Oral Histories from the
Germans from Russia Collection

Transcripts and Audio files (.pdf/.mp3) page 1 / page 2

Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Blehm (Interviewed April 12, 1977) (Description)

• Germans, Americans, and Russians (2.79 Mb; 6:06) (Description)
  
  
• The church splits over language (3.92 Mb; 8:34)   (Description)
  
  

Mrs. Anna K. Burkard (Interviewed March 17, 1977) (Description)

• Generosity (3.97 Mb; 8:40) (Description)
  
  

Mr. Ben Fadenrecht (Interviewed May 18, 1976) (Description)

• Hail wipes out the crops (2.56 Mb; 5:31)   (Description)
  
• Life in rough country (2.39 Mb; 5:13)   (Description)
  

Mr. Henry Frank (Interviewed May 23, 1976) (Description)

• In the Russian army (1.22 Mb; 2:40) (Description)
  

Mrs. John Geringer (Interviewed May 5, 1976) (Description)

• Boys become soldiers in the Russian army (1.62 Mb; 3:33) (Description)
  
• Ku Klux Klan in Colorado (907 Kb; 1:56) (Description) (Description)
  
• German riddle: "In Hussenbach, in Hussenbach.." (75 Kb; 0:09) (Description)
  
• German rhyme: "Jost ist der Mehlsack.." (111 Kb; 0:14) (Description)
  
• German New Year's blessing (Ein Neueswunsch) (380 Kb; 0:48) (Description)
  

Miss Paulina Hahn (Interviewed July 5, 1977) (Description)

• Making sausage (2.59 Mb; 5:39) (Description)
  
• Early in her parents' marriage (958 kb; 2:02) (Description)
  
• Citizenship class (490 kb; 1:02) (Description)
  
• Multiple nationalities in school (455 kb; 0:58) (Description)
  

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Henkel (Interviewed March 21, 1977) (Description)

Mrs. Amalie Klein (Interviewed Sept. 18, 1975) (Description)

• Beautiful Russian countryside (1.79 Mb; 3:55) (Description)
  
• Decision to come to America (752 kb; 1:36) (Description)
  
• Trip to America (909 kb; 1:56) (Description)
  
• School in Hussenbach (389 kb; 0:49) (Description)
  
• Advice to listeners (738 kb; 1:34) (Description)
  

Mr. Gus Lebsack (Interviewed April 2, 1977) (Description)

Mr. Philip Legler (Interviewed Feb. 23, 1977) (Description)

Mrs. Alice Herman Miller (Interviewed Feb. 9, 1977) (Description)

• Working in the beet fields (1.08 Mb; 2:22) (Description)
  
• Digging beets early in the morning (442 Kb; 0:56) (Description)
  

Mrs. David J. Miller (Interviewed Feb. 28, 1977) (Description)

• Beet workers and farmers (802 Kb; 1:42) (Description)
  
• Thrift (771 Kb; 1:38) (Description)
  
• Reading (960 Kb; 2:02) (Description)
  

Mr. Fred Ostwald (Interviewed Jan. 13, 1976) (Description)

Mr. Fred Ostwald (Second Interview, May 14, 1976) (Description)