Khana Oifman

Interview # 37845

Gender Female

Age 72

Date of Birth August 10, 1925

Date of Interview October 9, 1997

Interviewer Ruvinn Shvartsman

Duration

Number of Tapes 4

Transcript Status 4 tapes have been transcribed, and 1 transcript has been reviewed. Please check back soon for the latest updates.

Maps

Place of BirthHorodkivka (מעסקיװקע)

Place of InterviewOdesa, Ukraine

Tapes

• Tape 1
• Tape 2
• Tape 3
• Tape 4

From the collection of the USC Shoah Foundation

Transcripts

• yidish
• ייִדיש

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• Tape 1Audio (.m4a), Transcript (.txt in Latin transliteration or Hebrew-based alphabet)
• 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.
• Oifman, Khana. 1997. Interview 37845. 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{Oifman-1997,
      author     = {Khana Oifman},
      note       = {USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive},
      publisher  = {USC Shoah Foundation},
      title      = {Interview 37845},
      urldate    = {},
      year       = {1997}
  }

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