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
Mariia Voronova (thumbnail) Mariia Voronova 17652 Kelmė (קעלעם)
Isaac Wise (thumbnail) Isaac Wise 36146 Vandžiogala (װענדזיגאָלע)
Rita Yelgin (thumbnail) Rita Yelgin 26623 Slonim (סלאָנים)
Khatskel Zak (thumbnail) Khatskel Zak 12694 Šaukėnai (שוקיאַן)
Iankel Zelbovich (thumbnail) Iankel Zelbovich 47587 Pandėlys (פּאָנעדעל)
Faniah Zelbst (thumbnail) Faniah Zelbst 32171 Dzisna (דיסנע)
Sheytah Zilber (thumbnail) Sheytah Zilber 27396 Kretinga (קרעטינגע)
Chaim Zilvanski (thumbnail) Chaim Zilvanski 24956 Warsaw (װאַרשע)
Polina Zinger (thumbnail) Polina Zinger 9374 Kaunas (קאָװנע)
Sara Ziskroit (thumbnail) Sara Ziskroit 5353 Vidzy (װידז)