MHHE Oral History Program

 

Started in 2013, the Museum of History and Holocaust Education's Oral History Program preserves first-hand accounts of past events through recorded film. To date, over 50 individuals have participated, contributing valuable content to museum programming, exhibitions, and K-12 curriculum. All oral history interviews are permanently archived at Kennesaw State University.

The MHHE Oral History Program includes two ongoing projects, the Legacy Series and Immigrant Stories. Through the Legacy Series, we preserve the experiences of Holocaust survivors, World War II veterans, home front workers, and others who lived during the Second World War. Through the Immigrant Stories oral history project, we interview individuals who have first or second-hand experiences of immigration.

For more information, including educator resources and links to shorter video clips, visit the MHHE's Oral History Program webpage.

And for more information on how you can contribute to the Legacy Series or Immigrant Stories, please contact MHHE Curator Adina Langer by email or phone at 470-578-2083.

The digital reproductions on this site are provided for research consultation and scholarly purposes only. To request permission to publish, reproduce, publicly display, broadcast, or distribute this material in any format outside of fair use please contact the Museum of History and Holocaust Education or the Kennesaw State University Archives.

Recent Submissions

  • Emily Yehezkel Interview, May 22, 2024 

    Langer, Adina
    Oral History with Emily Yehezkel, youngest grandchild of Martin Brown, a Holocaust survivor.

  • Fahed Abu-Akel Interview, April 23, 2024 

    Langer, Adina
    Oral History with Fahed Abu-Akel who fled with his father and siblings to a refugee encampment in a Druze village.

  • Adrijana Jahirović Interview, April 2, 2024 

    Anich, Camden
    Oral history interview with Adrijana Jahirović, who was 12 when fighting broke out in Yugoslavia and bore witness to the Yugoslav War unbfolding in her city.

  • Mel Price Interview, December 6, 2023 

    Langer, Adina
    Interview of Mel Price, a World War II veteran who served as a Radio Operator and assigned to a B-29 Crew.

  • Hilbert Margol Interview, September 11, 2023 

    Langer, Adina
    The eldest of twin boys born on February 22, 1924, Hilbert Margol enrolled in ROTC at the University of Florida. His time in college was interupted when his Army Reserve Unit was called to active duty in April 1943.

  • Jerry Orzechowski Interview, August 31, 2023 

    Langer, Adina
    Oral history interview of Jerry Orzechowski, whose family was on the run from nazis and were sent to Dachau in 1944. Following there eventual immigration to the U.S., Jerry enlisted in the U.S. Navy after graduating high ...

  • Charles Lamar Crawley Jr. Interview, April 19, 2023 

    Langer, Adina
    Oral history interview of Charles Lamar Crawley Jr. who served with the Navy in California as an air traffic controller during World War II and then as a Reserve officer in the Philippines during the Korean War.

  • Marchiena Davis Interview 

    Langer, Adina.
    Oral history interview with Marchiena Davis, who's mother Anna van de Steenoven Boon and her family endured 41 months in POW camps.

  • Jackie Sherman Interview, January 12, 2023 

    Langer, Adina
    Oral history interview of Jackie Sherman the daughter of Doris Regensburger who had to flee Nazi Germany as a young teenager

  • Sarah Popowski Interview, August 29, 2022 

    Langer, Adina
    Oral history interview of Sarah the daughter of Holocaust survivors Paula Kornblum Popowski and Henry Popowski.

  • Marc Huppert Interview, August 22, 2022 

    Langer, Adina
    Oral history interview of the Marc the son of Polish Jewish Holocaust survivor Josef Huppert

  • Judy Benowitz Interview 

    Langer, Adina. (2022-01-07)
    Oral history interview with Judy Benowitz who was raised by two WWII veterans.

  • Clyde Ussery Interview 

    Newberry, James (2021-12-16)
    Oral history interview of WWII riveter Clyde Ussery

  • Deryck Cook Interview 

    Langer, Adina (2021-08-18)
    Oral history interview with Deryck Cook, who was attending school while air raids were common during the war.

  • Elizabeth (Liz) Campbell Interview 

    Langer, Adina. (2021-08-18)
    Oral history interview with Elizabeth (Liz) Campbell, wife of SN-1 Ray Walton Campbell who was stationed in Norfolk, VA, and then aboard the destroyer USS Waldron in Algiers, LA.

  • Susan Silverman Interview 

    Langer, Adina (2020-10-25)
    Oral history interview with Susan Silverman whose parents-in-law were Holocaust survivors from Poland.

  • Gillian Perry Interview 

    Langer, Adina (2020-10-25)
    Oral history interview with Gillian Perry, co-founder of the Anne Frank Trust UK and author of The Legacy of Anne Frank.

  • Marcel Kohler Interview 

    Langer, Adina Jocelyn (Kennesaw State University Archives, 2020-07-07)
    Oral history interview with Marcel Kohler, whose family survived the German occupation of the Netherlands during WWII.

  • Hank Van Driel Interview 

    Langer, Adina Jocelyn (Kennesaw State University Archives, 2020-07-07)
    Oral history interview with Hank Van Driel, who survived the German occupation of the Netherlands during WWII.

  • Priscilla Omega Interview 

    Langer, Adina Jocelyn (Kennesaw State University Archives, 2020-07-07)
    Oral history interview with Priscilla Omega, daughter of Jewish WWII US Army veteran and Atlanta area business man Ira Weiss.

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