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.

A Holocaust Survivor, the Dog He Cared For in the Camp, and the Power of Animal-Assisted Therapy

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Daniel Averbuch, activist and early Yiddishist, discusses the power of animal-assisted therapy, and shares the story of a Holocaust survivor who, with the helpful comfort of Daniel's dog, shared a story of finding a dog in the concentration camp and caring for it until the camp was freed.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Daniel Averbuch.

This excerpt is in English.

Daniel Averbuch was born in Jerusalem, Israel in 1985.

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