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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.

Joining the Fight for Israeli Independence

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After studying in the United States, Arnold Friedmann - Emeritus Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst - left in order to help fight for Israeli independence. He explains how he was able to gain a position that would keep him safe.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Arnold Friedmann.

This excerpt is in English.

Arnold Friedmann was born in Nuremberg, Germany in 1925. Arnold died in 2017.