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Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Ann Hurst interviewed Ruth Feist about her life before, during, and after World War II. In her interview Feist discusses her early childhood in Mannheim, her arrival in the United States, her family's religious practices, and other family history. She also details how her family left Germany at different times and through a variety of different European countries. At the end of the interview Feist recounts her education in the United States, getting married and having a family and moving to...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Rose Mary Lawson interviewed Kurt Fish about his life before, during, and after World War II. In his interview Fish discusses his decision to come to the United States from Vienna after the Anschluss. In his interview Fish describes his family history, his education, and the increasingly poor conditions he encountered in Vienna while before he left for the United States. He later details being drafted and returning to Europe as part of the United States Army. Of particular note, Kurt Fish...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Julie Orenstein interviewed Lee Fishman about her life before, during, and after World War II. In her interview Fishman describes her early childhood in Poland, her parents careers and education, and their religious life there. She later recounts the Germans invading her hometown and being forced to live in a ghetto and how her family eventually escaped to hide in a nearby forest. They remained in the forest for two years, until the Russians retook the town. Mrs. Fishman later recounts how...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: In this two part interview Cynthia Wolfe interviewed Emma Fiszlewicz about her life before, during, and after World War II. In her interview Fiszlewicz details growing up in the Minsk region and moving every so often because her father was a pharmacist helping to open new pharmacies. She later recounts how she traveled to Minsk for school only to be forced to flee in 1941 when the Russians and Germans began fighting. Fiszlewicz discusses her travels from her family home to Moscow, meeting...

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Dr. Willis Stoez interviewed Rachel Frydman about her life before, during, and after World War II. In her interview Frydman discusses her hometown in Kurzeniez, Poland and her father's business as a butcher. Frydman also recounts the looting and chaos that occurred prior to and during the German Army occupied her town. During her interview Frydman recounts her family history and what life was like in her small town growing up and her education.

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Carole Erich interviewed Dr. Felix Garfunkel about his life before, during, and after World War II. In his interview Garfunkel discusses his family history, his father's occupation, and growing up in Romania. Garfunkel later recounts the Russians and then the Germans invading his hometown and being forced into a ghetto. He later details the fleeing of the Germans and his continued education and eventual arrival in the United States.

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Julie Orenstein interviewed Renate Harlan about her life before, during, and after World War II. In her interview Harlan discusses her family history, her childhood in Cologne, and her early education. Harlan also recounts her family fleeing Germany for England after her father was arrested. She also details how her family lived in England and eventually how she and her family came to Ohio.

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Carole Erich interviewed Ernest Heilbronner about his life before, during and after World War II. In his interview Heilbronner disccused his childhood in Stuttgart Germany, his family history, and his first business. Heilbronner also discusses what Germany was like post World War I, about leaving Germany, and about being forced into camps in France. Towards the end of the interview he discusses traveling to the United States, meeting his wife, and his eventual move 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.