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.
"Growing Up on the Volcano": Non-Jewish Childhood in Auschwitz in the 1990s
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Katarzyna Leszczyńska—Evangelist Jewish studies scholar and March of Life volunteer who grew up near Auschwitz—recalls a time in her childhood where she was not fully aware of her hometown's history.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Katarzyna Leszczyńska.
This excerpt is in English.
Katarzyna Leszczyńska was born in Oświęcim, Poland in 1989.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
