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The participant is my grandmother who grew up in the Bronx and moved to Amsterdam because of violence in the city.

Frank age 98 on Providence Hospice, of Dutch Indonesian heritage born in east Indies shares reflections with his son Frank who lives with his father about serving in the Dutch Indonesian army and being a prisoner of war for three...

This interview is with my Neighbor Els she was born in Holland then moved to America when she was one. This is her story.

Life events of the war and occupation

This interviews captures the highlights of Ginni Sackett’s Montessori journey, as well as essential aspects of Normalization as the key to successful Montessori work.

We taped about my moms experiences in school and when she arrived in the states. She talked about her life in schools in Holland and her transition to living in the U.S.

Discover the legacy of the Brewster family. A family that came on the Mayflower as told by our Social Studies teacher, Mrs. Heagney.

Caitlin Dolorico-McPeake(17) talks with Grandma Rita(87) about her life and experiences. Discussed within are topics including (but not limited to) World War II, the Glass Ceiling, terrible cooking, the Italian Mafia, and the Korean Conflict.

Beatrice Peterson recalls her experiences traveling with the American military during the midst of the Cold War to locations like Vietnam, Cambodia, Germany, and Romania while being interviewed by her granddaughter, Maddy Shearer on May 14th, 2022. She details how...

This interview was about my Grandma’s life in Holland compared to her life in America as well as her struggles she’s dealt with in her life.

Nina Siegal spoke to her father, Dr. Frederick P. Siegal, about his 40 year career as an HIV/AIDS specialist, from the beginning of the epidemic until a few years ago

There was the mention of the importance of education, life lessons, professional satisfaction and growth, stories of moving between countries (and the courage in doing so), retold WWII anecdotes, globalization, and some dating advice.

Saskia Coenen Snyder (50) and Amy Austermiller (56) discuss the impact travel has had on their lives and identities and how they've gone about instilling a love of travel and appreciation of other cultures in their children.

What life was like as a Jew in Nazi Germany, the escape to America and American life.

A summery of her life and life during the German occupation

Mary Ann Olding (78) is interviewed by her niece Ann Acheson (59) about her growing up in rural Ohio, what lead her to historical preservation as a career and the ways in which her Catholic farm family shaped her independent...

Joe shares his story of surviving a Nazi concentration camp. Joe, his brother and father were put into the same camp where he and brother were separated from their father. Their father was immediately sent to the gas chamber. Joe...

Dennis Murphy (53) and daughter Olivia "Liv" Murphy (18) discuss Liv's high school and college experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, and her plans for the future.

An exploration into the life of my mother, a Vietnamese-American immigrant who experienced culture shock when she and her family fled her home to an unfamiliar land.

I talked with my mom who had a lot of memories about her mother’s history in the Netherlands and many holiday traditions she passed down.

My beppe tells stories about growing up

Me and my grandpa are doing an interview about him and how he immigrated from the Netherlands to the US. Grandpa (89) Ava (10). My Grandpa came to the US with his wife and he used to be a doctor,...

One Small Step partners Fredrick "Fred" Hoogland (75) and Roy Branklin (58) discuss their military service, racism in the United States, and their involvement with the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

This interview between Logan Szott and his mother Heather Szott covers Heather's personal history growing up in L.A. and beyond, connecting to multiple historical events, cultural trends, and personal experiences. The interview contains segments of Heather's early life with her...

In interviewed my Grandfather, Bruce Wells. I learned many interesting things about our family and about his childhood.