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.

Marlyn Butchins's Oral History

Marlyn Butchins, quilting artist who grew up in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), was interviewed by Agnieszka Ilwicka on July 13, 2015 in Kfar Saba, Israel.

This interview was conducted in English.

Marlyn Butchins was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) in 1951.

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Video highlights from this oral history

"My Two Elder Brothers Were in a Pop Band": Growing Up in a Musical Family

2 min 18 sec

Growing Up in Segregated Bulawayo with African Servants

7 min 12 sec

Jewish Life in Bulawayo

4 min 3 sec

Mother's Use of Yiddish With Family Members

3 min 20 sec

My Recipe for Chopped Liver: Favorite Traditional Jewish Dishes

4 min 7 sec

Losing her Mother and Sister in the Dizengoff Bombing and Subsequent Quilting Project

10 min 50 sec

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