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
Gitta Kraut (thumbnail) Gitta Kraut 50793 Tyachiv (טעטש)
Judith Krayndler (thumbnail) Judith Krayndler 3448 Yasinya (יאַסין)
Bernard Kudowitz (thumbnail) Bernard Kudowitz 6107 Baranavichy (באַראַנאָװיטש)
Hana Kuperman (thumbnail) Hana Kuperman 44729 Warsaw (װאַרשע)
Khatskelis Lemkhenas (thumbnail) Khatskelis Lemkhenas 41212 Papilė (פּאָפּעליאַן)
Dov Lewanoni (thumbnail) Dov Lewanoni 19085 Kerets'ky (קערעצקי)
Esther Lewitan (thumbnail) Esther Lewitan 7569 Kuraniec (קורניץ)
Rubin Lewitan (thumbnail) Rubin Lewitan 7665 Dokshytsy (דאָקשיץ)
Basia Lipis (thumbnail) Basia Lipis 10814 Novoselytsya (נאָװאָסעליץ)
Ely Litsky (thumbnail) Ely Litsky 23772 Białystok (ביאַליסטאָק)