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.
Memories of My Childhood in Lodz after World War II
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Alex Dafner–Yiddish radio show host in Melbourne, Australia–describes his childhood home in Lodz, after World War II. He talks about the people who lived in the apartment, what the apartment was near, and how his mother reconnected with their neighbors in Australia decades later.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Alex Dafner.
This excerpt is in Yiddish.
Alex Dafner was born in Lodz, Poland in 1949.
This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.
