On 2 January 2024, I connect online with Tahra and Dzintra. I'm in Lesce, Slovenia, and they're in Jelgava, Latvia. They celebrated Dzintra's 76th birthday on 30 December and started the new year together on 31 December. On this second anniversary in the Gregorian calendar, they are both sitting in Dzintra's living room with a large bookshelf stretching across two walls in the background.
Nach dem Familienessen, an dem etwa zehn Personen teilnahmen, verteilte sich jede Person und ging ihren eigenen Geschäften nach. Olivias Großmutter Tatiana
Emmanuelle und Yvonne sitzen dicht nebeneinander, als sich ihr Zoomfenster öffnet. Ich hatte Emmanuelle über Instagram kontaktiert, um sie für ein Interview zu gewinnen. Auf ihrem Profil kann man einige Informationen sehen
"I've always been aware of my family's history, but I've noticed it more recently and when I heard about the theme of the interview, families with migration histories in Germany, I felt concerned.”
For most people, Greece is synonymous with holidays, island hopping or ancient history. I travelled to Athens by bus from Brasov (Romania) via Sofia and Thessaloniki...
"It started well, but went on badly," Cristina translates from her grandmother as we eat an afternoon snack in the kitchen of Elena's house.
"I have to go now but come for lunch on Tuesday and we will talk you more.” Finding a grandmother who lives in the city and enjoys the city rush life is not easy. In Lithuania, however, I was lucky!
„Ich dachte, sie würde älter werden“, sagt Gracinda zu ihrer Enkeltochter Anna, als ich ins Haus komme. Mitte Februar treffe ich Gracinda und Anna in Paredes da Vitória, Portugal im Dorf, in dem Gracinda lebte, bis sie in ein Altersheim umzug.
5 minutes ago there were ten of us sitting at the dining table of the big farmhouse, with homemade cakes and coffee. Now there are only three of us (...)
Fransje and her grandmother arranged to meet me at a cultural hall in Beveren-Waas, a suburb of Antwerp, where Fransje is from and her grandmother still lives. The culture hall is hosting a coffee place (...)
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