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Reflections on being an immigrant, approaching age 88, WWII, parenting

When Francine was 23 years old, she was diagnosed with Leukemia. Thankfully, She has been cancer free for two years! This is just a part of her story.

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In this interview, conducted in November 2019 in Piedmont, California, Sage Gilbert (13) interviews her paternal grandmother, Rhona Gilbert (71), sharing stories from Rhona’s life all across the world.

One Small Step conversation partners Brian Thomas (55) and Lori Kleinerman (64) have a conversation about governmental powers, God's role, and how "there is nothing honorable or glorious about war."

A life-long Alaskan’s story of survival during the Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964.

Caroline, 98, sat down with Annette to share her story about surviving the Holocaust. She was 13 when Hitler came into power. Looking for a way out, she was one of 300 who were allowed to go to Palestine, because...

One Small Step partners Martin Wegbreit (71) and Sara Rhem (58) discuss the role religion plays in their lives and their experiences losing their sons to suicide.

Kate Chesser (15) interviews RoseAnn Gerson (57) on her experience of being a daughter of holocaust survivors and growing up as immigrants in rural Minnesota.

Lev Raphael tells his friend Melissa Ingells about growing up as a child of Holocaust survivors and becoming a scholar and author on the subject

From Poland to Siberia, through Europe and Israel, to the U.S.

Part two of the interview.

My father describes life under communist Hungary, his escape and life after in different countries

My grandfather survived the holocaust and today I am interviewing him about his life #oceansideschool4 #the great thanksgiving listen 2019

Sisters Amy Grant (61) and Robyn Gahr (63) share a conversation about what it was like growing up as Jewish in Fayetteville, North Carolina, the community they had there, and the role that Judaism has played in their lives.

“My grandmother didn’t want to leave, and my mother, very bravely at age 24 went back to Prague and got her mother and her younger sister Mimi out of Prague with great difficulty… on the last train before Hitler marched...

Mireille's family was living a very nice life in Brussels, Belgium when the Nazis swept through Europe. Her father had a successful business making outerwear and when the Nazis got to Brussels, they commandeered the factory, keeping him on to...

Interview with my mother Barbara Kline, 82. Memories of first generation childhood, the 50s and 60s, a career in modern dance, and life as a rabbi's spouse.

Tovah Kohl (36) shares with her colleague, Helen Wilmot [no age given], how her cultural background influences her identity and the importance she places on preserving her family's story for future generations.

Max W interviews Veronika Berman

A great granddaughter interviews her great grandfather.

Eva was eight months old when Hitler come to power. Her father was part of the resistance and fled with her and her brothers to Marseille, France then on to Lyon where he continued to fight for the resistance. Her...

Helene Broomer speaks with daughter, Rachelle Broomer, about the experiences that have informed her life, including being a child of a Holocaust survivor, surviving breast cancer and being an agoraphobic.

Alexandra "Nikki" Anderson (26) interviews her grandmother Lilly Bennett (86) about surviving the camps where Polish born Germans were imprisoned after the Holocaust. Lilly talks about following her mother to the camps, the violence she experienced and witnessed while in...

Edgar was a Holocaust survivor in communist Romania. He talked to me about a close call he had as an Underground agent.