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In 1965-66, Sora Frankel and her husband Aaron Frankel taught at the Joint Embassy school in Jakarta. In this conversation, Sora discusses teaching in the school, dealing with the results of the uprising of 1965, and employing household servants.

Father, Steve Ingledew, shares memorable stories from his childhood vacations and travels

I really enjoyed spending my day with you grandma and I love you.

Acy is an Indonesian woman, and pastor to New Community Church Dili. She talks about community, faith, suffering and hope.

Frank age 98 on Providence Hospice, of Dutch Indonesian heritage born in east Indies shares reflections with his son Frank who lives with his father about serving in the Dutch Indonesian army and being a prisoner of war for three...

Debbie shares her childhood of growing up in Indonesia to starting a family and becoming a wife in America.

September is National Preparedness Month! Katherine Chon, Director of the Office on Trafficking in Persons and Natalie Grant, Director of the Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, spoke about...

Margaret Lim speaks about her experience immigrating from Indonesia to the United States.

Andy To details memorable moments from his experience as a boat person as he flees his country in the midst of the Vietnam War. His journey encompassed not only the challenges that came with the harsh living conditions in camps,...

Sisters Dee Ann Tumbuan (39) and Ellie Tumbuan (42) discuss their childhood, moving around the country, summertime road trips and positive influential women from their parents' church, life lessons and their good friend Steve.

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We talked about my sister’s,(future sister in law), past. She talked about where she grew up, how she dealt with some things, and she shared a little of how she could’ve done things differently.

I ask my mother about her childhood and coming to the US.

Dorothea’s childhood was a learning experience, meeting her husband and learning new things. Moving from Indonesia, holland, and then immigrating to the us was a memorable experience, and from everything defines who she is today.

Why an immigrant from Switzerland/Indonesia appreciates the USA

Kem Trice tells about growing up in Tennessee. Being the first woman certified to teach vocational agriculture in Tennessee . Living during the segregation and integration of African Americans and the Vietnam War. The Challenger flight and it's impact on...

Imagine being a ten-year-old boy, the youngest of four children from Holland, your mother and father representing the Dutch colonial government in Java (now Indonesia). Japan attacks Pearl Harbor then occupies the Dutch East Indies. Your family’s comfortable conditions are...

Jennie Fidler (33) has a conversation with her father, Jim Fidler (65), about parenting, family life, traveling, and home.

I, Hary’s daughter, interviewed him and asked questions about his child hood and his personal life.

Petty Ishak-Bernard (58) and her daughter Arti Ishak (29) talk about navigating their lives as U.S. migrant and first generation U.S. American, respectively. They reflect on their experiences, both of discrimination and of belonging, the challenges they've faced, and the...

In 2001 my dad went on the trip to Indonesia for surfing. On his trip yapping against some rough waters in his boat along with his buddies and the workers on the boat. People begin to flood causing panic. My...

This interview tells the love story of Johanna Lankheet and Rudolph Ruttendjie. Grandma born in the Netherlands and Grandpa in Indonesia, they meet as teenagers and their love spans continents and decades. Johanna follows Rudy to America continue their journey...

An interview with my mom on her life living in Indonesia.

We talk about life, family and ancestors

My dad’s story of how culture, religion, and more impacted his journey from Indonesia to the US.