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.

Escaping German-Occupied Poland for Russia

Watch now:

Celia Ores, Yiddish speaker born in Poland and survivor of the Gulag, recounts a violent episode from Dubienka, Poland and her family's risky escape across the River Bug to Russia.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Celia Ores.

This excerpt is in English.

Celia Ores was born in Dubienka, Poland in 1928.

Jump to map

Other video highlights from this oral history

Memories of the Outbreak of World War Two in Poland

1 min 4 sec

Making Cholent in Dubienka, Poland

1 min 7 sec

Description of a Siberian Gulag Lodging

1 min 5 sec

Description of "Prisoner Town" in Kazakhstan: Housing and Schooling

3 min 15 sec

Describes Yiddish Theater in Dubienka, Poland and the Play "Mirele Efros"

2 min 33 sec

More information about this oral history excerpt

Themes: