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This interview is between a father (Christian Sganga 47) and his daughter (Isabella Sganga 18). They discussed the hardships of life and how to grow from them. Isa’s father, Chris, suffered from a herniated disc, moved to a completely new...

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

In this interview, conducted in December 2019 in Louisville, Kentucky, Fernanda Scharfenberger (17) interviews her grandma Lee Scharfenberger (72) about her relationship and friendship with her husband. Lee Scharfenberger shares recollections of their first meeting, and journey from dating until...

Andrea Croley [no age given] tells her friend, Kathleen O'Dell [no age given] about her family's experience of the Bombing of Dresden, immigrating to Missouri as a child, and how her family history and personal experiences inform her condemnation of...

Man talks to his daughter about his WWII experiences

Friends and colleagues, Rita Blank (71) and Barbara Goldstein (63), reflect on how being children of Holocaust survivors has affected their lives and perspectives and discuss their work at the Holocaust Education Resource Council.

Talked about what she’s proud of me for, how she manages her children, and some advice for the future.

In this interview, conducted on June 7th, 2018, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Ms. Elizabeth Voegeli, a beloved teacher in the Tallwood High School’s Global Studies and World Languages Academy, talks about her childhood and the past experiences that shapes who...

My mom has been through a lot in her lifetime, from immigrating to America to becoming a mother of three. She has been able to be the best mom and the hardest working woman I know although she has faced...

This is a touching story about Bill Fundaro as he talks about his life through the years. The main topic is his family and his many jobs he has had throughout his life. He is currently celebrating his 50th consecutive...

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...

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...

Friends Colleen [No name given] [no age given] and Wendy [No name given] (60) reflect on their once-in-a-lifetime friendship, fun memories they have made together, and their hashtag, #We'reNotRegularsHere.

In a conversation looking at multiple meanings of open source governance and project health, Shauna Gordon-McKeon shares with Open Source Stories views of how investing in project culture can build virtuous cycles of inclusion and contribution. From reducing the number...

In the interview I was able to ask my grandpa some questions to get to know him more.I found out something’s I never knew before and it was really nice to just sit down with him

Life in Romania and the move to America

The interviewer’s name is Sydney Payne,age 21, the interviewee’s name is Daniel Vermillion, age 22. The relationship between the two is that they are boyfriend and girlfriend. The topic that was discussed is about siblings and the relationship the individual...

My grandma told me some great life lessons, getting teary along the way, and enlightened me about my family’s history.

Two sisters really sit down and talk before the oldest gets ready to head to college next semester.

Liam and Charlie talk about life and the beauty of not defining things.

Rhiannon and Donna Borowski talk about anything from family traditions to what 2020 has done to them. They also touch on what life was like while Rhiannon was growing up.

Oscar Elgert (92) tells friend Lorie Swearingen (53) about his family immigrating from Germany to Poland in the 1800s and then how he and his family immigrated from Poland in the 1920 when he was 7. He also talks about...

Caroline, 98, sat down with Annette to share her story about surviving the Holocaust. She was 13 when Hitler came into power. Looking for a way out, she was one of 300 who were allowed to go to Palestine, because...

I️ interviewed Ms. Couto, who has been a part of my life for three years now. She has taught me more than what is taught in the English 10 Honors curriculum and I’m now a senior in high school. We...

My mother, Celica Salgado, details her life experiences from childhood to adulthood to share how she kept pushing forward through anything that blocks her way to her and her families future.