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.

Why I Never Moved to Long Island

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Ingrid remembers looking at a house on Long Island, deciding against moving away from New York City because she did not want to become a 'backstage wife.'

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Ingrid.

This excerpt is in English.

Ingrid was born in Echwege, Germany in 1929.

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