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.

Albert Berkowitz's Oral History

Albert Berkowitz, z"l, former docent at the Yiddish Book Center, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on October 13, 2010 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts.

This interview was conducted in English.

Albert Berkowitz was born in New Rochelle, New York in 1921. Albert died in 2015.

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Video highlights from this oral history

"This was my way of giving back."

2 min 1 sec

Food Memories

3 min 21 sec

"When you're being pushed, push back."

2 min 16 sec

"Gettin' 'em back for ploesti."

1 min 19 sec

"I Still Remember Where I Was..." The 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor

1 min 11 sec

Jewish Identity Over a Lifetime

1 min 29 sec

Explaining Maritime Service

3 min 4 sec

My Grandmother's Immigration

5 min 33 sec

Artifacts related to this oral history

Al Berkowitz grandmother, aunt and mother

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