Homemaker, Holocaust survivor. Her experiences during the Holocaust. Youth in Warsaw, Poland; pre-Nazi anti-Semitism; German invasion of Poland and family's decision to flee to the Soviet Union, 1941; life in Orsk; return to Poland after World War II; emigration to Israel and then to the United States [Note: Portions of Mrs Bekker's responses are translated from Polish by her married daughter, Eva Kirchner.]
Holocaust survivor. His experiences during the Holocaust. Anti-Semitism in pre-war Poland; German occupation of Warsaw and the formation of Jewish labor battalions; escape to the Soviet Union; work as an electrician in Orsk, Russian S F S R.; his marriage to Pola and birth of his children, Eva (1941) and Mike (1944); return to post- war Poland and emigration to Israel; emigration to the United States.
Attorney, municipal judge. His recollections and impressions concerning his work as legal counsel in civil rights cases for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Dallas, Texas, from 1955-61. Comments about Thurgood Marshall, C. B. Bunckley, W. J. Durham; school desegregation; allegations of barratry; white reaction; court procedures.
For the DFW Metroplex Immigrants Oral History Project. Mexican-born immigrant to Denton, Texas, and UNT professor. Childhood in Mexico City; parents’ desire to relocate family to U.S.; decision to attend Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa; culture shock and homesickness; marriage to Curt Beckman; decision to earn Ph.D. in Spanish Literature from University of Iowa; hired at UNT; efforts to remain in touch with family members in Mexico.
His experiences while employed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. Childhood near Waxahachie, Texas and Campbell, Texas; joining the CCC; assignment to camp in Wolfe City, Texas; life in camp; description of camp; WWII Army service in the European Theater.