Ignac Heimlich

Interview # 37856

Gender Male

Age 72

Date of Birth June 6, 1925

Date of Interview November 11, 1997

Interviewer Max Wald

Duration 4 hours and 2 minutes

Number of Tapes 8

Transcript Status 4 tapes have been transcribed, and no transcripts have been reviewed. Please check back soon for the latest updates.

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Place of BirthMiskolc (מישקאָלץ)

Ignac Heimlich
born June 6, 1925

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June 6, 1925

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Place of InterviewMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

Ignac Heimlich
interviewed November 11, 1997

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Tapes

• Tape 1
• Tape 2
• Tape 3
• Tape 4

From the collection of the USC Shoah Foundation

Transcripts

• yidish

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• Tape 1Audio (.m4a), Transcript (.txt in Latin transliteration)
• Tape 2Audio (.m4a), Transcript (.txt in Latin transliteration)
• Tape 3Audio (.m4a), Transcript (.txt in Latin transliteration)
• Tape 4Audio (.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.
• Heimlich, Ignac. 1997. Interview 37856. USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive. USC Shoah Foundation. Accessed May 21, 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{Heimlich-1997,
      author     = {Ignac Heimlich},
      note       = {USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive},
      publisher  = {USC Shoah Foundation},
      title      = {Interview 37856},
      urldate    = {2025-05-21},
      year       = {1997}
  }

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