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.

How My Family Ended Up in Mexico from Eastern Europe

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Boris Rubinstein describes how his uncles, escaping the army and prison in Eastern Europe, fled to Mexico and established a factory.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Boris Rubinstein.

This excerpt is in English.

Boris Rubinstein was born in Mexico City, Mexico in 1945.