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Heidi gagnon immigrant story

We talked about her early childhood, her life in the concentration camps, and her love life.

We discussed Micky's immigration experience from Germany to the United States.

My dad and I talk about stuff

Dirk arrived in the US from Germany as a baby, but then went back to Germany. He returned again in 1977 as a teenager and had a different experience.

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

Grandmother talks about life in post-WWII Germany.

We discussed Nelson Family History and what life was like for them in Pensecola, Florida. Also, his time in the Air Force branch of the military after World War 2.

Oma’s upbringing in Germany and the struggles that she faced.

This interview describes Mom's childhood years growing up in pre-WWII Schwabmünchen, Germany.

Anna Wilberding (18) talks with my Oma(76) and Opa(82) about their lives and how they met.

Joe Homoki talks about his family, how they came to New Brunswick, NJ from Hungary after WWII, and about life in New Brunswick.

Inge Baer Corless and Irene Baer Friendly share their memories of childhood, escaping Nazi Germany, their mother Theresia’s failing health, a stay in a Catholic orphanage, the fate of their father Ernst’s family members who could not make it out...

This is a fun interview about the Shoop family history and hopes for the future.

Sue tells her daughter all about her life, from early childhood through school, career, marriage, family, and aging.

Interview was taken in Oxford Mississippi on November 21st of 2018. Randy and Suzanne Irby (my grandparents) are a married couple with lots of stories about them. Even before they were married! The explain things such as when/where they were...

Christmas celebration memories of Germany in 1935-1940 from 85-year-old U.S. immigrant.

Doris Rockwell (82) and Christine Rockwell-Wardlow discuss teenage dating in the 1950s in Germany.

Lawrence Siddal (91) is interviewed by Rachel Behlke (23) about his life, his adventures, and his thoughts. These adventures range from him growing up in Ohio to being drafted to Germany to driving out to India to having to work...

I interviewed Steven Maher who is 60 years old. He worked for Ford Arrow Space in the defense contracting industry during the height of President Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative. This helped bring about the fall of the Berlin Wall and...

On April 19th 2021 in Anaheim Hills, California Jazmin Barker (F25) talks with her older cousin of 10 years, Ryne Hollenitch (M35) on what it was like growing up in his shoes. With a bachelors in history he has gone...

Interview with my maternal grandmother, Anna Pieger.

Jose Garcia (74) talks to son Karl Garcia (46) about his life and how he became a physicist.

[Recorded: Tuesday, October 26, 2021] Tim Brown (UVA '25) and Emily Douglas discuss living in Europe, military service, their parents' influence, and the current American political climate in their One Small Step conversation.