1989…When the Wall Came Down

Eric Decker recalls when the Berlin Wall came down and German reuinification, interviewed by Professor Liette Gidlow of Wayne State University.

Immigration Interview with Anne.

Anne and I talked about her experience in coming to the United States. She arrived at Ellis Island with her husband in 1947.

Mary Bee Querner Poole interview about brother Harold being born June 11, 1918 on bank of Trinity River near TCU

Mary was talking about her brother being born near TCU on the bank of the Trinity and more about her grandfather Herman Von Querner from Standahl, Saxony, Germany and his family, Mary’s uncles and aunts that were her father Will’s...

Kirsten Paull’s Thanksgiving interview with Marie Paull

Kirsten Paull interviews her Oma about her journey and decision to move to America. She describes her life before the move in Germany, and what her schooling was like. After, she describes her move to America and how she learned...

Rita Jannusch McKenzie – Life in Germany, life in the United States

My grandma and I drove through a starbucks and sat in the parking lot to do the interview. I asked the first question, sort of knowing the answer would be germany; I figured it would be a good place to...

Making History w/ my dad

We talked about his life when he was growing up. When he was a kid to how he got his current job. There was some small talk on the family topic.

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Emily Bahne and Victoria Young

One Small Step conversation partners, Emily Bahne (47) and Victoria Young (64), share some of their personal backgrounds and family heritage and then ask each other questions about their political values. Victoria shares some of her beliefs on vaccination and...

Lead interview with my Nana and Papa

Talked about their pasts and childhood. Discussed their views on the future and what’s going on with the pandemic.

Immigrant Project

Talks about grandfather from Germany coming to america.

Fritz Häber – The Complete Diary – 16 Months in an American POW Camp (https://www.16monthsaspow.com/) Episode: Member of an execution squad

In 1990, I convinced my grandfather Fritz Häber to sit down at his home in Zwickau for a tape-recorded interview. I asked him mostly about our family’s history, but in between stories, he talked about his war experience and his...

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Helen Spiegel, Frank Spiegel, Sherri Neighbert, and Adam Goldstein

Helen Spiegel (90) and Frank Spiegel (93) tell their grandchildren about their lives in 1930's Germany as Hitler came to power, and they share memories of discrimination their Jewish families experienced, as well as stories of resistance (02:05, 10:43, 15:53)....

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Sarah Weinstein, Ben Avis, and Skyler Seed

Classmates Ben Avis (17), Sarah Weinstein (17), and Skyler Seed (17) share their perspectives on life in high school.

Germans Are So Honest

After immigrating to Los Angeles from Hamburg, Germany twenty years ago, Verena sits down to talk about German v. American differences.