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.
Non-Jewish Socialist German Refugees During WWII
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Eva Apfelbaum, artist and educator, remembers her time at a refugee camp set up by her parent's non-Jewish socialist German friends where she took care of young children.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Eva Apfelbaum.
This excerpt is in English.
Eva Apfelbaum was born in Nordhausen, Germany in 1928.
Other video highlights from this oral history
Non-Jewish Socialist German Refugees During WWII
1 minute 36 seconds
Leaving Germany in 1933
3 minutes 38 seconds
Mother Was Worried About Something Called "The War": Trying To Comprehend WWII As A Small Child
2 minutes 37 seconds
"I'll Be Your Mother": Remembering The Beginnings Of Vichy France
1 minute 35 seconds
An Unexpected Discovery: Reconnecting With Father During WWII
2 minutes 13 seconds
Leaving Vichy France: "Relieved, but on the other hand I felt French"
6 minutes 40 seconds
Felt Like We Could Just As Soon Be in Germany: Harrassment of Refugees in US During WWII
1 minute 51 secondsMore information about this oral history excerpt
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Since 2010, the Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project has recorded more than 500 in-depth video interviews that provide a deeper understanding of the Jewish experience and the legacy and changing nature of Yiddish language and culture.
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