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Burk, Jeannine A Family Reunited
Jeannine Burk was liberated in 1944. Her mother retrieved her and brought her home. [Annotator's Note: Burk, a Jewish...
Burk, Jeannine A New American Family
Jeannine Burk always felt part of a group of people who had experienced much worse than she. They were all the new...
Burk, Jeannine American Relatives
About three months after returning, Jeannine Burk's sister received a letter from a family named Mike and Frieda Savage...
Halloran, Walter Becoming a Soldier
Walter Halloran had never thought about joining the military until the attack on Pearl Harbor. He knew no one who had...
Burk, Jeannine Becoming an American Citizen
Jeannine Burk became an American citizen. The club [Annotator's Note: Holocaust survivors club in New Orleans,...
Zoltz, Hana Being Successful in America
Hana Zoltz came to America by herself to join her sister. Upon arriving, she immediately went to work in a factory. She...
Will, George Civil War Connections to World War 2
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks historian George Will about his and his father's personal connections to...
Skardon, Ben Closing the Tuol Pocket at Bataan
When they were pulling into port in Luzon with 600 men aboard, Ben Skardon said that Lieutenant George Coburn, Skardon'...
Olson, David Combat in Germany
David Olson felt most of the people in France were happy to see the Americans. They had never fully recovered from the...
Abbenhaus, Gerald Displaced Persons
Gerald Abbenhaus had wanted to become a liaison officer for his regiment, but the war ended before it could happen. A...
Quinn, Harry Early Life
Harry C. Quinn, Jr. was born in 1925 near Brookhaven, Mississippi in Lincoln County. He grew up on a farm during the...
Brooks, Lawrence Early Life
Lawrence N. Brooks was born in 1909 in Norwood, Louisiana, near Baton Rouge. Most of his youth was spent near...
Klepper, Manfred Early Life
Manfred Klepper was born in November 1931 in Trier, Germany. The family actually lived in Maring which is about an hour...
Hopkins, Ralph Early Life
Ralph R. Hopkins was born in 1926 in New Orleans. The Great Depression made times difficult, but growing up was not bad...
Aigner, Eva Early Life and Implementation of Anti-Jewish Laws
Eva Aigner was born in 1937 in Kosice, Czechoslovakia. Her father would travel and sell hats while her mother would...
Dawson, Zhanna Entertaining the Wehrmacht
Zhanna Dawson worked with a tuner to tune the orphanage piano [Annotator's Note: because of her playing talent, Dawson...
Beverstein, Jack FBI Service
Jack Beverstein went to work for the FBI after graduating from law school. He enjoyed the resulting service because he...
Damberg, Wanda Feelings toward the Japanese
Wanda Damberg has informed her children that she does not want any of them to own Japanese cars. They own cars from...
Szafran, Daniel Fighting in the Israeli War of Independence
Daniel Szafran was already a member of the Palmach [Annotator's Note: "storm troops," the elite force of the Haganah,...
Dawson, Zhanna Final Thoughts
Zhanna Dawson has experienced many acts of kindness by others helping her through her life. People have to extend...
Schwarc, Laszlo "Leslie Schwartz" Finding a New Home in the United States
Laszlo Schwarc said no German wanted to take responsibility for what happened to the Jews. After leaving the hospital,...
Kibort, Reva Fleeing the Ghetto
Reva Kibort left the Warsaw Ghetto and made her way to the Aryan side. Her mother had provided them with some valuable...
Jackson, Arthur From Pavuvu to Peleliu
Arthur Jackson was in the hospital in Noumea, New Caledonia for three or four weeks before being shipped back to the...
Seltzer, Arthur German Concentration Camps
Arthur Seltzer reached Munich, Germany. The troops could tell the war was coming to an end. That was the location of...
Szafran, Daniel How Life Changed and Reflections
Daniel Szafran survived the Holocaust and combat in Israel after the war. He felt good being in Palestine after...
Kibort, Reva Immigration to America
Reva Kibort was in school at a new DP [Annotator's Note: displaced person] camp called Neu Freiman near Munich when an...
Sawada, Lily Internment Camp
Lily Sawada and her family arrived in Poston, Arizona [Annotator’s Note: this was part of the relocation of Japanese-...
Klepper, Manfred Leaving Germany
All of Manfred Klepper's maternal relatives were in the United States. They sent letters to Klepper and his mother to...
Breaux, Lavenia "Lavenia Hickman" Losing a Friend and Race Relations on Base
Lavenia Breaux had to find out through the grapevine that her friend had been killed. Sensitive information like that...
Moshovitis, James Manila, the Atomic Bomb, Occupation Duty and Home
After cruising around the Marshall Islands, James Moshovitis' crew was repairing the Higgins boats [Annotator's Note:...
Kaufman, Luna Meeting the Allies and Returning Home
Luna Kaufman found that her Russian liberators believed in free love. That meant the liberators felt that they had the...
Malec, Henry MP Duty
Henry Malec and his outfit [Annotator's Note: Company B, 1st Battalion, 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division...
Kaufman, Luna Nazi Brutality
Luna Kaufman was not frightened when the Germans first entered Poland [Annotator's Note: on 1 September 1939]. At that...
Lesser, Benjamin New Laws for Jews in Krakow
Benjamin Lesser witnessed the rapid increase in German laws and edicts as they came down to the occupied population of...
Bolster, Elisabeth Nuremburg Trials
Elisabeth Bolster had no full knowledge of the implications of working at the Nuremburg Trials [Annotator's Note: the...

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