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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.

"This is a Library of Culture Created By Jews": Wyman Brent Reflect On The Collection of the Vilnius Jewish Public Library

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Wyman Brent, initiator of the Vilnius Jewish Public Library, explains his interest in Jewish culture as an appreciation for the large body of art and service that such a small population has given the world.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Wyman Brent.

This excerpt is in English.

Wyman Brent was born in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1962.