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Grace and Isabel(16) interview their grandmother about her father’s family, immigration, and experiences in America, and our Grandfather talks about about his family too.

I interviewed my grandma

John Burrows (66) interviews his mother, Marion Burrows (93), about her teaching career.

I asked him about what is childhood was like and about the army. He also told me about some of him getting hurt when he was a kid and having to work at a butcher shop at the age of...

A story about my mother's life growing up in communism and its the political/social effects, her work and educational background, and dabbles of small stories from her childhood, teenage years, and college life.

I, Bjorn Miller age 13 interviewed my dad, Jason Miller age 45. We talked about his life experiences and his favorite traditions.

Ross Goff (1922-2000) recalled his childhood in Tunnelton and Morgantown, WV during the Great Depression. He served in the U.S. Army Mar 1944 - Mar 1946 in Co K, 11th Regt, 3rd Platoon, 3rd Squad. Fought in four campaigns, including...

86 year old remembers the trials of escaping Austria during the nazi occupation. A lesson in acceptance and understanding.

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

Interview with mom.

One Small Step partners Dagmar Ebaugh (55) and Sandy S. (55) have a conversation where they explore the life experiences that have shaped their political views. As children, they both moved often, which they believe gave them perspective on different...

Gennady Gene Belous (78) talks with his son-in-law Dave Nash (54) about his family's experience in labor camps, how they were granted amnesty to come live in the United States, and why he decided to legally change his middle name...

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.

First US Olympic Ice Dance Medalist at 1976 Innsbruck Austria Olympics

Fred Weiss (61) speaks with his mother Anna Weiss (94) about her life in Germany and the US.

Dawns life after WW2

Becky Kosley (65) interviews her sister Cindy Henry (66) about their family’s migration to the United States from Slovakia, the closeness of their family, and their family’s military service.

Phyllis Rosenblum (78) and Phyllis Plotnick (72) reflect on the start of the Friends group in the Gulfport Public Library. They share the pride in the increase in programming, establishing itself as a cultural hub for the area, and involving...

Ranjit Steiner (32) talks with his mother, Meb Steiner (63), about the range of emotions he experienced as a teenager with cancer and how cancer impacted his high school experience. They reflect on the importance of having support from family...

My mother’s side of the family

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

I got to talk about my Opas life and I know there are infinity amount of more stories he has told me that I have filmed but he has given a glimpse of his adventures of his life. It truly...

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...