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Polonski, Bluma Surviving Auschwitz
Bluma Polonski remembers life in Auschwitz [Annotator's Note: Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp...
Kleiner, Leona Surviving Auschwitz
Leona Kleiner reflects on the individuals who survived [Annotator's Note: Kleiner spent over three years in the...
Weiss, Charlotte Surviving by the Mercy of Others
Schultz gave Charlotte Weiss the key and she was able to put soup and bread in there. They gave them bread. They would...
Hart, Howard Surviving Los Baños
Howard Hart saw how difficult it was to survive in the internment camps. In order to prevent the Japanese from taking...
Aigner, Eva Surviving the Holocaust and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
[Annotator's Note: Eva Aigner was a young Jewish girl from Kosice, Czechoslovakia. After the anti-Jewish laws were...
Taylor, Sharon Tablets of the Missing and AWON
When Dr. Sharon Estill Taylor [Annotator’s Note: who worked for years to locate the crash site and remains of her...
Goldstein, Rosette Telling the Story of Survival
Rosette Goldstein decided to begin speaking in public of her experiences during the Holocaust as a result of her trip...
Zoltz, Hana Ten Years in Palestine
Hana Zoltz witnessed the continuing prejudice against the Jews when she returned to Poland after the war. She and other...
Higgins, Francis "Jack Higgins" Test Engineer for Higgins Industries
Francis Higgins became employed as an experimental test engineer at the Higgins Engine Company. They manufactured 200...
Halberg, Norma Test Pilot
[Annotator's Note: Norma Halberg graduated from her training for the Women Airforce Service Pilots or WASPs at Avenger...
Francis, Norman Thanks To His Wife
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Dr. Norman Francis how he feels about receiving the American Spirit Awards'...
Ream, John The Americans Arrive
John Ream remembers when people looked over the wall, they could see the 1st Cavalry [Annotator’s Note: 1st Cavalry...
Amram, Fred The Amram Name
Fred Amram talks about his family members' names starting with the letter M. In 1801, Napoleon [Annotator’s Note:...
Zygmuntowicz, Itka The Angel of Death
Itka Zygmuntowicz learned to appreciate life in Auschwitz because she could lose her life at any second. Even among the...
Karle, Isabella The Atomic Bombs and Reflections
Isabella Karle heard on the radio that the atom bomb had been dropped. At first she was amazed that it actually worked...
Irvine, Elizabeth "Elizabeth Lautzenheiser" The Beginning of the War
Elizabeth Lautzenheiser Irvine and the people in Manila [Annotator's Note: Manila, Luzon, Philippines] were very...
Ream, John The Black Panther Party
John Ream’s wife traveled from place to place her whole life. He could pick between the police or the military for a...
Amram, Fred The Bris Ceremony
Fred Amram was born in September 1933 in a Christian hospital. Hitler [Annotator's Note: German dictator Adolf Hitler]...
Deiglmayr, Erna The British Arrive
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Erna Deiglmayr when she knew the war was coming to an end.] The German military...
Bolin, George The Brown Family
George R. Bolin knew of the Browns [Annotator's Note: the founders of Brown and Root, now KBR, Incorporated, in Houston...
Aalders, Johannes The Canadians Arrive
The Germans occupying Johannes Aalders' family house stayed until the night before the Canadians came in [Annotator's...
Libby, Dolores The Consolidated PBY
Dolores McInnis Libby [Annotator's Note:a riveter for Consolidated Aircraft Corporation] worked on the PBY [Annotator's...
Bridgforth, Carolyn The G.I. Wives Club
Carolyn Bridgforth was going to be a dietician. There were very few jobs available to women. She did not finish her...
Amram, Fred The Gestapo
Fred Amram remembers the Gestapo [Annotator's Note: German Geheime Staatspolizei or Secret State Police; abbreviated...
Goldstein, Rosette The Hideaway and Her Father
Rosette Goldstein met her father at a farm after fleeing Paris. They adored each other. She was not afraid because he...
Belliard, Diana The Holocaust and the Future
Diana Belliard has never forgiven the Germans for what took place during the war. She did not lose anyone personally...
Aalders, Johannes The Hunger Winter
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Johannes Aalders if life noticeably changed in his home when the Germans...
Davis, Edna The Japanese
Edna Davis did not pay particular attention to the war other than the loss of people. War has changed but she is not...
Lee, James The Korean War
James Lee could not fight in World War 2, but when the Korean War [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 25 June 1950 to 27...
Crosby, Thomas The Liberation of the Santo Tomas Internment Camp
On the evening of 3 February 1945, Thomas Crosby had gone to get hot water for his room monitor to drink a cup of hot...
Weinreich, Frieda The Lodz Ghetto
A couple of months after Lodz [Annotator's Note: Lodz, Ploand] was taken, all the Jews were put in the Lodz Ghetto....
McAuliffe, Edwin The Loss of His Brother Kenneth
When Edwin McAuliffe's brother went to sea his parents likely knew it was a dangerous time to be at sea but he did not...
Schloss, Eva The Loss of So Many People
Eva Schloss lost her father and her brother. Her brother was a very talented young man, he was a great musician. She...
Warne, Therese The MacArthur Family
Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: an American child living in the Philippines during World War 2] and her...
Gruen, Dieter The Manhattan Project
Dieter Gruen graduated from Northwestern [Annotator's Note: Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois] and was...
Bouton, Helen The March to Bergen-Belsen
[Annotator's Note: Helene Bouton was forced to walk to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Bergen, Germany, from...

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