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.

A Lingua Franca Everywhere: Speaking Yiddish and Opening Doors

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Marlene Hait, raised in a Yiddish home by survivors of the Holocaust, describes how Yiddish has helped her in her travels in places as diverse as Paris and Costa Rica.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Marlene Hait.

This excerpt is in English.

Marlene Hait was born in Landsberg am Lech, Germany in 1946.