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 Herskowitz (thumbnail) David Herskowitz 18762 Sighetu Marmației (סיגעט)
Frymeta Hochglaube (thumbnail) Frymeta Hochglaube 27780 Warsaw (װאַרשע)
Nadyah Horovits (thumbnail) Nadyah Horovits 21741 Pabianice (פּאַבעניץ)
Fania Ioneson (thumbnail) Fania Ioneson 31841 Kaunas (קאָװנע)
Waclaw Jablonski (thumbnail) Waclaw Jablonski 31685 Warsaw (װאַרשע)
Josef Katz (thumbnail) Josef Katz 13639 Satu Mare (סאַטמער)
Ma´shah Ḳlezinger (thumbnail) Ma´shah Ḳlezinger 45928 Warsaw (װאַרשע)
Bruha Kopolovicz (thumbnail) Bruha Kopolovicz 39085 Ozaryntsi (אַזאַריניץ)
Hadasa Kotler (thumbnail) Hadasa Kotler 21261 Vil'khivtsi (װילכעװיץ)
Pinek Kraindels (thumbnail) Pinek Kraindels 37083 Opatów (אַפּט)