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.

Grandfather and—a Century Later—Grandson Crossing Europe with A Violin

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Daniel Weltlinger, violinist, recalls how he crossed from West to East Berlin with his violin and how it reminds him the journey his grandfather had to make from Budapest to France over a 100 years ago.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Daniel Weltlinger.

This excerpt is in English.

Daniel Weltlinger was born in Sydney, Australia in 1977.