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.

An Unexpected Discovery: Reconnecting With Father During WWII

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Eva Apfelbaum, artist and educator, shares how she and her mother unexpectedly reunited with her father and brother in the work camps of Vichy France during World War II.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Eva Apfelbaum.

This excerpt is in English.

Eva Apfelbaum was born in Nordhausen, Germany in 1928.

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Leaving Germany in 1933

3 min 38 sec

Non-Jewish Socialist German Refugees During WWII

1 min 36 sec

Mother Was Worried About Something Called "The War": Trying To Comprehend WWII As A Small Child

2 min 37 sec

"I'll Be Your Mother": Remembering The Beginnings Of Vichy France

1 min 35 sec

Leaving Vichy France: "Relieved, but on the other hand I felt French"

6 min 40 sec

Felt Like We Could Just As Soon Be in Germany: Harrassment of Refugees in US During WWII

1 min 51 sec

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