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.
1942: A Jewish Child Refugee's First Impressions of the United States
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Henry Slucki, child survivor of the Holocaust, shares his first impressions of the United States, describing the prevalence of American flags and his realization that he was in a friendly country.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Henry Slucki.
This excerpt is in English.
Henry Slucki was born in Paris, France in 1934.