Fritz Ottenheimer Patriotic Duty Fritz Ottenheimer was born in Kontanz, Germany. He was able to escape Germany along with his family and come to the United States before the darkest days of the Holocaust. Speaking of the atrocities that the world–and especially Jews–suffered at the hands of Nazi Germany during World War …
Everyone Has a Story Veterans Oral History TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE Oral historians often say, time waits for no one. When the voices of those who have lived through history go silent, they are lost forever. That is why we must locate, capture, preserve, and share these important stories as much as we can …
Stefano Ballini The Red Trickle of the Soul READ THE TRANSCRIPTION BELOW ABOUT THIS EPISODE On episode 42 of Veteran Voices: The Oral History Podcast, we talk with Italian filmmaker Stefano Ballini about preserving veterans stories, the moral injury of war, and his most recent documentary, The Red Trickle of the Soul–featuring Pittsburgh area veterans …
Daniel M. Cohen | Single-Handed The inspiring true story of Tibor “Teddy” Rubin ABOUT THIS EPISODE On Episode 18 of Veteran Voices: The Oral History Podcast, we talk with Daniel M. Cohen, filmmaker and author of Single-Handed, the inspiring true story of Tibor “Teddy” Rubin–Holocaust survivor, Korean War hero and Medal of Honor recipient. This podcast episode was recorded …
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Mike Lombardi | It Was Hard ABOUT THIS EPISODE On Episode 41 of Veteran Voices: The Oral History Podcast, we talk about vicarious storytelling. After veterans are gone, who will tell their stories? Our guest is army airborne veteran of the Cold War, Mike Lombardi, who shares the story of his father, Master …
Nick Grimes | Tell Me a Story (This episode contains explicit language or subject matter) ABOUT THIS EPISODE On Episode 40 of Veteran Voices: The Oral History Podcast, we talk with Nick Grimes, army veteran of Afghanistan and director of the Veterans Breakfast Club’s Post-9/11 Veterans Storytelling Project, about what defines a Post-9/11 era …
William C. King of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania served with the Army Corps of Engineers in the China Burma India Theater (CBI) during WWII, from 1943 to 1946. Having survived his experience in Asia, although with a bout of malaria, Bill admits that it was a transformative experience. “We were there to get the job done, and …
Francis “Frank” Hynds was born in The Bronx, New York City. By his own admission, Frank wasn’t a very good student but he was smart enough to know that joining the Coast Guard in the 1950s would be a good job for a kid looking for his start in life. Serving in the Coast Guard …
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