True Immigrant Stories_6: A Teenager at Ellis Island
September 24, 2013
[This is another true story from my immigrant oral histories collection. When Wilhelm retold his story–even 65 years later–the emotional level and tears during his narration were quite moving to this listener.] “I came by myself to the United States from Germany in 1910 when I was 16 years old. I had been on small … More True Immigrant Stories_6: A Teenager at Ellis Island