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Bryce Fisher (30) discusses his experiences with vascular cancer and finding out his diagnosis on his mother's birthday.

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...

U.S. Army veteran Joe Hester (80) tells his granddaughter Bethany Weisberg (22) about his service.

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.

In this interview Anna Howell interviews her grandmother's boyfriend, Jay. He shares stories from his childhood and early adulthood. Topics like people he appreciates, the decision to rase a family instead of work, and that one time a dock almost...

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.

In this interview, Amareah Bead interviews Mrs. Elaine Coates, the first African American woman to graduate and live on campus at the University of Maryland. It is an inspiring and heartwarming story about the importance of perservering through adversity.

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.

Dad, on being a parent, my childhood, the tribulations of his marriage and ultimate divorce with mom, and his reflections on my finding the Baha'i Faith

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

We talked about life in general and what he is most proud of and not proud of.

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...

Kimberly Hopkins (63) speaks with her sister, Connie Lint (69), about her time serving as mechanic in the Air Force and a member of the National Guard. Kimberly considers the discrimination she faced as a woman in the military and...

Jonathan Gordon is a my father. He used to love spending time with his family in Africa on holidays and hanging out with them. Until he faced a tough decision to come to America and leave South Africa. He always...

Some questions about their childhood, children, and memories.

The life story of my grandfather, Franklin Loffer

In the interview that takes place in Annapolis Maryland in December of 2019 between Emily and her grandmother Sally, they begin talking about her favorite memories. As we dive in more you find out more about Sally’s childhood and some...

Francis McGurgan recounts his life growing up in Pittsburgh working in a bakery in high school. Life as an executive manager in ARA Skychefs, traveling across the USA for his job and after retirement.