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Ruth Stobin (nee Gottschalk) was able to escape Germany in 1939 with the kindertransport to England, and came to the United States in 1941.

Samuel Newman describes his experience during the Holocaust and being separated from his siblings at different orphanages. He was in Kyrgyzstan from 1943 to 1946, and at an orphanage in Poland until 1951. Newman trained in graphic arts and spent some time in the military in Israel. He came to the United States in 1968.

Shirley Weiss describes her childhood housed in army barracks in the ghetto in Beregszasz (Berehove), Hungary. She was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and several other camps, and eventually liberated from Terez?n in 1945. She came to the United States via Sweden.

Sidney Barouch describes his experience during World War II living in Tunis, Tunisia, which was a French colony. Barouch discusses the facets of the war front in northern Africa, and the experiences of his family as Jews and business owners.

Stan Rubens and his family survived the Holocaust by escaping from a transport and with aid from family. They were able to stay in hiding for the duration of the war.

Stephen Nasser's family was forced into a ghetto in Hungary, and then sent to an internment camp in 1944. He was liberated from Muhldorf in 1945.

Compilation of interviews with survivors of the Holocaust reflecting on loss, liberation, rebuilding, how the Holocaust has impacted their lives, and the American Dream. The interviews are also available through the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) online catalog: http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn608188