Ilene Gelbaum talks about her experience in finding her husbands extended family all the way in Argentina and the adventures that happened along the way.

Jacob Schlitt talks about how he won a contest collecting money for the Jewish National Fund, and how he still feels guilt decades later for purchasing a watch with the prize money.

 Ingrid recalls corresponding with her parents when they were in a small Polish ghetto, while she had been sent to Sweden to live with a foster family to save her from the concentration camps that her parents would soon be sent to.

Lili Bermant recounts how her family met a German officer on the train while trying to leave Belgium during World War II.

Lili Bermant remembers tearful conversations over whether or not to Bar-Mitzvah Charles, her son, with her mother explaining "there is a limit" to which one can break from tradition.

Christa Whitney explains her family's reaction to her decision to pursue Jewish studies.

Albert Berkowitz remembers how his brother achieved "poetic justice" while in the air force during WWII.

Lili Bermant discusses moving back to Brussels with her own family, working with children and traveling around the world.

Jacob Schlitt remembers buying his mother a home recorder, at her request, so that she could record her story. Years later, it would find a place in the Yiddish Book Center's audio collection.

Harriet Bonfeld spoke mostly English with her parents, but because of her studies was able to engage in Yiddish conversation with her father.