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.

Description of Hamm an der Sieg and My Jewish Family's Cattle Business

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Fred David--whogrew up in Germany but moved to Kansas City during WWII, joined the US Air Force, and eventually became a veterinarian--describes his hometown, Hamm an der Sieg, and discusses his family's cattle business.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Fred David.

This excerpt is in English.