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I interviewed my grandmother about her life

Paulina, during the war the Nazis would make their lives miserable. When she was four they were taken from their home in Romania and forced them into a ghetto where they waited to be taken to Auschwitz. Her father was...

Lizzy Calderon was the interviewer and I interviewed my mother Elena Calderon. My mom had moved to America when she was 19 and has lived here ever since. We had discussed every part of her move and all the adjustments...

Nickolay Kudymov (73) and his grandson Ilya Kudymov (14) talk about things in life.

This interview is with my grandpa, as he recounts his professional studies in Psychiatry, his love for The Little Prince, his travels to Paris and the rest of the world, and how he met my grandmother and raised a family,...

During the interview we talked about what it was like to be at a Russian school. As well as what it was like to be in America for the first time

In this interview, William Reicher (17) and brother Graham Reicher (14) ask their grandmother Phyllis Winkelstein Reicher (93) about her life and memories.

In this interview I talk with Anastasia Mamedova who is from Russia. She’s talks about her educational experience while living there.

John talks about his life as a journalist, soldier, and a diplomat.

Ms.Gardner, my teacher, talks about her experience in Russia and why she was there.

Tanya talks about the time when she was 16 and had to board a train to leave Odessa and all of her friends.

We talked about what past experiences have made her into the person she is today. What makes her happy and what she wishes for her children and descendants.

My grandmother and I talk about her past from the 1920s to present. We talk about the second world war and how that affected her life as well as how her family managed as immigrants.

In this recording, students Rachel D-B and Sara Villanueva discussed why to read and love historical fiction novels, the importance of perseverance, and remembering the stories of people whose stories often get forgotten.

We talked with Susan about global relations between Russian speaking countries and the rest of the world, as well as Arizona in relation to the rest of the world.

We had a good talk together and laughed and talked about him as a child my dad as a child and about my opa's military life as well. Opa is German for "grandad." My dad was born in Germany when...

This interview was about the journey my grandmother went on to find her career and how it shaped her as a person.

My mother’s immigration from Russia

Veronica Fischmann (32) and Yakov Pechersky (28) talk about treasured childhood memories, the ways in which their lives shaped their reactions to the global pandemic (especially Yakov, whose family is from Russia), the ways the pandemic may shape their lives...

I asked my father questions about his immigration from Ukraine to eventually the West, and general questions about his childhood.

Minnie Kahn, Bradley Kahn and Sharon Kahn reminiscing about her family coming to the US from Russia, and where they lived in Milwaukee.

Hi my name is ilan I am 14 years old it is November 22,2018 I am intervening my Mom today in queens N.Y.

I talked with my mother about her experiences growing up as a child, learning the difficult circumstances that she faced in terms of living under a communist state. We also discussed the impact that different people have had on her...

What was life like growing up and how is it now

Norma explains where her family sprouted from and the reuniting experience she had with past family members in Russia.