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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.

Part II of my conversation with Mawmaw

One Small Step conversation partners Robert "Bob" Adler (70) and Sara Kelemen (29) talk about nondelusional optimism, listening, Jewish heritage, family, community, and anarchism.

One Small Step conversation partners Brian Thomas (55) and Lori Kleinerman (64) have a conversation about governmental powers, God's role, and how "there is nothing honorable or glorious about war."

One Small Step partners Robbie Callahan (68) and William "Bill" Franklin (72) discuss becoming aware of the civil rights movement, how they became interested in politics, and having a "minority mindset."

One Small Step conversation partners Jason Wood (43) and Tracy Roe (58) have a conversation about their backgrounds, political views, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and abortion. They find value in respectfully discussing differing perspectives.

Paulette Terwilliger (nee Paulette Forst) was born to a young Jewish couple in France during the height of World War II. Now a resident of Fearrington Village, she spoke with fellow resident John Eckblad about her family’s wartime experience. In...

interview with holocaust survivor, Aviva Steinman

One Small Step partners Martin Wegbreit (71) and Sara Rhem (58) discuss the role religion plays in their lives and their experiences losing their sons to suicide.

One Small Step partners Sarah Vogt (63) and Katharine Kenny (67) have a conversation about their shared feelings of responsibility to humanity, political values, and views on abortion. They find agreement in seeing two Republican parties today and being troubled...

Dylan Meyers (age 15) talks with her grandmother Karin Meyers (age 85) about the Holocaust, being Jewish, and Karin’s life in high school, college, and afterwards.

Sam interviews his grandmother (Lois) on his late grandfathers journey to the United States as he and his parents escaped Nazi Germany.

Irene (born Ruth) survived the holocaust, beat Hitler.

Interview with my mother Barbara Kline, 82. Memories of first generation childhood, the 50s and 60s, a career in modern dance, and life as a rabbi's spouse.

One Small Step partners Stephanie [No Name Given] (68) and Joel Kahn (75) share how their families got to Oklahoma, and compare their political views to others in their community.

Helene shares her story of how she and her mother survived the Holocaust by escaping to Russia. She tells her daughter, Alicia, how they had to sleep outside and scrounge for food scraps so they could eat, even though her...

Jill Sharfstein (72) interviews friend and fellow congregant Nancy Fisher (77) about her experiences as a member of Central Synagogue and her work interviewing Holocaust survivors for the Shoah Foundation.

Philip Hellreich [no age given] shares a conversation with his spouse, Miriam Hellreich [no age given], about his parents and his father’s side of the family escaping Austria during the Holocaust. He talks about the miracles that helped them escape,...

When the war broke out, Merry's father and brother were sent to concentrations camps where they were killed. She was sent to a separate camp from her mother, but managed to find one another later in Zakopane, Poland after the...

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...

Martha and her mother managed to hide from the Nazis for a period of time in their home country of Hungry. Once they were discovered they were put in a concentration camp where they were treated like animals. They managed...

One Small Step partners Joanie Schirm (73) and Elise Rolenc (50) share a conversation about their families, the public education system, and the importance of local government. They also talk about the value of finding connections with other people and...

Paulina, during the war the Nazis would make their lives miserable. When she was four they were taken from their home in Romania and forced them into a ghetto where they waited to be taken to Auschwitz. Her father was...

Oscar, born in Siberia, was a toddler when WWII broke out. His father was in the Russian military and could see what was taking place in Europe and became fearful for his family. After a stint in a Polish relocation...

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...