Mehren, Elizabeth
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Eva Aigner and Les Aigner
Oral history interview with Eva Aigner and Les Aigner conducted by Jim Lommasson, Elizabeth Mehran, and Sankar Raman in 2018 for The Immigrant Story. The Aigners, Holocaust survivors from Hungary, immigrated to the United States and settled in Portland, Oregon. They discuss their experiences during the Holocaust, life in post-war Hungary, and immigrating to Portland.
Oral history interview with Mohammed Husson Ali
Oral history interview with Mohammed Husson Ali conducted by Elizabeth Mehren and Sankar Raman from September 25 to November 20, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Mohammed Husson Ali discusses his experiences as a Rohingya in Burma, also known as Myanmar.
Oral history interview with Abdulah Polovina
Oral history interview with Abdulah Polovina conducted by Elizabeth Mehren and Sankar Raman on January 7, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Polovina discusses his experiences as a Muslim in Bosnia during the Yugoslav Wars.
Oral history interview with Hatidza Polovina
Oral history interview with Hatidza Polovina conducted by Elizabeth Mehren and Sankar Raman on January 7, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Polovina discusses her marriage to Abdulah Polovina and her experiences as a Muslim in Bosnia during the Yugoslav Wars.
Oral history interview with Jim Tsugawa
Oral history interview with Jim Tsugawa conducted by Sankar Raman and Elizabeth Mehren on July 19, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Tsugawa was born in Hillsboro, Oregon, in 1932, and was incarcerated at the Minidoka War Relocation Center in Jerome County, Idaho, during World War II. He later served in the U.S. Army and became a dentist in Portland, Oregon.
Oral history interview with Sivheng Ung
Oral history interview with Sivheng Ung conducted by Elizabeth Mehren and Sankar Raman on March 25, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Ung discusses her experiences in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge regime.
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- oral histories (literary genre) 4
- Immigrants -- Oregon 3
- Muslims -- Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
- Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Atrocities -- Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
- Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Personal narratives, Bosnian 2
- Antisemitism 1
- Beauty operators -- Oregon -- Portland 1
- Bosian Americans -- Oregon 1
- Bosnian Americans -- Oregon 1
- Burma -- Politics and government -- 1962-1988 1
- Burma -- Politics and government -- 1988- 1
- Burma -- Social conditions 1
- Cambodian Americans -- Oregon 1
- Communism -- Cambodia -- 20th century 1
- Forced migration -- Cambodia 1
- Genocide -- Cambodia 1
- Holocaust memorials -- Oregon 1
- Holocaust survivors -- Oregon 1
- Hungarian Americans -- Oregon 1
- Imams (Mosque officers) -- Oregon -- Portland 1
- Islam 1
- Japanese Americans 1
- Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 1
- Japanese Americans -- Oregon 1
- Jewish ghettos -- Hungary 1
- Jews -- Oregon -- Portland 1
- Massacres -- Burma 1
- Muslims -- Burma 1
- Post-traumatic stress disorder 1
- Refugees -- Burma 1
- Rohingya (Burmese people) -- Oregon 1
- United States -- Immigration and emigration 1
- United States -- Politics and government -- 2017- 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- United States 1 + ∧ less