Corpus of Spoken Yiddish in Europe

Testimonies Index

The CSYE currently contains 226.2 hours of transcribed recordings from 132 testimony interviews (482 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
Gersonas Susteris (thumbnail) Gersonas Susteris 11694 Alytus (אַליטע)
David Sznicer (thumbnail) David Sznicer 29244 Słomniki (סלאָמניק)
Sarah Taub (thumbnail) Sarah Taub 28219 Ardusat (אַרדוסאַט?)
Anna Tencer (thumbnail) Anna Tencer 16842 Łódź (לאָדזש)
Zlata Terner (thumbnail) Zlata Terner 32604 Różan (רעזשאַן)
Basia Tishmanene (thumbnail) Basia Tishmanene 18014 Kaunas (קאָװנע)
Leia Tsalzon (thumbnail) Leia Tsalzon 17658 Švėkšna (שװעקשנע)
Lea Vataru (thumbnail) Lea Vataru 21300 Lipcani (ליפּקאַן)
Khaya Vaynberg (thumbnail) Khaya Vaynberg 31067 Orhei (אוריִעװ)
Sofiah Viener (thumbnail) Sofiah Viener 29967 Chernivtsi (טשערנעװיץ)