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 Father Came to Canada on a False Affidavit
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Henry Kellerman, psychotherapist and author, recounts how an Old Country connection helped his father gain entry into Canada and how he was later caught sneaking over the United States-Canada border by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Henry Kellerman.
This excerpt is in English.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.
