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.

Molly Fogarty's Oral History

Molly Fogarty, Springfield librarian who was born in Munich, was interviewed by Tanya Panova on February 12, 2016 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts.

This interview was conducted in English.

Molly Fogarty was born in Munich, Germany in 1951.

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Video highlights from this oral history

Father's Childhood in Poland and Exile to Siberia

3 min 55 sec

Early Childhood Memories of Munich

2 min 32 sec

Assimilation and Maintaining a Jewish Identity

3 min 30 sec

Gefilte Fish, Kishka, and Chicken Fat Smeared on Rye Bread: Family's Culinary Traditions

4 min 13 sec

Family's Traditions for Sitting Shiva

1 min 13 sec

Exorcisms and Warding Off the Evil Eye: Grandmother's Eastern European Superstitions

2 min 5 sec

Artifacts related to this oral history

Molly Fogarty Document - Molly's Birth Certificate Translated into English

Molly Fogarty Document - Ida Segal's Immigrant Card

Molly Fogarty Document - Manifest for Plane Molly Flew on to United States

Molly Fogarty Photograph - Parents' Wedding Photo

Molly Fogarty Document - Molly's Certificate of Citizenship, 2003

Molly Fogarty Photograph - Family Photo of Aunt and Cousins

Molly Fogarty Document - Molly's Father's U.S. Naturalization Record

Molly Fogarty Photograph - Parents' Wedding Photo with Both of Their Mothers

Molly Fogarty Document - Pedigree Chart for Molly Esther Segal

Molly Fogarty Photograph - Molly's Mother with her family

Molly Fogarty Document - Molly's Mother's U.S. Naturalization Record

Molly Fogarty Photograph - Molly as a Child with her Father's Mother

Molly Fogarty Photograph - Molly as a Baby with her Father's Mother

Molly Fogarty Photograph - Young Molly with family at airport in Munich

Molly Fogarty Photograph - Molly's Aunt and Uncle

Molly Fogarty Photograph - Molly's Brother with their Father's Mother

Molly Fogarty Photograph - Family Photo of Family Members Visiting from Israel

Molly Fogarty Photograph - Cousin, Abraham Segal, with two other boys

Molly Fogarty Photograph - Cousin, Abraham Segal, with other members of Czechoslovakian military

Molly Fogarty Document - Molly's German Birth Certificate

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