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Edward Bloch (87) talks with his cousin Meredith Skeath (71) about his father helping Jewish families escape from Europe before WWII, his courtship of Carol, how they started a family, and the importance of finding work you love and realizing...

Memories of the Cocoanut Grove Fire, his POW experience in WWII, and, throughout a love of family

Interview with Grandfather on Thanksgiving weekend.

Later WWII in Nazi occupied poland

I interview my father Kurt Thams about his father, Torben Thams, during WWII and how this made my grandfathers life challenging.

Grandma Joyce's story: growing up on the farm, leaving home and life after getting married

Interview with my grandpa on WWII homefront

Interview with my maternal grandmother, Anna Pieger.

Interviewed our grandmother about her life.

Cleveland during World War Two; advice for future generations

Interview with the grandchildren on her life in Romania, Argentina, Uruguay, and the United States.

World War Two veteran and longtime Watsonville native, Al Hopson tells of his time in the United States Army Air Corps (now called the US Air Force). He enlisted in February of 1943 on his eighteenth birthday. His intention was...

This was an interview I did with my Grandmother Verna (aka Moogie)

Lorna Brown, lifelong Vermonter, talks about her experience growing up during WWII and differences between her life and the lives of her grandchildren

Renee Cirimelli recounts her childhood while under German duress, her transition into American culture, and how she met her husband in the United States.

Hazel M. Pace talks with her son James T. Pace about being a nurse in Menlo Park, CA for the Army and tells about meeting her husband Bob at Dibble General Hospital, where she was working. Hazel and James tell...

Interview with Tom Venice

Richardina DeMaere tells her granddaughter Monique Belli about her childhood and young adulthood in Belgium and what it was like to come to the United States.

Jonathan Karpoff (63) interviews his father, Fred Karpoff (98), about his experiences with social justice efforts, anti-Communist sentiments and his hopes for the future.

95 year old Bernice Deloris Glarborg Jensen reflects on her heritage and growing up. Her parents came over from Denmark, settling in Nebraska and then in Idaho.

I interviewed my grandfather in order to learn more about his experience living in a Japanese internment camp during WWII.

Angela interviews her friend (and ex mother-in-law) about her family, her childhood, and her life.

Japanese interment camp interview

Growing up before WWII and falling in love were the easiest parts of Vera's life, but she encountered more hurdles along her way. On November 21, 2017, in Los Angeles, CA, Vera Volfson shares her story with her great-granddaughter Dara...