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.

Journey and Arrival in Australia

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Danielle Charak, Melbourne-based Yiddish activist, teacher, and former radio host, remembers her journey to Australia, as well as her early memories there. She immigrated when she was a young child and remembers Port Saed, the Suez Canal and her family's first apartment in Melbourne.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Danielle Charak.

This excerpt is in Yiddish.

Danielle Charak was born in Brussels, Belgium in 1939.

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This interview is part of the Yiddish and the Arts: musicians, actors, and artists series.

Other video highlights from this oral history

"Maybe You Know the Name Chava Rosenfarb" Danielle Charak Remembers Her 3rd Grade Yiddish Teacher

1 min 42 sec

Why We Immigrated from Belgium to Australia after World War II

4 min 44 sec

Yiddish Radio Programs in Melbourne

2 min 24 sec

The Jewish Labor Bund Improved My Parents' Lives in Poland

2 min 5 sec

Post-WWII Yiddish School Brings a Play to London

2 min 4 sec

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