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.

Mother's Escape From Lithuania To Canada

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Lola Kipnis Ladin, Montreal-born Yiddish speaker and enthusiast, describes her mother's escape to Canada when she found out that she was on a list to be arrested for being a runner for the Socialist Party.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Lola Kipnis Ladin.

This excerpt is in English.

Lola Kipnis Ladin was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1930. Lola died in 2022.