Hirzel, Canton Zurich, Switzerland – the home village Winter’s Landis family from 1488 until they were forced to flee Switzerland in the 1640’s. In 1614, in Zurich, Switzerland, Winter Dellenbach’s ancestor, Hans Landis, an Anabaptist minister, was martyred for his beliefs which threatened both the establishment church and state – there was no separation between the two then. He is ... Read More »
Tiffany escaped from Vietnam in a boat after the war ended in 1975. Read More »
Maria and Juan are two people who work for a local nursery. “We do it all: weeding, picking, making flower bouquets,” she said. They have worked for the same farm for twenty years now. She explained, “If you work here you pay less rent. Other people in town pay a lot more for houses that are in really bad condition.” ... Read More »
Patricia is an immigration lawyer who shares her own family immigration story and the way her life has come full circle. Read More »
English transcription of video: My name is Miguel Acosta. I’m 41-years old. I come from the state of Sinaloa, Mexico. My life in Mexico was very difficult because we are 12 siblings; 5 men and 7 women. My parents lived a very difficult life in order to be able to provide for us. I never thought that when I ... Read More »
My mother was born in Germany in 1927. Her dad was a dentist and her mom was a housewife. They lived in Bamburg and had a nice, comfortable, multi-story house. With the rise of Hitler, things became increasingly worse for her family. Mom, along with all the other Jewish kids in the Catholic school she attended, was thrown out of ... Read More »
Jose and his wife came to the U.S. in 1999 after the violence to journalists in Columbia became untenable. He began anew – doing a wide variety of entry level jobs. Eventually, he was able to get back to journalism. Read More »