Corpus of Spoken Yiddish in Europe

Testimonies Index

The CSYE currently contains 236.4 hours of transcribed recordings from 136 testimony interviews (504 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
Lea Vataru (thumbnail) Lea Vataru 21300 Lipcani (ליפּקאַן)
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)
Khatskel Zak (thumbnail) Khatskel Zak 12694 Šaukėnai (שוקיאַן)
Simha Zanzer (thumbnail) Simha Zanzer 7425 Lutsk (לױצק)
Iankel Zelbovich (thumbnail) Iankel Zelbovich 47587 Pandėlys (פּאָנעדעל)
Faniah Zelbst (thumbnail) Faniah Zelbst 32171 Dzisna (דיסנע)