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.

Tell The Story And Get Out Of The Hideout: Motivation for My Art

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Patrycja Dolowy, American-Polish photographer and oral historian, explains how her artistic performance helped people to tell their stories and bring them together.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Patrycja Dolowy.

This excerpt is in English.

Patrycja Dolowy was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1978.

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