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.

The Waldheim Era: Austria in the 1980s

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Joshua Horowitz, Austrian musician and composer, describes the Waldheim Era in Austria in the 1980s, and his experiences playing Jewish music there while remaining entwined within the politics of time.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Joshua Horowitz.

This excerpt is in English.

Joshua Horowitz was born in Niagra Falls, NY in 1960.