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.
Grandmother's Efforts to Help Jewish Neighbors During World War II
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Magdalena Kozlowska, Polish historian and Yiddish teacher, discusses her grandmother's efforts to help her Jewish neighbors during the war, describes a postcard from Haifa that she found in her grandmother's possessions.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Magdalena Kozłowska.
This excerpt is in English.
Magdalena Kozłowska was born in Kalisz, Poland in 1987.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
