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.

Bina Addes's Oral History

Bina Addes, Wexler Oral History Project volunteer and child of Holocaust survivors, was interviewed by Jessica Parker on October 4, 2012 in Amherst, Massachusetts.

This interview was conducted in English.

Bina Addes was born in Germany in 1947.

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Video highlights from this oral history

My Father's Family Had Good Relations with the Christians During the War

1 min 14 sec

"I Certainly Felt in the Minority": Jewish Life in Amherst vs. New York

2 min 57 sec

"Being Connected in Any Way is Important to Me": Yiddish and My Jewish Identity

2 min 2 sec

A Hope for Cultural Transmission

1 min 59 sec

What It Means to Be Second Generation

5 min 14 sec

Two Different Fathers

3 min 8 sec

Artifacts related to this oral history

Photograph of Grandfather

Photograph of Grandmother

Note from Back of Photograph

Photograph of Young Bina

Note on Paper

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