History
Margaret Hopkovitz – Bergen Belsen
Margaret Hopkovitz was transferred from Auschwitz to Bergen Belsen where she stole two potatoes in order to feed herself and her sister. She talks about the meals given during her imprisonment and what she had to do while working in the kitchen there. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Robert “Bob” Applebaum – Holocaust Losses
Bob Applebaum’s mother and father survived Auschwitz, but most of his aunts and uncles did not. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Bill Ragan – Lunar Module in 1969 Moon Landing
Bill Ragan’s father worked in the design field of the Lunar Module which took part in the 1969 moon landing. CLICK HERE to see the full oral history! Bill’s father worked on the lunar module that landed on the moon in 1969!
David Romanik – Modern Inventions
David Romanik talks about modern inventions that he saw change the world. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Michael Gundy – Bush Inauguration
Michael Gundy went to President George W. Bush’s Inauguration and visited the White House 5 other times. CLICK HERE to see his Short Story about the Dreams he had while he was coming out of a coma and a funny experience he had in the General Subjects and Everyday Life Category! CLICK HERE to watch the…
Ann Kahn – Dallas Native in Conneticut
Ann Kahn was a proud Dallas native living in Connecticut when President Kennedy was assassinated; and she felt the backlash from the event. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Margery Nudelman Karpel – 1950’s Segregation
Margey Karpel first witnessed segregation in the early 1950’s as a new bride in Dallas, TX. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Raymond Bass – Greatest Inventions
Raymond sums up his life through great inventions. CLICK HERE to see Raymond’s Short Story where he shares a scary moment in WWII in our Short Story WWII-Europe and at Home Category! CLICK HERE to see his Short Story about his family struggles during The Great Depression in The Great Depression Category! CLICK HERE to see his…
Emma Jean Layl – Growing Up During the Great Depression
Emma Jean Layl talks about what it was like growing up during the Great Depression. She recalls calling people “tramps” which back then meant people who go house to house begging to work for food. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Sarah Yarrin – Doctor for Kennedy
Sarah Yarrin and her husband were in a doctor’s office when the nurse informed the doctor he was needed to attend to President Kennedy who had just been shot. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Cosette “Cosy” Parker – Tennessee Great Depression
Cosy Parker recalls growing up during the Great Depression in Tennessee. 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
Eli Davidsohn – Escaping The Holocaust
Eli’s family was lucky enough to be able to escape from Germany in 1936 to Bolivia, but it was not easy. CLICK HERE to see Eli’s Short Story on being a young boy during the Bolivian Revolution of 1956 in the General Military Experience Category! CLICK HERE to see his Short Story about working for…
Lenore Farber – Family Housing in the Great Depression
Lenore Farber talks about how family had to share space during the Great Depression, any way they could. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Jeanne Gould – Inventor of the Battery Charger
Jeanne Gould hosted a domestic exchange student whose father invented the battery charger. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
George Field – Car Air Conditioning
George Field remembers his first car in Uvalde, TX that had an aftermarket air conditioner. He also talks about his unsuccessful attempts at providing air conditioning in his family’s car. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Jay Beck, MD – Ice-Box
Jay Beck talks about his grandmother refusing to buy or allowing the family to buy her a refrigerator, since her Ice-Box worked just fine. CLICK HERE to see Jay’s story about where he was when Pearl Harbor was attacked and some of the changes the nation experienced in the Short Story- WWII-In The…
Bill Prindible – George Bush Before he Became a President
Bill Prindible recalls the time he met George Bush during his time working at a drone company called Zapata prior to becoming President of the United States. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Colonel Bob Bullock – Next Door Neighbor Nixon
Colonel Bob Bullock and his family lived next door to the Congressman Richard Nixon, who later became President. CLICK HERE to see Bob’s Short Story on losing his house during The Great Depression in The Great Depression Category! CLICK HERE to see his Short Story on when he flew actress Martha Rae on a tour to…
Lenore Farber – Child During the Depression
Lenore Farber talks about how a child’s experience of the Great Depression was much different than an adults. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Milka “Miki” Snediker – German Occupation
Miki Snediker lived in Belgrade when the Germans invaded and was sent back to Austria where she was picked up by the German’s and forced into a concentration camp. She was freed just before the Russians invaded. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Charlene Mallory Turner – Hangings in the 1930’s
Charlene describes what happened when she was forced to view hanging bodies in her town of Oxman, Mississippi. Click HERE to watch Charlene’s Featured Short about what life was like when your mother owned a one woman school house in the 1930’s. Click HERE to watch Cherlene’s full Oral History
Joe Applewhite – Sharecropping
Joe Applewhite discusses his grandfather who took part in the start of Sharecropping after the Civil War. Joe also talks about his great-grandfather who was a Captain in the Civil War until he was petitioned out. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History CLICK HERE to see Joe’s Short Story about his near-death experience…
Steve Cotton – President Reagan
Steve Cotton was working on Capitol Hill the day President Reagan was shot. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History
Sydelle Schedctmen – Nazi Killing Squad
Sydelle Schectmen’s grandmother was shot by a Nazi killing squad in Belarus, Russia. CLICK HERE to watch the full Oral History