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My mother, Dana (Binh) Le talks about her experiences growing up in postwar Vietnam and how her mother provided for her family of 9 to get by while my grandfather was put away in reeducation camp, and later escaped from...

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...

Frieda was nine yrs-old when the war broke out. Her family tried to get out of Germany, but were stopped by the gestapo. Her father was sent to a camp and killed, but she and her mother and brothers escaped...

I interviewed my father about what life was like in Vietnam and how and why he escaped.

Mireille's family was living a very nice life in Brussels, Belgium when the Nazis swept through Europe. Her father had a successful business making outerwear and when the Nazis got to Brussels, they commandeered the factory, keeping him on to...

The firsthand story of my mother shifting her life from a third world country to working hard and beginning a new life

I gave an interview to my grandpa and asked him about his life and his life in general. Here is some background information about Grandpa Xu: Grandpa Xu is currently 71 years old and was born in 1948 in Shanxi,...

Enid speaks about her reason for moving from Romania to the U.S. She also speaks about her childhood and what her life was like living in a communist country, especially during Ceausescu’s rule.

In this interview, my dad talked about how he came to the U.S, and what life was like after he came.

In this interview done on April 20, 2019, Patricia Tran (20) interviews her mother (60) about her life in Vietnam during the Vietnam War and her journey in fleeing and adapting to the United States and its culture. Thuy Nguyen...