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 from My Childhood from Kazakhstan During World War Two
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Chana Mrocki, z"l, teacher of primary school and Yiddish, shares her memories of living in Kazakhstan during World War II. She describes her mother selling black market goods, surviving typhus, and her life with her Kazakh and the Uzbeki neighbors.
This is an excerpt from an oral history with Chana Mrocki.
This excerpt is in Yiddish.
Chana Mrocki was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1938. Chana died in 2018.
This interview is part of the Yiddish in the Academy: scholars, language instructors, and students series.
