was in the marines in the Pacific Theatre of the war and was apart of the Iwo Jima attack.

I talked to my Grandma about her life :)

Uncle ron

We talked about how it was to grow up “back then” and how it effected them in that time. It was obvious that it was a whole different time period back in the mid 1900’s. We learned about school and...

Mema talked about her life growing up and all she is brateful for

Bill HInes, 66, interviews his mother-in-law Charlee Kambert, 87, about her life, writing and the plays she wrote and performed around the country.

An interview with my Aunt about her experiences before and after the Japanese American internment camp.

Life story, ww2, kids, growing up

“Family is Family” these are the words of Kitzi Ball. To her, family means everything. She goes out of her way to please her family and to spend time with them. She stands up for what she believes in and...

Grandma Margaret Vitale talks about the Great Depression, meeting her husband, life during and after WWII.

We mainly talked about his childhood and jobs.

Calvin telling of his life and passions.