How Johanna Saper got her name (and more).

Johnna tells parts of the stories of leaving Vienna, leaving Manchester to the United States, and how she ended up with the name Johanna Franklin.

Ben Wick and Felice Padma Wick

Ben Wick talks with his mother, Padma Wick, about the journey of her family to the US from Austria during World War II.

World War 2 – Inge

Inge talked about her mother’s journey across Europe near the end of the war as her and her family were fleeing the Russians advance.

Grandpa Doman

I asked him about what is childhood was like and about the army. He also told me about some of him getting hurt when he was a kid and having to work at a butcher shop at the age of...

Hester Marlowe's Arrival in Europe Following WWII

Hester Marlowe describes her life leading up to her journey to post-World War II Europe and recounts her experiences there.

Ross Goff Memories of Great Depression and WWII, July 12, 1997

Ross Goff (1922-2000) recalled his childhood in Tunnelton and Morgantown, WV during the Great Depression. He served in the U.S. Army Mar 1944 - Mar 1946 in Co K, 11th Regt, 3rd Platoon, 3rd Squad. Fought in four campaigns, including...