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.
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Raphael Roginski, musician and activist, describes the Frankfurt in which he spent his early childhood: a strange city populated by wild cast of characters and characterized by constant change.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Raphael Roginski.
This excerpt is in English.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.