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Dad Talía about his experience emigrating from communist Romania to the US through Italy and his experience once arriving to America.

In this recording my father talked about his experience in the Romanian Revolution and his experiences in the military and immigration to Italy.

Hear Mrs. Corsei’s story about her trip from Romania to the United States

For the U.S. Bicentennial, every U.S. state selected 10 women to be included among a list of 500 honored in "Mothers of Achievement," a collection of biographies about women from 1776 to 1976. The book's publication was spearheaded by the...

Life in Romania and the move to America

Someone who grew up in Romania.

I interview my grandma how life was growing up in Romania

Alex impreuna cu sotia lui Nati au 4 copii adoptati iar 3 sunt in proces de adopție. In acest interviu de 30 de minute Alex povestește călătoria adopției și ce a stat în spatele ei.

During this interview with my mother, Marilena Tolea, we discussed several different topics. First, she described her childhood in Romania, school, and the impacts of communism. Then, she elaborated on her family, particularly the influences her siblings and her mother...

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

I spoke with my mom about my childhood and hers. We also spoke about my future as a mom later in my life.

I interviewed my dad on his life in Communist Romania, as well as his experience immigrating to the United States!

I interviewed my father about his early life before he met my mother. He told me of how he left communist Romania and ended up meeting my mother in the end.

Erno Csatlos talks with his daughter about how he grew up in communist controlled Romania and how that has affected the way he lives today.

I just asked my mom questions I was wondering/curious about. I wanted to know more about her past and growing up.

Longtime friends, John (41) and Quinn (40), sit to talk about their time in the Peace Corps. How the Peace Corps changed them and the friendships and gifts they received from their time in service.

In this interview, conducted in November 2017 in Manhattan Beach, California, Andreea Soricut (14) interviews her dad, Radu Soricut (44), about his childhood in Romania and how he came to the United States. Mr. Soricut shares early childhood memories, and...

Beatrice Peterson recalls her experiences traveling with the American military during the midst of the Cold War to locations like Vietnam, Cambodia, Germany, and Romania while being interviewed by her granddaughter, Maddy Shearer on May 14th, 2022. She details how...

How my dads childhood was and who his biggest influences were

I’m Raul Constantin, and I’m interviewing my mom, Irina Constantin, about her move to America from Romania

We talked about his childhood and family

Mom talks about my childhood and hers as well

In this interview, conducted in December 3, 2017, Raluca Narita interviews her father (age 46) about his childhood, immigration to America and life experience in general. Mr. Narita speaks about life in a communist country and his career both in...

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Bogdan Eftimie is 49 and is the father to me, Anja Eftimie. We talking about his childhood memories and memories from even just a year ago.