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.
Surviving the Kovno Ghetto
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Diane Cypkin, professor at Pace University and performer, discusses her family surviving the Kovno Ghetto during World World II with a hidden bunker.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Diane Cypkin.
This excerpt is in English.
Diane Cypkin was born in Münich, Germany in 1948.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.