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Kirsten Paull interviews her Oma about her journey and decision to move to America. She describes her life before the move in Germany, and what her schooling was like. After, she describes her move to America and how she learned...

A interview with my grandpa about his time in the military.

Born one of seven in World War Two Germany, Emil (Mike) Kropf speaks about his life—his experience coming to America, being drafted in the U.S. army, meeting the love of his life on a train and coming back to raise...

We talked about how Omi got from Germany to America and how she felt during the trip.

Me and grandfather talked about his life and how my family came to this country.

Memories of growing up in Pittsburgh and family memories.

During WW2 Arnold Duevel wrote almost 800 letters to Margaret, his sweetheart and later wife of 72 years. Arnold talks with his son, Len, of his experiences in the European Theater.

This is a interview containing a personal account of living through WWII from the point of view of my Great Aunt Rosemary. A time of turmoil described from someone that attempted to escape the hardships of life.

My grandma and I drove through a starbucks and sat in the parking lot to do the interview. I asked the first question, sort of knowing the answer would be germany; I figured it would be a good place to...

We talked about his life when he was growing up. When he was a kid to how he got his current job. There was some small talk on the family topic.

As a part of this interview, I asked my dad about memories that he has from Germany and what some of the differences between the two places that he remember.

American studies

Barbara Hester Kurtz (87) talks with her granddaughter Susan Scott Peterson (39) about her early married life, including maternity fashion and prenatal care in the 1950s, giving birth in a military hospital and moving to Germany with her young family...

Some questions about their childhood, children, and memories.

The life story of my grandfather, Franklin Loffer

I asked my mom questions

This is an interview I did with my grandmother (Bubi) about her challenging childhood during the Great Depression. (Note: My grandmother has been previously diagnosed with dementia, which is why there were some aspects of her story that were repeated.)

What was it like growing up in Germany, and how does it compare to living in the United States.

We were discussing general things about my aunt’s life overseas and what she learned

The man I interviewed, Jim, had a very interesting life story. He talked about what was most important to him throughout his life, and how his love for the lord inspired him to continue doing what he loved.

In this interview that I took with my mom, she talks about what it was like to visit her mom and dad’s side of the family and how they differed. It was interesting to hear about this because it’s the...

I talked with my grandfather who I call pop pop about his life. He told me about our family heritage and his life growing up. He also talked about my dad, who is his son. It was a very good...

Madeleine Senecal talks about her experience moving from Germany to the United States in the 50’s.

A brief biographical of the life of Clarence L. Williams as given by his daughter, C. L. Williams http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/digital/ Georgia State University’s Southern Labor Archives DigitalCollections Library

Valerie Leksich (74) talks with Aria Nelli (14) about her experiences as a child refugee to the U.S. from Hungary during communist rule and about her life in the U.S. and in the Waldorf community. When l asked Valerie what...