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Irene Rosen defected from Czechoslovakia at 11 years old. Her family’s clever escape from the Communist regime showcases the trials and tribulations of immigrants in the 1970’s. She reflects on her experience and elaborates on her unique story.
Mary Jo shared personal stories of her travels to Europe.
“My grandmother didn’t want to leave, and my mother, very bravely at age 24 went back to Prague and got her mother and her younger sister Mimi out of Prague with great difficulty… on the last train before Hitler marched...
I have just interviewed my grandfather. And from what he has told me he has lived a very happy and productive life. He has told me about things I did not know about him when he was in the military...
During my interview with my grandmother, we mainly discussed childhood information, her family, our Czech traditions and roots, and of course finally myself included.
It's her vacation story, where her mother would take her during the summer. She talks about how her childhood was and how she was treated.
Louise Warner, 72, talks with her daughter, Julie Warner Miccichi, 40, about Louise’s youth as a first generation American, how she met and married her husband, Bob, and lessons learned from parenting four children.
Betty Grebenschikoff, 79, is interviewed by her daughter Jennifer Grebenschikoff, 58.
Zoe (14) interviews her mother, Ellin (?), about her journey to learn about the Kladno Torah that hangs in their synagogue.
Gene Luka Krasa, 89, is interviewed by her granddaughter E.B. Kelly, 27 about her early life, the holocaust and her marriage to Karel Krasa
Georgie talks with her daughter Sonia Walker about growing up in Buffalo, the illnesses Georgia has suffered and the strength and perseverance they have learned as family.
Al Rickli is interviewed by his son Richard, grandson Stephen, and daughter-in-law Elizabeth about growing up in New York City and his experiences in WW II.
Sidonia L. Singer talks with grandson, Abraham Singer, about her experience growing up in Czechoslovakia, during the time of Hitler’s extermination of the Jews.