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Ernest Mortuzans, Age 80 Life History-immigration, growing up, life and loved
Valda Levensteins (89) talks with her friend, Marisa Howe (50), about her childhood in Latvia before and during World War II. Valda recounts her time in a Displaced Persons Camp, coming to the US and working for the Latvian Freedom...
In this interview, conducted in November 2019 in Piedmont, California, Sage Gilbert (13) interviews her paternal grandmother, Rhona Gilbert (71), sharing stories from Rhona’s life all across the world.
Mārtiņš Rubenis recounts growing up Latvian in Seattle and explains some profound connections he has with Latvia, the country his parents fled because of the Soviet Occupation during WWII.
With admiration for the resilience of Latvians, Irene Ortiz recounts her own Latvian-American path.
Inese Heinzel (70) and Alison Leras (36), colleagues and friends, discuss creativity, curiosity and how each have impacted their life and work.
As Zigrid explains, a life story is a collection of events formed by experience that mold our thoughts and impressions. Her father shares his experience as a young boy running free on a farm in Latvia, escaping Latvia by ship,...
Benita Pupurins recalls fleeing Latvia during WWII - from Latvia to Poland to Germany to America.
Anda Grinbergs Howe left Latvia in 1944 and eventually went to the USA with the help of the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services.
This is the story of how life was for her and her family during late and post World War Two.