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.

Theodore (Theo) Bikel's Oral History

Theodore (Theo) Bikel - z"l, distinguished folk singer and actor - was interviewed by Christa Whitney on August 26, 2011 at KlezKanada in the Laurentian Mountains of Canada.

This interview was conducted in English and Yiddish.

Theodore (Theo) Bikel was born in Vienna, Austria in 1924. Theodore (Theo) died in 2015.