Immigration Day video
I will start this blog off with my most recent filmed interview. This is actually two interviews combined into one video. This was aired as part of NEMO Unified Immigration Day festivities on May 1. The first couple you meet are Heinz and Mary Lou. Heinz immigrated to the United States with his mother when he was just 8 ½ years old. They were fleeing post-war Germany and seeking a better life in the states. Although he arrived here speaking and understanding only German, Heinz eventually received his doctorate degree in Old and Middle English, served as Division Head and Dean of Language and Literature at Truman State University, and capped off his career as a Vice President at ATSU. As Heinz says, "This country has given me tremendous opportunities all along starting in 1953 when my mother and I immigrated to the United States to Milford, Connecticut from Elmshorn, Germany." Mary Lou is a 3rd generation American with both sets of grandparents imm...