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Goldstein, Sam German Jew to Shoemaker in America
Sam Goldstein was born the second youngest of nine children in January 1920 in Obbach, Germany. His father served in...
Bodis-Wollner, Ivan German Liberation to Bergen-Belsen
Ivan Bodis-Wollner remembers when he was playing with an older child who was the son of a local lawyer. The child's...
Komito, Joseph German Occupation
Joseph Komito had a sister who became involved in the resistance. She obtained papers showing her to be a German...
Peters, Madeleine German Occupation
Madeleine Peters and her family evacuated in front of the advancing Germans [Annotator's Note: the Germans invaded...
Goodkin, Vera German Occupation
In March 1939, Vera Goodkin [Annotator's Note: née Herman] witnessed German troops entering her town in Czechoslovakia...
Kleiner, Leona German Occupation
Leona Kleiner [Annotator's Note: born Leona Rubenetzka; unsure of spelling of maiden name] Kleiner was born in Nowe...
White, Alexander German Occupation and Resettlement of Polish Jews
Although there was a Gestapo presence in their town, Alexander White's father felt it was safe for his family to return...
Lesser, Benjamin German Occupation of Krakow
Benjamin Lesser recalled the early morning in September 1939 when his three story apartment building started to shake....
Somogyi, Peter German Oppression
Peter Somogyi saw his father taken away within a week of 19 March 1944 [Annotator's Note: the day Germany occupied...
Kahn, Eric German Persecution of Jews
Although Eric Kahn's family was not surprised when his father was arrested, they were concerned because they knew what...
Hicks, Ora Pierce German POW Camp
Ora Hicks entered the military at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. She then went to Fort Huachuca [Annotator's Note: in...
Alexander, Samson German Prisoners Dancing
Heavyweight champion Joe Louis [Annotator's Note: Joseph Louis Barrow, professional boxer] joined the Army. Samson...
Tweedt, Vernon T. German Resistance and Hepatitis
Vernon Tweedt and his unit [Annotator's Note: Battery A, 131st Field Artillery Battalion, 36th Infantry Division] were...
Aalders, Johannes Germans in the Netherlands
[Annotator's Note: This clip begins with Johannes Aalders speaking mid-conversation.] It was like the Germans were not...
Werner, Jack Germans In; Werner Out
[Annotator's Note: Jack Werner was born in Vienna, Austria in 1919.] Austria always had politicians who primarily were...
Alexander, Joseph Germany and Then America
After making it into Germany [Annotator's Note: after being liberated from the Landsberg subcamp of Dachau...
Goldstein, Elizabeth Germany Invades Hungary
Elizabeth Goldstein recalled when Germany took over Hungary, she did not see one German soldier. All the military...
Alexander, Samson Getting His Name and Learning to Spell Telemachus
Samson Alexander's grandfather was named Eddie Spencer. During the Great Depression, his grandfather ran off a...
Smith, Rothacker Getting Hit
Rothacker Smith entered Sommocolonia on 1 December [Annotator's Note: 1 December 1944] and his last day there was 28...
Uttero, Cosmo Getting Home and War Stories
When Cosmo Uttero got home, he joined the VFW [Annotator's Note: Veterans of Foreign Wars]. There were hundreds of...
Bridgforth, Carolyn Getting Married
[Annotator's Note: Carolyn Bridgforth and her boyfriend decided to move up their wedding after the Japanese attacked...
Massengale, Louis Getting Out and Re-Enlisting
Occasionally, Louis Massengale said, the guys would pull little tricks, and he described a "hot foot." When lit, a...
Stern, Guy Getting Out of Germany
Guy Stern was born Guenther Stern in Hildesheim, Germany in January 1922. He lived in Hildesheim until he left for the...
Grunte, Leon Getting Out of the Camp
[Annotator's Note: Leon Grunte was a Latvian prisoner in a labor camp in the Soviet Union after World War 2.] He was...
Szafran, Daniel Ghetto and Regrets
Daniel Szafran and his family had been living in a ghetto in Stryków, Poland for close to a year. They had planted a...
Bloch, Itka Ghetto Life
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Itka Bloch to talk about life in a Jewish ghetto in Poland.] Itka Bloch and her...
Zoltz, Hana Ghetto Life and Auschwitz
Hana Zoltz was born in Lodz, Poland in 1928. Her father died of hunger in the ghetto. He was only 41 years old. The...
Langsam, Dora Ghettos and Nazi Selection
Dora Langsam was assigned to a ghetto in her town [Annotator's Note: name uncertain but it was near Łódź, Poland] and...
Rubin, Mark Given Up to the Gestapo
Mark Rubin says his father Karl was one of the smartest people he's ever known. In 1942, Karl was 31 and in business...
Grunte, Leon Goebbels’ Great Promises
The Germans interviewed Leon Grunte to join the German work service [Annotator's Note: Reich Labour Service (...
Damonte, Emmanuel Going Home
When the 32nd Division [Annotator's Note: 32nd Infantry Division] was called back, Emmanuel Damonte was transferred to...
Cohen, Jack Going into Hiding
When the Germans started picking up the Jews from the northern cities [Annotator's Note: of Greece], Jack Cohen's...
Dahme, Maud Going into Hiding
Maud Dahme was born in January 1936 in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. Her mother came from Germany where she met her...
Dabney, William G. Going overseas and preparing for the invasion
William Dabney did not have to take a test to be in the barrage balloon battalion. The instruction was cut and dry and...
Yamamoto, Albert Going to School During War
Albert Yamamoto [Annotator's Note: a Japanese American living with his grandparents in Japan during World War 2]...
Cohn, Marthe Going to Vietnam
Marthe Cohn arrived in Vietnam [Annotator's Note: then French Indochina which included Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia] by...

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