Part of an interview with Arne Rosencrantz on February 18, 2015. In this clip, Rosencrantz discusses his family heritage, childhood, and living in Las Vegas.
Claude Black describes his family's escape from Germany to Santiago, Chile, and eventually settling in Chicago, Illinois. The essay is illustrated with images of his family and documents from their journey.
Peters' essay describes her family's journey to escape the Nazis and Communism, remaining in Hungary until 1956. She and her husband were part of the Hungarian Freedom Fighters group, and escaped to Vienna, and then to the U.S.
Miriam Ziadman Borowsky's family moved from Palenstine to France in 1938, where her father surrendered to the Nazis and was sent to the Drancy internment camp. She recounts the rift in her family after she realized her father was not returning. Her essay includes photographs of her family and documents related to her father's military career.
Part of an interview with Jerry Fox on November 12, 2014. In this clip, Fox talks about arriving in Las Vegas in 1955, and how his father came to own a delicatessen on the Las Vegas strip.