Bracha Shumowitz

Interview # 24751

Gender Female

Age 83

Year of Birth 1913

Date of Interview December 6, 1996

Interviewer Yishayahu Peri

Duration 1 hour and 31 minutes

Number of Tapes 3

Transcript Status 2 tapes have been transcribed, and no transcripts have been reviewed. Please check back soon for the latest updates.

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Place of BirthCzerwony Bór (טשערװאָנע)

Bracha Shumowitz
born 1913

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January 1, 1913

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Place of InterviewTel Aviv, Israel

Bracha Shumowitz
interviewed December 6, 1996

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Tapes

• Tape 1
• Tape 2

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• Tape 2Audio (.m4a), Transcript (.txt in Latin transliteration)

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• Bleaman, Isaac L., and Chaya R. Nove. 2025. The Corpus of Spoken Yiddish in Europe: Goals, Methods, and Applications. Language Documentation & Conservation 19: 142–157. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/74812.
• Shumowitz, Bracha. 1996. Interview 24751. USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive. USC Shoah Foundation. Accessed May 17, 2025.
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  @Article{Bleaman_Nove-2025,
      author     = {Isaac L. Bleaman and Chaya R. Nove},
      journal    = {Language Documentation \& Conservation},
      pages      = {142--157},
      title      = {The {Corpus} of {Spoken} {Yiddish} in {Europe}: Goals, Methods, and Applications},
      url        = {https://hdl.handle.net/10125/74812},
      volume     = {19},
      year       = {2025}
  }
  
  @Misc{Shumowitz-1996,
      author     = {Bracha Shumowitz},
      note       = {USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive},
      publisher  = {USC Shoah Foundation},
      title      = {Interview 24751},
      urldate    = {2025-05-17},
      year       = {1996}
  }

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