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.

Dorota Liliental's Oral History

Dorota Liliental, actress and great-granddaughter of the Jewish ethnographer Regina Liliental, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on May 1, 2013 in Warsaw, Poland.

This interview was conducted in English.

Dorota Liliental was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1964.

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Video highlights from this oral history

Get to Know the Nation: Regina Liliental, Jewish Ethnographer of the Early 20th Century in Poland

2 min 56 sec

“The Pain Became Real”: Acting Out Female Jewish Characters on Film

2 min 26 sec

“Even Though It's Unique, It's a Part of This Constellation”: Jewish History as Part of Polish History

2 min

“She Had Such an Inquisitive Mind”: Dorota Liliental on Her Great-Grandmother, Regina

2 min 50 sec

“I Feel Safe”: My Interest in Learning Yiddish

2 min 18 sec

Dorota Liliental Sings Oyfn Pripetshik

1 min 45 sec

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