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
Khana Oifman (thumbnail) Khana Oifman 37845 Horodkivka (מעסקיװקע)
Raia Pesses (thumbnail) Raia Pesses 32365 Šiauliai (שאַװל)
Faiga Polak (thumbnail) Faiga Polak 38280 Tyachiv (טעטש)
Marek Popowski (thumbnail) Marek Popowski 27106 Warsaw (װאַרשע)
Etta Popugaeva (thumbnail) Etta Popugaeva 12203 Vilnius (װילנע)
Fanny Portnoy (thumbnail) Fanny Portnoy 29102 Vilnius (װילנע)
Lola Praport (thumbnail) Lola Praport 26412 Wieluń (װלױן)
Regina-Rivka Preizler (thumbnail) Regina-Rivka Preizler 36154 Sighetu Marmației (סיגעט)
Bella Rabinovich (thumbnail) Bella Rabinovich 13475 Jonava (יאַנעװע)
Gita Radouski (thumbnail) Gita Radouski 4985 Kaunas (קאָװנע)