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.
"Santa Scared the Living Daylights Out of Me!"
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Herman Rotenberg, co-owner of Unusual Wedding Rings and More, comically describes his first encounter with Santa Claus as a child. Unfamiliar with the Christmas tradition, Rotenberg was terrified by the concept of big old man coming down the chimney.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Herman Rotenberg.
This excerpt is in English.
Herman Rotenberg was born in Munich, Germany in 1947.
