The Yiddish Book Center's

Wexler Oral History Project

A growing collection of in-depth interviews with people of all ages and backgrounds, whose stories about the legacy and changing nature of Yiddish language and culture offer a rich and complex chronicle of Jewish identity.

"I hope he doesn't make you wash your mouth out with soap!"

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Ingrid shares a story from her childhood, when her mother returned home from Passover services and found out that her daughter had been given ice cream against her wishes.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Ingrid.

This excerpt is in English.

Ingrid was born in Echwege, Germany in 1929.