Hugo Fishman

Interview # 26782

Gender Male

Age 77

Date of Birth November 2, 1919

Date of Interview February 19, 1997

Interviewer Zipi Kichler Gil-Ad

Duration

Number of Tapes 4

Transcript Status 4 tapes have been transcribed, and no transcripts have been reviewed. Please check back soon for the latest updates.

Maps

Place of BirthUzhhorod (אונגװער)

Place of InterviewHolon, Israel

Tapes

• Tape 1
• Tape 2
• Tape 3
• Tape 4

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)
• Tape 4Audio (.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.
• Fishman, Hugo. 1997. Interview 26782. 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{Fishman-1997,
      author     = {Hugo Fishman},
      note       = {USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive},
      publisher  = {USC Shoah Foundation},
      title      = {Interview 26782},
      urldate    = {},
      year       = {1997}
  }

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