September 7, 2010 • 11:45 am 0
It wasn’t an easy decision for Susan to submit to the process of producing a video memoir. Intelligent, modest and private, the thought of talking about herself for a whole day during production of the video was not at all natural for her. And yet, she has so much to share. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Biographies, family history video, genealogy, life story video, video biography
March 31, 2010 • 9:45 pm 0
Doc made his life story video in 2009. He had been collecting material for decades and was ready. At the age of 82, he was ready to record his life story.
Thinking about ancestors
Looking at the large collection of old photos which he had lovingly scanned into his computer, Doc would sometimes think about his own ancestors. He would see images of a grandfather standing in a field and wonder about his life story. But there was no way to travel back in time to hear it. Read the rest of this entry »
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December 13, 2009 • 12:43 pm 0
Born Ingeborg Nizze, Inge just wanted to fit in. Growing up in the center of Berlin in the 1930s, she learned the Hitler salute, sang the Nationalist songs and dreamed of joining the Hitler Youth.
The only trouble was: Inge was a “Mischling” – a kind of Jewish half breed that condemned her grandmother to the Holocaust and kept her father from working. Mischling could not marry freely; suffered food, educational and employment discrimination; and were threatened with sterilization.
Her family tried to immigrate to America – but America would not take them in. What was she to do?
Inge turned 17 eight days after the German surrender in May 1945. By then her grandmother was dead, and her father had been killed in what Inge considers suspicious circumstances. But Inge, her mother and two brothers, lived. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: Biographies, mischling, video biography
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