My grandmother, Elisabeth (Dieser) Gerk was an amazing lady. Extremely kind, she was the pillar of our family for so many years.
In 1979, at the age of 18, I took some time to interview her about her life in Russia.
I kept those recordings and digitized them years ago. In hopes that they will always be available, I've placed them here as well.
Funny, there are scores of additional questions I wish I had asked her....but in those days we never dreamed the USSR would collapse, and archives thrown open.
I'm just so happy we can still hear her voice after so many years.