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Dr. Charles Berry inteviewed Lydia May about her life before, during, and after World War II. In her interview May details her early life in Frankfurt, her parent's occupations and her education. She also talks about difficult conditions leading up to and during the war while her husband was abroad. Towards the end of the interview May details how her son-in-law took a job in Dayton which eventually led to her coming to Ohio.
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Julie Orenstein interviewed Ben Muler about his life before, during, and after World War II. In his interview Muler discusses growing up in Vilna, Poland, his parent's occupations, and his family history. He also talks about leaving Vilna to escape the oncoming Germans, how his parents refused to come, and the conditions as he and his friends crossed into Russia. Towards the end of the interview Muller also talks about coming to the United States and his eventual arrival in Dayton.
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Julie Orenstein interviewed Bernice Muler about her life before and during World War II. In her interview Muler discussed her early life in Tomashant, Poland, her family history, and her religious background as a child. She also details her religious education and her exposure to multiple languages spoken at home. Towards the end of the interview Muler talks about the beginning of the War in 1939 and the impact that had on where she was in Poland at that time.
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Rabbi Cary Kozberg interviewed Sig Sander about his life before, during, and after World War II. In his interview Sander discusses growing up in Germany, his family history, and his religious background and education. He also talks about being an accountant and how it became increasingly difficult to work after Hitler came to power. Towards the end of the interview Sander details his arrival to the United States and how he eventually came to Dayton.
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Rose Mary Lawson interviewed Eugene Krauss about his life before, during, and after World War II. In his interview Krauss begins by detailing his family history and childhood in Hungary and moving to Budapest to become a teacher. Throughout the interview he discusses becoming a forced laborer, the brutality he witnessed, and the awful conditions that he endured. Towards the end of his interview Krauss explains his arrival in the United States and his eventual arrival and life in Dayton.
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Julie Orenstein interviewed Esther Lawner about her life during and after World War II. In her interview Lawner discussed her early life, her parents' background and education, and her family fleeing Poland for Russia. Lawner also recounts her early schooling in a Polish school in Russia and her eventual return to Poland after the war. Towards the end of her interview Lawner explains how she and her family arrived in the United States and eventually Dayton.
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Rabbi Cary Kozberg interviewed Paul Leeser about his life before, during, and after World War II. In his interview Leeser discusses his early life in Hanborn, Germany, his family history, and his religious life at home. Leeser also talks about Jewish history and encountering anti-semitism as Hitler rose to power. Towards the end he details about become a naturalized citizen and experiencing anti-semistism in Indiana.