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.

Felt Like We Could Just As Soon Be in Germany: Harrassment of Refugees in US During WWII

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Eva Apfelbaum, artist and educator, describes her arrival to the United States, an immigration story taking place in old prisoner of war barracks in Baltimore, MD, that produced a frightening first impression of America.

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.

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Other video highlights from this oral history

Leaving Germany in 1933

3 min 38 sec

Non-Jewish Socialist German Refugees During WWII

1 min 36 sec

Mother Was Worried About Something Called "The War": Trying To Comprehend WWII As A Small Child

2 min 37 sec

"I'll Be Your Mother": Remembering The Beginnings Of Vichy France

1 min 35 sec

An Unexpected Discovery: Reconnecting With Father During WWII

2 min 13 sec

Leaving Vichy France: "Relieved, but on the other hand I felt French"

6 min 40 sec

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