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0:00 - Introduction

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0:38 - Wyman's Family Background

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Keywords: American South; Baptist; Charleston, South Carolina; family background; family history; father; heritage; Lynchburg, Virginia; mother; parents; roots

1:51 - Wyman's Childhood Activities and Interests

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Keywords: adolescence; books; camping; childhood; children's literature; Civil War; Encyclopedia Brown; fishing; hiking; history; Nancy Drew; nature; non-fiction; parents; reading; teenage years; The Hardy Boys; World War 2; World War II; WW2; WWII

5:10 - The Political Atmosphere in Wyman's Childhood Home

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Keywords: childhood; parents; politics; Republicans; voting

5:50 - Wyman Discusses His Early Interest in European History and WWII

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Keywords: 1990s; Eastern Europe; European history; Holocaust; Jewish culture; Jewish history; reading

8:25 - Traveling to Europe and Visiting the Anne Frank House

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Keywords: Amsterdam, Netherlands; Anne Frank House; Denmark; Holocaust; Iceland; Jewish history; Northern Europe; Sweden; traveling

11:05 - Wyman Recalls First Connecting to Jewish Culture in Prague

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Keywords: 1990s; Holocaust; Jewish cemetery; Jewish culture; Jewish history; Prague, Czech Republic

13:15 - Traveling in Vilnius and Becoming Interested in Jewish Culture

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Keywords: 1990s; Jewish history; Soviet Union; traveling; travelling; Vil'na; Vilna; Vilnius, Lithuania; Wilno

16:30 - Wyman Talks About Founding Vilnius Jewish Public Library

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Keywords: books; Casimiria; Cracow; Jewish culture; Kasimir; Kazimierz, Poland; Krakau; Krako; Kraków; Krakow, Poland; Kuzmir; libraries; Vilnius Jewish Public Library

25:03 - The Difficulties of Trying to Find a Site for the Vilnius Jewish Public Library

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Keywords: 2000s; traveling; travelling; Vil'na; Vilna; Vilnius Jewish Public Library; Vilnius, Lithuania; Wilno

32:50 - Deciding What to Put in the Vilnius Jewish Public Library

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Keywords: Barbra Streisand; Bob Dylan; Franz Kafka; Holocaust; Jack Black; KISS; Leonard Cohen; Michael Bolton; Robert Downey Jr.; The Beastie Boys; Vilnius Jewish Public Library; Woody Guthrie

39:12 - Wyman's Thoughts on Prejudice and Diversity

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Keywords: 1980s; atheism; atheist; brother; California; family; father; KKK; Ku Klux Klan; prejudice; racism

43:50 - The Impact of Wyman's Travels on His Worldview

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Keywords: anti-Semitism; antisemitism; Vilnius Jewish Public Library; Vilnius, Lithuania

46:35 - Wyman Reflects on Why He Founded the Library as a Non-Jewish Person

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Keywords: Vilnius Jewish Public Library

47:40 - Wyman's Feelings About the Vilnius Jewish Public Library

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Keywords: books; fiance; libraries; Vilnius Jewish Public Library

48:52 - Wyman Recalls Meeting His Girlfriend (Now Wife) While Researching Al Jolson

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Keywords: Al Jolson; Andrea Oberheiden-Brent; girlfriend; marriage; relationships; wife

52:30 - Wyman Reflects on His Affinity for Jewish Culture

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Keywords: Aaron Lansky; Barbra Streisand; cultural production; Jewish culture; KISS; The Beastie Boys

56:32 - Wyman's Vision for the Vilnius Jewish Public Library

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Keywords: books; dictionaries; English as second language; ESL; Jewish culture; libraries; Vilnius Jewish Public Library

60:36 - Wyman's Advice for Younger Generations

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Keywords: advice; future generations; Star Wars

63:48 - Wyman Discusses Aaron Lansky and Some of His Other Inspirations

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Keywords: Aaron Lansky; Yiddish Book Center