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Immigrant Stories
A young boy who grew up in Nazi Germany before emigrating to the U.S.
Iranian immigrant discusses life in Iran in the 1940s and '50s.
A Jewish immigrant from Apartheid era South Africa.
A Korean girl growing up in a traditional Confucian & patriarchal family in during the war.
Egyptian-born Jew who immigrated to the United States as a young woman.
Kenyan who came to US for an education and stayed to teach math at a community college
An immigrant from Chile arriving in 1999 to the U.S.
A Latvian immigrant who arrived in America in 1951 after several years in German refugee camps.
Polish soldier and World War II emigrates to the U.S.
Vietnamese boat person who fled his native land in 1979.
Greek immigrant describes her childhood in Crete and life as an American soldier's wife.
Austrian immigrant of Jewish descent whose family came to the United States prior to WW II.
Immigrant from Venezuela who settled in Florida in mid-1990s.
Growing up in Venezuela and immigrating to the U.S. in 1995.
Discussion of a Mexican migrant worker at Eckert's Orchard in Belleville, IL.
Mexican immigrant and manager for the migrant labor force at Eckert’s Orchard in Belleville, IL.
Rose (Russler) Moser grew up in Cold War era East Germany before immigrating to the United States
Former Vietnamese officer's long struggle to flee Vietnam after the war.
Emigrated from Slovenia to the United States in 1933.
A West Bank Palestinian’s journey to the United States.
West German immigrant discusses life in post-war Germany.
Growing up in the island nation of Trinidad in the Caribbean
Lithuanian immigrant describes life as a refugee in wartime Germany.