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Escape from Austria prior to the beginning of the Second World War

My uncle grew up in Arlington Virginia and enjoyed his life. when he grew up he became a self employed bricklayer.

We had talked about the childhood of my grandmother for the most part

Discussion with two professional women who were raised in New York.

This interview is about the events of 9/11 through the experience of Christopher. He spoke about the events that occurred on that day and how it affected him as a child. He also spoke about his feelings and how he...

Can you imagine witnessing the biggest news story unfold in real time? Well Ann Gurrola and many others who were alive in the early 2000’s did. I interviewed my mom, Ann Gurrola on the terrorist attack of the twin towers...

I decided to interview a family friend because she has had a large impact on my life. Starting as only a fellow church member to our family Mrs. Aynne quickly grew to be more like a grandmother to me. As...

Interview with Yvonne Ritter about her life as an LGBTQ pioneer, part 2: post-high school years.

Wilma and her granddaughter Amy discuss her journey to the United States, growing up in catholic school, meeting her husband at 15, and family life.

My mom explains what it was like for her being a kid in the 70s.

Michael and Patricia talk about their good fortune and good life together, after both losing their spouses. Each has a rich family, personal, and professional history that shaped their lives and appreciation for what they have now.

My dad who worked in the World Trade Center tells his story of 9/11.

Recollections of being in New York on 9/11 near the site

Steve Desroches (49) talks to Marc Guerrette (57) about life in Provincetown, Massachusetts and his involvement with the theatrical troupe the Gold Dust Orphans.

My grandma Trude was eleven years old when she and her parents escaped from Austria in the early 1940’s, on one of the last boats to the U.S. Her entire extended family perished in the concentration camps except a couple...

Interviewed my gramma about her life and school.

Just two friends conversing about growing up in a world of art.

My mom and I discuss the human right to housing and the thoughts that we have regarding the different environments that we have experienced throughout our lifetimes.

We talked about money, the births of Johanna’s children, the holocaust, meeting her husband Bernard Saper, ambition, and more.

Die berühmte Kasperlgeschichte, die mich und meine Kinder inspiriert und gefesselt hat, soll auch für UR-UR-UR Enkeln lebendig sein:)

Max Campbell is a 13 year old growing up in Los Angeles. His grandfather, George Eisele, lives in Pennsylvania. The interview is over the phone on December 1, 2019. They talked about growing up in NYC.

Jackie Neale interviews her undergraduate photography student, Maria Trajtenberg while we are conducting interviews and taking photographs for our storytelling project, The Corona Collective. Maria is living in TriBeCa New York City through the pandemic, and talks about how she...

Joy tells the story of her love for her hometown, Yakima, Washington. She shares the journey of the mutual aid coalition, Yakima Community Aid.

Les and his family had many narrow escapes from the Nazis during the war and they eventually managed to escape across the boarder to Austria from Hungary. They had to live in a camp for a few months before they...

My mother, JoAnne Goode, lived in NYC with her divorced mother, widowed aunt, and cousin, in the 1930’s. The sisters were from small Pilot Mountain, NC and Mom’s aunt was a successful Big Band musician. Mom and her cousin had...