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.
My Grandmother's Memories of Jewish Shops in Pre-War Poland
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Martyna Rusiniak-Karwat, Polish historian of the Jewish Labor Bund, describes what her grandmother told Martyna about the Jewish shops in their hometown of Sokolow.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Martyna Rusiniak-Karwat.
This excerpt is in English.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
