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Fulbright U.S. Student Program grantee Usha Kapoor (Colburn School Conservatory of Music) studies violin performance in Cologne, Germany. Fulbright U.S. Student Program grantee Christine Lee (The Juilliard School) studies cello performance in Paris, France. The two sat down at the...

Otto "Ted" Theodore Benfey (90) speaks about WWII.

Brendan Rice (University of Alabama) and Sydney Stewart (Oklahoma State University) grew up in Alabama and Texas, respectively. As Fulbright research fellows, they both studied agriculture in Germany during the 2017-2018 academic year. The two sat down at the Fulbright...

Van went on a 10 week trip traveling Europe and ended up in Berlin when the wall was built

Talk about wall

Eric Decker recalls when the Berlin Wall came down and German reuinification, interviewed by Professor Liette Gidlow of Wayne State University.

This interview took place on November 22, 2018 in Milan, NH. Interviewee Lorraine discusses her childhood growing up in Fall River, MA, her relationship with her mother and father, the death of her father, and her absentee brother’s experience during...

This was a great project and I am so glad I was able to do it.

Steve Desroches (48) talks to underground filmmaker Jonathan Morrill (61) about his work, specifically his cult classic movie "Johnny in Monsterland."

The first half of my interview with my grandmother

Emilia Askari: 2022-03-01 01:12:54 Augusta Askari speaks about her parents' immigration story from Germany via Ellis Island, eventually settling in Cincinnati. Hardship and death along the way, building a landscape business.

Mason Winkie (West Virginia Wesleyan College) and Josh Tulloch (Norwich University) received English Teaching Assistant (ETA) awards to the Czech Republic. The two sat down at the Fulbright Berlin Seminar in March 2018 to share what brought them to the...

Interview of my step-father’s aunt hazel at cook forest Pennsylvania

My mother, Linda, and I discussed her up upbringing in Berlin for the majority of the time. We also covered her family’s history and the effect of it.

Partners Joyce Fehlau (23) and Rosa de Rosa (26) reflect on the challenges of being in a long distance relationship, how self-isolating has changed their dynamic, and how the COVID-19 pandemic may change their lives in the future.

In this interview, conducted in November 25th. 2017 in Chicago,IL, Yasemin Defne Pak and her father Ilker Pak talk about his childhood in Germany and how life was for him as a child. Ilker shares his experiences in school in...

We talked about what my grandpa’s childhood was like and what it was like raising my dad.

Carol Grzych (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) and Andre Woloshuk (Purdue University) are English Teaching Assistants (ETA) in Poland. In this conversation recorded at the Fulbright Berlin Seminar in March 2018, they discuss what Fulbright has meant to them. Carol begins...

I thought this interview was fun to do and I learned much about my grandmother and grandfather. Some of their answers were similar in their separate interviews. They have been married for 60 years.

I interview my father on his experience when the Berlin wall fell.

Donovan Ethan John Beveridge (23) and his father, Nels Beveridge (61), share a conversation about their family history and Nels' military career.

One Small Step partners Alison Caughman (74) and Judy Walton (68) have a conversation about being "military brats" and volunteers as well as their biggest challenges and greatest achievements.

Angela Zimmerman (38) interviews her grandmother, Marianne Zimmerman (84), about immigrating to America, meeting her spouse, and raising a family all while being surrounded by a wonderful circle of friends.

Steve Desroches (47) and Jane Martin (69) talk about their deep affection for their shared alma mater Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, Desroches a member of the Class of 1996 and Martin Class of 1974.

Corinna Currier (51) talks to her friend, coworker, and former Girl Scout member, Olivia Garcia (19), about what it was like growing up in East Germany, her memories from the day the Berlin Wall came down, and how she came...