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.

Miriam Hoffman's Oral History

Miriam Hoffman, former DP camp resident, author, playwright, and lecturer, was interviewed by Christa Whitney on February 10th, 2020 in Coral Springs, Florida.

This interview was conducted in Yiddish.

Miriam Hoffman was born in Tobolsk, Siberia in 1936.