Grandma’s Childhood

My Grandmother grew up during World War II and migrated to America when she was 11. She had a very unique childhood and believes that the people of my generation should try to get good, basic education to lay a...

Trudy Lovell Holocaust Interview

Trudy Lovell, 98 years old, talked about her experience during the Holocaust and her time spent at a concentration camp and her life after that.

Kaelin Barke and Petra Marks

Kaelin Barke: 2020-11-29 00:17:18 I interview my grandmother about how her younger life was including her childhood, parents, grandparents, school, and her husband.

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...

Oral History Summative: The Great Thanksgiving Listen

My grandpa and I talked about our family history! We really talked a lot about his parents, my great-grandparents, and how their struggles to be accepting in a time period that was not very accepting.

Grandma

We talked about what her childhood was like. We also chatted about how this effected her future.

From farm school to India: the making of an art historian

A conversation with my father about how he became a world-renowned historian of Indian Art, after a childhood in Chicago suburbs and never leaving the country before college.

Megan McCormick and her mother Jennifer McCormick discuss growing up, family traditions, and developing one’s identity.

In this interview, conducted in November 2017 in Gallatin, Tennessee, Megan McCormick (17) interviews her mother Jennifer McCormick (44) about what life was like for her growing up in the 70s as a part of a family with traditions that...

Interview with Grandma Kelley

Talked about growing up with her parents, and grandparents. Discussed farm life, growing up, living in Florida during World War 2, and her parents moving to San Antonio.

Learn How to Forecast the Weather with Oma: All You Need Is A Broken Toe and Some Deer

This is an interview I did with my 86-year-old grandmother. She lived in Germany through WWII and had a very interesting life, resulting in some unusual stories. She now lives on an out-of-service farm in Pennsylvania's Amish Country. In this...

Hinghamoc2017

We talked about his work life and one of his co workers when he escaped Germany in world war 2

Interview with Nanny

An interview between my grandma and I, discussing her life and many interesting stories. I learned about her father’s role in WWII and what it was like for her growing up.

Living in Late and post war Europe and immigrating to the U.S.

This is the story of how life was for her and her family during late and post World War Two.

Siena’s family story

Siena (26 years old) talks about her family heritage and how that impacts her.