Corpus of Spoken Yiddish in Europe

Testimonies Index

The CSYE currently contains 219.1 hours of transcribed recordings from 129 testimony interviews (466 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
David Sznicer (thumbnail) David Sznicer 29244 Słomniki (סלאָמניק)
Sarah Taub (thumbnail) Sarah Taub 28219 Ardusat (אַרדוסאַט?)
Anna Tencer (thumbnail) Anna Tencer 16842 Łódź (לאָדזש)
Basia Tishmanene (thumbnail) Basia Tishmanene 18014 Kaunas (קאָװנע)
Leia Tsalzon (thumbnail) Leia Tsalzon 17658 Švėkšna (שװעקשנע)
Khaya Vaynberg (thumbnail) Khaya Vaynberg 31067 Orhei (אוריִעװ)
Sofiah Viener (thumbnail) Sofiah Viener 29967 Chernivtsi (טשערנעװיץ)
Mariia Voronova (thumbnail) Mariia Voronova 17652 Kelmė (קעלעם)
Isaac Wise (thumbnail) Isaac Wise 36146 Vandžiogala (װענדזיגאָלע)
Rita Yelgin (thumbnail) Rita Yelgin 26623 Slonim (סלאָנים)