Corpus of Spoken Yiddish in Europe

Testimonies Index

The CSYE currently contains 219.1 hours of transcribed recordings from 129 testimony interviews (466 tapes). Of these, 32.8 hours of transcripts (72 tapes) have been reviewed and are available in both the Yiddish alphabet and Latin transliteration. The remaining transcripts are available only in Latin transliteration. Please return here to find the latest additions to the corpus.

  Survivor Interview # City of Birth
Mayer Abramovitch (thumbnail) Mayer Abramovitch 30164 Vilnius (װילנע)
Chaim Abramson (thumbnail) Chaim Abramson 8124 Joniškis (יאַנישאָק)
Lea Amdurski (thumbnail) Lea Amdurski 28287 Kriūkai (קרוק)
Ester Anafi (thumbnail) Ester Anafi 17228 Sosnowiec (סאָסנעװצע)
Yokheved Ayberman (thumbnail) Yokheved Ayberman 16086 Minsk (מינסק)
Frida Berger (thumbnail) Frida Berger 7175 Berehove (בערעגסאַס)
Wolf Bibergal (thumbnail) Wolf Bibergal 32426 Warsaw (װאַרשע)
Szlama Birman (thumbnail) Szlama Birman 26422 Warsaw (װאַרשע)
Olga Bitterman (thumbnail) Olga Bitterman 1566 Svalyava (סװאַליעװע)
Nora Bogot (thumbnail) Nora Bogot 26006 Halshany (אָלשאַן)