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.
This is Where Yiddish Grew Up: Yiddish in Poland
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Agnieszka Ilwicka, Yiddish Book Center Fellow, describes the importance of Yiddish in her home country of Poland and discusses cultural exchange between Yiddish and Polish.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Agnieszka Ilwicka.
This excerpt is in English.
Agnieszka Ilwicka was born in Gdansk, Poland in 1986.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
