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.

My Parents' "Wedding" in a DP Camp

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Rose Blustein [Ajzenbud], librarian and daughter of Yiddish writer Moshe Ajzenbud, describes the unorthodox way her parents got marriage papers. In trying to get out of a Displaced Persons' camp, her parents got marriage papers long before they held a wedding ceremony.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Rose Blustein [Ajzenbud].

This excerpt is in Yiddish.

Rose Blustein [Ajzenbud] was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1951.

This interview is part of the Beyond the Books: Yiddish writers and their descendants series.

Other video highlights from this oral history

How My Father Survived World War II

1 min 41 sec

Life in the Bad Reichenhall Displaced Persons' Camp

1 min 52 sec

My Father, Yiddish Writer Moshe Ajzenbud

4 min 34 sec

Speaking Yiddish with Our Children and Grandchildren

2 min 30 sec

Recording Yiddish Audiobooks for the Blind

1 min 38 sec

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