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How the Uhrig's came to America and some of dad's life story.

In this recording, I talk to my grandmother about where her ancestors lived and the details about her life.

Eric Decker recalls when the Berlin Wall came down and German reuinification, interviewed by Professor Liette Gidlow of Wayne State University.

Anne and I talked about her experience in coming to the United States. She arrived at Ellis Island with her husband in 1947.

In this interview, conducted in April 23 in Orange, California. Gabrielle Wilson(21) interviewed her grandmother Dianne Wilson(80) about her life growing up. She talked about family and her childhood with her 2 sisters and 1 brother. She also talked about...

Mary was talking about her brother being born near TCU on the bank of the Trinity and more about her grandfather Herman Von Querner from Standahl, Saxony, Germany and his family, Mary’s uncles and aunts that were her father Will’s...

Kirsten Paull interviews her Oma about her journey and decision to move to America. She describes her life before the move in Germany, and what her schooling was like. After, she describes her move to America and how she learned...

My grandma and I drove through a starbucks and sat in the parking lot to do the interview. I asked the first question, sort of knowing the answer would be germany; I figured it would be a good place to...

We talked about his life when he was growing up. When he was a kid to how he got his current job. There was some small talk on the family topic.

My mothers story about growing up in Germany and south Africa

Talks about grandfather from Germany coming to america.

Some questions about their childhood, children, and memories.

Lee Stienbarger (a.k.a. "Mr. S.") and Alison talk about the history of Richmond's competitive jump rope team- the Indiana Thump Jumpers, and how he functioned as a coach and trailblazer in a sport that was unknown to much of the...

In 1990, I convinced my grandfather Fritz Häber to sit down at his home in Zwickau for a tape-recorded interview. I asked him mostly about our family’s history, but in between stories, he talked about his war experience and his...

Military life and growing up and other things he learned in life

This was a great project and I am so glad I was able to do it.

Grandpa Major discusses his childhood.

Ancestors, growing up in China in the 20s and 30s, medical service in WWII, spiritual influence on core values, Unitarianism

Her family left Germany in 1934 when she was 2. Eva's journey of discovery & passion for social justice began in the American South; then she found shared values at Antioch College and with the U.U.community...

There was the mention of the importance of education, life lessons, professional satisfaction and growth, stories of moving between countries (and the courage in doing so), retold WWII anecdotes, globalization, and some dating advice.

I spoke with my dad Jim Plute about his experience living in Germany as a child and moving to the United States.

Emilia Askari: 2022-03-01 01:12:54 Augusta Askari speaks about her parents' immigration story from Germany via Ellis Island, eventually settling in Cincinnati. Hardship and death along the way, building a landscape business.

After immigrating to Los Angeles from Hamburg, Germany twenty years ago, Verena sits down to talk about German v. American differences.

“You never know when it’s going to be the last time you see somebody, life is so uncertain” In this interview, we hear Mighty Behrendt interviewing her grandmother, Sharon Hemmer Ruotola in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 28th,2019. Sharon was...

we discussed the life and childhood of Karl Wilhelm Beyer