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.

Magdalena Kozłowska's Oral History

Magdalena Kozłowska, Polish historian and Yiddish teacher, was interviewed by Agnieszka Ilwicka on May 18, 2015 in Bar Ilan, Israel.

This interview was conducted in English.

Magdalena Kozłowska was born in Kalisz, Poland in 1987.

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Video highlights from this oral history

Grandmother's Efforts to Help Jewish Neighbors During World War II

1 min 33 sec

Role of Women in Polish and Jewish Academia

3 min 4 sec

Fighting for Inclusion of Female Grammatical Genders for Career Terms

1 min 59 sec

The Place of Yiddish in Poland

2 min 9 sec

Nazi Book-Burnings in Kalisz River

1 min 22 sec

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