Jacob Gewirtzman

Interview # 11559

Gender Male

Age 99

Date of Birth February 2, 1896

Date of Interview January 29, 1996

Interviewer Rhoda Daum-Kenner

Duration

Number of Tapes 4

Transcript Status 3 tapes have been transcribed, and no transcripts have been reviewed. Please check back soon for the latest updates.

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Place of BirthŁosice (לאָשיץ)

Place of InterviewHamden, Connecticut, USA

Tapes

• Tape 1
• Tape 2
• Tape 3

From the collection of the USC Shoah Foundation

Transcripts

• yidish

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• Tape 1Audio (.m4a), Transcript (.txt in Latin transliteration)
• Tape 2Audio (.m4a), Transcript (.txt in Latin transliteration)
• Tape 3Audio (.m4a), Transcript (.txt in Latin transliteration)

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• Bleaman, Isaac L., and Chaya R. Nove. In press. The Corpus of Spoken Yiddish in Europe: Goals, methods, and applications. Language Documentation & Conservation.
• Gewirtzman, Jacob. 1996. Interview 11559. USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive. USC Shoah Foundation. Accessed .
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  @Article{Bleaman_Nove-inpress,
      author     = {Isaac L. Bleaman and Chaya R. Nove},
      journal    = {Language Documentation \& Conservation},
      title      = {The {Corpus} of {Spoken} {Yiddish} in {Europe}: Goals, Methods, and Applications},
      year       = {in press}
  }
  
  @Misc{Gewirtzman-1996,
      author     = {Jacob Gewirtzman},
      note       = {USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive},
      publisher  = {USC Shoah Foundation},
      title      = {Interview 11559},
      urldate    = {},
      year       = {1996}
  }

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