Corpus of Spoken Yiddish in Europe

Aizik Dimantstein

Interview #20327

Gender: Male

Age: 81

Year of Birth: 1915

Date of Interview: September 30, 1996

Interviewer: Yishayahu Peri

Duration of Testimony:

Number of tapes: 4

Transcript status: 4 tapes have been transcribed, and 4 transcripts have been reviewed.

Aizik Dimantstein (thumbnail photo)

Maps

Place of Birth: Kārsava (קאָרסאָװקע)

Place of Interview: Ramat Gan, Israel


Tapes

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Transcripts

Tape Speaker Content
קאַסעט רעדער אינהאַלט

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Cite this testimony

If you use this testimony in your work, we request that you include both of these references:

  • Bleaman, Isaac L., and Chaya R. Nove. In press. The Corpus of Spoken Yiddish in Europe: Goals, methods, and applications. Language Documentation & Conservation.
  • Dimantstein, Aizik. 1996. Interview 20327. USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive. USC Shoah Foundation. Accessed .
  • @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{Dimantstein-1996,
        author     = {Aizik Dimantstein},
        note       = {USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive},
        publisher  = {USC Shoah Foundation},
        title      = {Interview 20327},
        urldate    = {},
        year       = {1996}
    }

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