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Irvine, Elizabeth "Elizabeth Lautzenheiser" Liberation
Elizabeth Lautzenheiser Irvine and other internees [Annotator's Note: in the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila...
Bailey Pratt, Caroline Liberation
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee taps a cup throughout the segment.] Caroline Bailey Pratt and her family were interned...
Nathanson, Eva Liberation
Eva Nathanson's fever was getting worse, but all they could do was cool her face with wet cloths. One day, she heard...
Damberg, Wanda LIberation
Wanda Damberg got up to go to the bathroom one morning and saw a nun along the way [Annotator’s Note: Damberg was in...
Samet, Judah Liberation
Judah Samet left by train and remembers passing through Berlin [Annotator's Note: Berlin, Germany] where ruins were...
Kleiner, Leona Liberation
Leona Kleiner views her liberation as the best thing in her life except for her family. [Annotator's Note: Kleiner left...
Komito, Joseph Liberation and America
Joseph Komito traveled many days on a train not knowing where he was bound [Annotator's Note: the Germans were...
Klein, Gerda Liberation and Feelings Towards Germans
[Annotator's Note: Gerda Klein, who was liberated from a slave labor camp can be very difficult to understand at points...
Devoe, Susan Liberation and Postwar
Susan Magnuson Devoe remembers being liberated [Annotator's Note: from the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila...
Giamberardino, Anna Maria Liberation and Postwar Life
One night, Anna Maria Giamberardino and a friend decided to go see where the couples would hang out. They saw some men...
Riddle, Pearson Liberation and Postwar Life
The worst camp Pearson Riddle stayed at was every camp following his experience in China. The worst camp he stayed in...
Woodham, Greg Liberation and Return to America
Greg Woodham and his mother were interned at Santo Tomas [Annotator’s Note: Santo Tomas Internment Camp, also known as...
White, Alexander Liberation and Returning Home
Alexander White described conditions at the Schindler factory as "difficult." Food was scarce, and, initially, rations...
Warne, Therese Liberation and Shelling
Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: An American child prisoner in the Philippines during World War 2] was...
Bouton, Helen Liberation and Sweden
Getting into Bergen-Belsen [Annotator's Note: Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near Bergen, Germany] was the worst...
Wolnerman, David Liberation at Dachau
After some time in Auschwitz [Annotator's Note: Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp complex in...
Hart, Howard Liberation Nears
Howard Hart found out that there was a secret radio in the camp. An engineer had put it together using scavenged parts...
Brooks, Leonard Liberation of Los Baños
Leonard Brooks and the other internees had no idea that they were scheduled to be killed at nine on the morning of 23...
Ream, John Liberation to the United States
John Ream remembers when liberation started that the Japanese told them to stay in the camp because it was dangerous...
Stables, Barbara Life Abroad
Barbara Stables was in Mobile [Annotator’s Note: Mobile, Alabama] with her children visiting her parents when the news...
Kerry, Margaret Life after Pearl Harbor
Margaret Kerry spent most of her time isolated. When she heard about Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese...
Landry, Coleen Life After the War
[Annotator's Note: There is an odd tape break at the beginning.] The family of Coleen Landry learned to be frugal and...
Peak, Betty "Betty Taylor" Life After War
Betty Peak had one thing happen that made her life enjoyable. She met a service officer from World War 2. He had flown...
Ramsey, Rosemary Jane Life After War Began
[Annotator's Note: Rosemary Ramsey learned of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941 from her...
Hagans, Benjamin Life as a POW
Benjamin Hagans was sent to the west side of Mindanao [Annotator’s Note: Mindanao, the Philippines]. His job was to...
Warne, Therese Life as an Internee
Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: was an American child prisoner in the Philippines during World War 2] was an...
Bodis-Wollner, Ivan Life at Bergen-Belsen
Ivan Bodis-Wollner does not remember arriving at Bergen-Belsen [Annotator's Note: Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near...
Bradley, John Life at Camp
For food, John Bradley and the internees [Annotator's Note: in the Santo Tomas Internment Camp, or, Manila Internment...
Mineta, Norman Life at Heart Mountion
Norman Mineta saw no newspapers in the camp. No radios were allowed. The only mail that arrived came from family...
Daniel, Lora Life at Union Carbide
Lora E. Daniel's husband worked at Union Carbide [Annotator's Note: Union Carbide Metallurgical Plant in Sheffield,...
Alexander, Joseph Life Before 1939
Joseph Alexander was born in November 1922 in Kowal, Poland. He had a good life there until 1939. They belonged to...
Crosby, Thomas Life Before Internment
Thomas Crosby was born in September 1933 in Cagayan de Misamis, Mindanao, Philippines. His mother, grandmother and aunt...
Imahara, Walter Life Before Internment
Walter Imahara was born in February 1937 in Florin, California, a farming community just outside of Sacramento. His...
Brooks, Leonard Life Before Pearl Harbor
Leonard Brooks and his family were on their way back [Annotator's Note: to the Philippines] when the Blitzkrieg started...
Gooch, James Life During the War
James Gooch had an ice box on the outside porch. It was his job to put a signal out on the window, so the ice man knew...
Kushnir, Helen "Helen Preiss" Life During the War
[Annotator's Note: Helen Kushnir was in grade school when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941...

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