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.

Freedom From Fear: Making It in America

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David Berg, a South Philadelphia native, recalls his grandfather's tremendous patriotism for his adopted country. In particular, he talks about the "freedom from fear" of pogroms, arrest, and harassment of which his grandfather often spoke.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with David Berg.

This excerpt is in English.

David Berg was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1948.