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Interview with famous jazz musician, author, and professor Monika Herzig.

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Ben and his grandmother Keitha Needham talked about their family’s heritage.

Stories if the history of the Holenweg family.

Siegfried Buss (78) talks with daughter Frieda Nossaman (?) about being a German missionary living in Japan.

Matt Perez, my father, shares his life growing up as a mixed kid in ten sceneries, and to where he has come to now.

This is an interview between me and my Gramps about where our family come from. There is also some History about the Sanders name, which was my great grandmothers maiden name. You’ll have to excuse a little discussion about family...

Joyce Frye, resident of Morrison Village (2503 Old Mobile Ave, Pascagoula, MS 39567) is interviewed by Reba Brown, Library Assistant 1 from Singing River Genealogy-Local History Library on Thursday, May 16, 2019. Ms. Frye discusses her pets, why she moved...

Elijah Wiseman (17) talks with Ilse H. (88) about her life in Hamburg, Germany during the Second World War, living in Westchester as a German immigrant, and her family's experience living here.

Elijah Wiseman (17) talks with Ilse Hoffmann (88) about her life in Hamburg, Germany during the Second World War, living in Westchester as a German immigrant, and her family's experience living here.

During WW2 Arnold Duevel wrote almost 800 letters to Margaret, his sweetheart and later wife of 72 years. Arnold talks with his son, Len, of his experiences in the European Theater.

Elijah Wiseman (17) talks with Ilse H. (88) about her life in Hamburg, Germany during the Second World War, living in Westchester as a German immigrant, and her family's experience living here.

My family is German, Greek and Italian from my Mom's side of the family. Much endured through WWII

My name is Ozan Kara and I am a 17 years old cultural exchange student from Turkey. As an high school student in Bloomington, Indiana, I have had the chance to know a wonderful person, Vanessa Domizlaff, my German teacher...

Claire Wahrhaftig (84) interviews Maria Visinti (95) about her experience during the Holocaust, the concentration camps and their liberation.

Ralph Breding grew up in rural Idaho and, with his family, farmed land that his German grandparents homesteaded in 1912. Ralph’s daughter, Lesa, interviews him about the intersection of farming and flying airplanes beginning with his parents, Gilbert and Gertrude...

Jeffrey, 29, interviews his girlfriend, Cecile, 29, about her family’s German heritage and traditions; their relationship and their travels together; their common love of country music and dancing.

Jeffrey interviews his father, Donald, about how his family came to South Dakota, his childhood on a farm, and being a pharmacist.

Born in Germany in 1945, immigrated to the US

Talked about the war

This effected her as a person knowing what it’s like to live in another place and how it can be harder.

I interview my father on his experience when the Berlin wall fell.

This was a 12 minute interview with my grandfather, Doug Witzigreuter. Papa is my Dad’s dad and he was born in 1944. We disused topics ranging from his childhood to his job history and his parents.

Vesterheim Museum immigration history questions

In this interview, on November 25 at my house in Birmingham, Alabama, I interviewed my mom about her family history and how certain historical events affected her. She shares how 9/11 affected her and what her favorite historical figures are....