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Description

The Germans in Oklahoma Collection is a series of interviews with Oklahoma residents who emigrated from Germany.

Subjects
Call Number SOK
Dates 2010 - 2017

Interviews in Germans in Oklahoma

Oral History Interview Description
Christel Turek 02/18/2011 Christel Turek was born in Essen, Germany in 1933. She married Heinz Turek on February 28, 1953 in Essen and the couple proceeded to have six children. After visiting family, the Tureks realized there…
Heinz Hall & Marliese Hall 09/21/2010 Heinz and Marliese Hall, emigrants from German, settled in Oklahoma in 1952. They share memories of their childhoods in Germany and their experiences during World War II. Heinz was a Prisoner of War and…
Ilka Heiskell 03/08/2017 In this follow up interview with Ilka Heiskell, she discusses growing up in Germany, visiting East Germany including having her family's car searched going across, the Berlin Wall, path to American citizenship,…
Ilka Heiskell 04/09/2012 Ilka Heiskell was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, growing up in a community rich in culture and traditions. Ilka’s mother was a homemaker, and her father worked for a Lutheran church and was involved in local…
Margaretha Harriman 04/23/2011 Margaretha Harriman was born in 1924 in Rasdorf, Germany. In 1944 Margaretha was drafted to the German army and served for several months. Around November 1944, she made her way back to Rasdorf on foot…
Margaretha Schwabe 04/23/2011 Margaretha Schwabe was born in Rasdorf, Germany in 1949, at a time when the country was trying to recover from the destruction it experienced throughout World War II. She recalls what times were like growing…