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.
“I Like to Learn More About Things The Majority Try to Forget” Primo Levi and Holocaust Literature
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Tetyana Yakovleva, scholar from Eastern Ukraine with a PhD in Slavic-Jewish Literature, explains why she focused on Primo Levi's literature because of her interest in his ability to write about the Holocaust. She discusses the importance of talking about the Holocaust in order to understand one's own culture and avoid repeating the past.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Tetyana Yakovleva.
This excerpt is in English.
Tetyana Yakovleva was born in Kharkov, Ukraine in 1984.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
