Hello, today I’m going to interview you about our family tree. Do you want to present yourself to our viewers?
Yes, I’m Leah, Joel’s mom. What would be your first question?
At first I’d ask you if you told us who your parents were and what they’ve done. You can choose who to start with.
My father was born on ... and my mother on ... . Because they were Jewish, they were persecuted by the Nazis. After WW2 they met each other and married.
That’s interesting. Did your parents stay in Germany, after ww2 ended?
Partially. My father left to the U.S, where he lived for a few years and my mother stayed.
Ah okay, how come they married then? Where did they meet each other if your father has been in the U.S?
My father got to work for the US-Army and was stationed in Germany, where he met my mother. Within the same year they married.
Interesting. Do you know what your mother has been doing before she met your father? Or why she stayed in Germany?
No, unfortunately I don’t know exactly what she has been doing before she met my father. But what I know, is that her family had real estate in Germany, so they stayed there.
Okay, thank you for taking the time to be interviewed!