History
Esther Bramnick – Marina Oswald
Esther talks about how she waited on Marina Oswald at the Nieman Marcus department store. She also talks about the Cuban Missile Crisis. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Orville Rogers – On 24/7 Call to Drop an Atomic Bomb in Moscow
As a Strategic Command pilot Orville’s assignment was to drop a nuclear bomb on Moscow if war broke out. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Al Golman – Lee Harvey Oswald’s Death
Al Golman was outside the Dallas Police Station and heard the shots when Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Allan Cantor – Kent State Shooting
Allan Cantor speaks about how he was supposed to go on a blind date with one of the four students who were shot at Kent State. CLICK HERE to see the full Oral History
Melvin Waters – Bergen Belsen Liberator
Melvin Waters was one of the first liberators to arrive at the Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Margaret Hopkovitz – Dr. Josef Mengele at Auschwitz
Margaret Hopkovitz encountered Dr. Josef Mengele at Auschwitz. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Charles Alford – Battle of the Bulge
Charles Alford was in the Battle of the Bulge and was a Liberator. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Norma Apt – JFK’s Funeral
Norma Apt saw President Kennedy on Veterans Day in 1963 and attended his funeral a few days later. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Nita Mae Tannebaum – JFK Campaign
Nita Mae Tannebaum campaigned hard for President Kennedy’s election and recalls the day he was assassinated. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Donald Halsey – Nixon’s Plane
Donald Halsey designed the interior of President Nixon’s airplane, in Air Force 1. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Marylyn Andrews – First TV
Marylyn Andrews recalls some of the technological advancements of her time including her first television. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Sam Kogutt – Camp Liberator
Sam Kogutt was a Liberator at Siegen and Flossenburg Concentration Camps. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Margery Nudelman Karpel – 1950’s Segregation
Margey Karpel first witnessed segregation as a new bride in Dallas, TX in the early 1950s. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Jim O’Neill – Meeting Senator JFK
Jim O’Neill recounts meeting President Kennedy when he was still a US Senator, and then later reacting to his assassination. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Larry Kramer – Tales of the Great Depression
Larry Kramer’s father told his about the Great Depression. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Bill Ragan – Glider
CLICK HERE to see the full Oral History. Bill’s father built a working glider himself shortly after Wilbur and Orville!
Dottie Winchester – Married to an Auschwitz Liberator
Dottie Winchester’s husband, Rush, was a Liberator of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp and her relatives lives in East Germany, behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Margaret Hopkovitz – Auschwitz Survivor and Death March
Margaret Hopkovitz was part of the prisoner group that left Auschwitz in 1941 and went on a Death March en-route to other concentration camps. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Bill Ragan – Lunar Module
CLICK HERE to see the full oral history! Bill’s father worked on the lunar module that landed on the moon in 1969!
Colonel Bob Bullock – Father’s Home
Colonel Bob Bullock’s father lost his home during the Great Depression even though he had money in the bank to pay his mortgage. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Reid Heller – JFK
Reid Heller remembers the Kennedy assassination. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Bill Wilhoit – President Truman
Bill Wilhoit heard the gun shots fired in an attempt to assassinate President Truman. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Rosellen Utterback – Coal Miner
Rosellen Utterback’s father was a coal miner during the Great Depression. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Phyllis Somer – Eyeglasses Assembly Line
Phyllis Somer’s father pioneered the assembly line production of prescription eyeglasses. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Seinwil “Ito” Perl – JFK Convoy
Ito Perl talks about how he saw JFK go by while he was at work before the President went to Dallas. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History