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Brown, Grace "Grace Janota" End of the War and Postwar Career
Grace Brown and some friends liked to go out after work. They would meet up with the different soldiers that came into...
Reynolds, Holly End of the War in Europe and Going Home
The club [Annotator's Note: the Red Cross in Northern Ireland] closed and Holly Reynolds was sent to Wales to...
Reynolds, Florence G. End of the WASPs
Florence G. Shutsy-Reynolds' parents always told her she could do anything she wanted to do. That event is why she is...
Hollis, Frederick End of War
Frederick Hollis saw the mood of the country after Kasserine Pass as being very negative. With many ships lost at Pearl...
Negrotto, Constance End of War and Afterward
After working at the PBY facility [Annotator’s Note: Constance Negrotto was a technical illustrator at the PBY Catalina...
Hussey, William Enlistment and Assignments
When William Hussey graduated from high school he was too young to enter the Naval Academy, so he signed up for the...
Weber, Norman Enlistment in the US Army
Norman Weber entered an American Army post [Annotator’s Note: near his home in Munich, Germany] while making a delivery...
Fayerman, Severin Entering Auschwitz
[Annotator's Note: Severin Fayerman will never forget entering the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp...
Wisnia, David Entering Auschwitz
David S. Wisnia was living in the Warsaw Ghetto [Annotator’s Note: Warsaw, Poland] when one day, he returned home to...
Bradley, John Entering Santo Tomas
John Bradley [Annotator's Note: born in Manila, Philippines to an American father and Australian mother in 1936] cannot...
Warne, Therese Entering Santo Tomas Prison Camp
Therese Wadsworth Warne [Annotator's Note: was an American child prisoner in the Philippines during World War 2] and...
Swinney, Lauren Entertaining Russian and Chinese Servicemen
At Northwestern University, Lauren Swinney's speech fraternity, Zeta Phi Eta, was sent to Glenview Naval Air Station....
Baham, Marietta Entertaining Troops and Meeting Celebrities
Marietta Baham met Omar Bradley [Annotator's Note: US Army General Omar Bradley], who was meeting a colonel at Jackson...
Reynolds, Holly Entertainment in England, Getting Married and Divorced, and Caring for Animals
The Red Cross members in London tried to talk Holly Reynolds out of getting married overseas but there was a group of...
Damberg, Wanda Escape Attempt and Executions
Wanda Damberg and her fellow internees witnessed three young men from their group attempt an escape [Annotator’s Note:...
Bodis-Wollner, Ivan Escape from Hungary
It was a relatively small crowd at the University [Annotator's Note: University of Szeged in Szeged, Hungary] when Ivan...
Rothenberg, Judith Escape to Barcelona
Judith Rothenberg [Annotator's Note: a Belgian Jewish child who escaped to the south of France with her parents and...
Goodkin, Vera Escape to Hungary
Vera Goodkin [Annotator's Note: née Herman] was sinking in mud and soaked by rain by the time she reached the end of...
Winestone, Ted Escaping and Locating Partisans
Ted Winestone fled into the woods [Annotator's Note: after escaping from the ghetto in Dworzec, Poland, now Dvorets,...
Wisnia, David Escaping Dachau
David S. Wisnia was evacuated from Auschwitz-Birkenau [Annotator's Note: Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and...
Bahman, Manfred Escaping Dresden
[Annotator’s Note: The sound goes in and out throughout segment.] Manfred Bahman’s city [Annotator’s Note: Dresden,...
Clausen, Elfriede Escaping East Germany
Elfriede Clausen recalls waiting for the Americans to come to their village and free them from the Russians occupying...
Amram, Fred Escaping Germany
Fred Amram remembers seeing the words “only for Jews” on a bench at a park. The letter J was on the shops owned by Jews...
Deiglmayr, Erna Escorting People Out
[Annotator's Note: The interview starts after a tape break with them discussing what to talk about next.] Erna...
Hayashi, Nobuo Events Leading Up to War
Nobuo Hayashi was born in April 1932 and was raised in Nishinomiya, Japan. Growing up in his early youth, he remembered...
Taylor, Sharon Excavating the Crash Site
Dr. Sharon Estill Taylor [Annotator's Note: who worked for years to find the crash site and remains of her father, US...
Adam, Adolf Expelled From Czech Republic
Adolf Adam was born in May 1940 and grew up in a small town in the Sudetenland. He had eight sisters and two brothers....
Hitchcock, Peggy Experience with Death
Peggy Hitchcock remembers her father was a happy person who loved life and entertaining people. He loved giving back....
Baham, Marietta Experience with POWs
Marietta Baham worked at Jackson Barracks [Annotator's Note: Louisiana National Guard base in New Orleans, Louisiana]...
Weiss, Charlotte Experiences Before Being Arrested
Charlotte Weiss is a Holocaust survivor. First, she was put into a ghetto in Mátészalka [Annotator's Note: in Hungary...
Rothenberg, Judith Experiencing Anti-Semitism
Judith Rothenberg was born in Antwerp [Annotator's Note: Antwerp, Belgium], and later moved to Brussels [Annotator's...
Schneider, Christa Experiencing Bombing Raids on Berlin
As a child, Christa Schneider said, living in the middle of the war zone was "terrifying." The roar of the airplanes...
Manasse, Fred Expressions in Art and Activism
As a sculptor, Fred Manasse worked on a piece of art for his sister, through which he meant to express the "horror of...
Higgins, Francis "Jack Higgins" Exterminating Inventory
Francis Higgins had a business on Canal Street. It was originally Canal Marine owned by Lewis Waggoner and his brother...
Mineta, Norman Facing Internment
Norman Mineta grew up in California where the Alien Land Law existed. It stated that if one was not a citizen of the...
Brooks, Leonard Fall of Manila
Leonard Brooks got up to go to school on Monday [Annotator's Note: 8 December 1941] morning and that is when he and his...

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