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.

Józef Hen's Oral History

Józef Hen, Polish writer, was interviewed by Agnieszka Ilwicka on July 22, 2016 in Warsaw, Poland.

This interview was conducted in Polish.

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Video highlights from this oral history

Korczak's Pedagogical Failure, at a Movie Theater

2 min 16 sec

"Have You Ever Seen a Tennis Match?": Teenage Jozef Hen's First Editorial Critique from Igor Newerly

3 min 30 sec

"I Should Have Gone with Them": Igor Newerly and His Maly Przeglad Colleagues in Majdanek

1 min 48 sec

Yellow Tiles from Nowolipie Street

1 min 37 sec

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