Grandpa Interview

Interview of my Grandpa Zbigniew Zajac by Jonas Zajac

Poland to NYC: My Mom and Her Immigration Story

My mom and I cover topics ranging from her decision to immigrate with me to the US at such a young age, growing up in a rural village, and transitioning to the "Big Apple." We also spoke about what it...

Living History Project – New Immigrants: Piotr Jankowski

My mother, Kasia Jankowski, immigrated to the United States from Poland in order to discover better economic opportunities which she elaborates on in this interview.

Ancestry Interview

We talked about my grandmas paternal side of the family and how she had an aunt who was held in a German labor camp.

Ava Feldman and Emily Feldman

Ava Feldman (18) interviews her grandmother, Emily Feldman (87) about her experience growing up as a young Jewish girl in Lwow, Poland from 1933-1941. Grandma Emily discusses how she and her mother were able to avoid religious persecution and escape...

Interview With Grandpa!

I asked my grandpa about who his parents where and how they came here

Orion and Paul Baker-Porazinski: A Conversation About Food, Water, and Connectivity

Orion Baker-Porazinski has a conversation with his father, Paul, on his different experiences with food and water as a child in Poland. He then contrasts this with the sense of abundance he felt upon moving to the United States. The...

LHP PROJECT

Irma Gobcewicz on communism in poland and marshal law in poland.

Dylan Caine (16) Asks His Mother, Shelly Pesick-Caine (56), About Her Detroit Youth, Jewish Ancestry, and Worldview

In this interview, conducted on Thanksgiving, 2015 in a suburb of Cleveland, Dylan Caine (16) asks his mother, Shelly Pesick-Caine (56), about her quintessentially American upbringing in the suburbs of Detroit. Born into a caring and hardworking family of six,...

Lucie Haskins Comes To America

I talk to my grandmother about her experience coming to America and where her parents met.

Interviewing my dad about his childhood and wonderful parents

My dad greatly misses his childhood and parents. His parents were immigrants and children of the Great Depression. His parents were hardworking and did everything they could do for the community. His father, John, served in the marines during World...

Adventures from Ohio to India and many places in between

Lawrence Siddal (91) is interviewed by Rachel Behlke (23) about his life, his adventures, and his thoughts. These adventures range from him growing up in Ohio to being drafted to Germany to driving out to India to having to work...

lainey malak and her pap talk about our polish decent

I've always wanted to know about my grandpa's past. it was such a harsh topic and I could never find a way to bring it up in conversation. I finally did and I'm so happy I know more about his...

“Find your passions.”

In this interview, conducted in November 2018 in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, Evan Parker (16) interviews his grandmother Judy Fulton (70) about her childhood and her family. Judy shares stories of what her childhood was like, and what she...