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.

Joe Engel's Oral History

Joe Engel, Holocaust survivor, was interviewed by Mikhl (Michael) Yashinsky on October 21st, 2021 in Charleston, South Carolina.

This interview was conducted in Yiddish.