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.

Irwin Kra's Oral History

Irwin Kra, Polish-born mathematician and Yiddish speaker, was interviewed by Isaac Daniel Moore on April 9, 2016 at the Museum of the City of New York.

This interview was conducted in English.

Irwin Kra was born in Poland in 1937.

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Video highlights from this oral history

First Grade in Uzbekistan

2 min 36 sec

Awareness of Holocaust During and After World War Two

1 min 47 sec

They Were Carried Away by the Masses: Germans Rationalizations During and After WWII

2 min 32 sec

Jewish Life in a DP Camp

3 min 44 sec

U.S. Immigration Protocols and Arrival of Jewish refugees in the United States

3 min 27 sec

It's Totally Incomprehensible: Attempting to Comprehend the Holocaust

4 min 44 sec

First, To Be a Mensch: Advice for My Grandchildren and Beyond

2 min 43 sec

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