Chaim Abramson

Interview # 8124

Gender Male

Age 83

Date of Birth March 28, 1912

Date of Interview October 30, 1995

Interviewer Richard Bassett

Duration 1 hour and 10 minutes

Number of Tapes 3

Transcript Status 3 tapes have been transcribed, and 3 transcripts have been reviewed.

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Place of BirthJoniškis (יאַנישאָק)

Chaim Abramson
born March 28, 1912

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March 28, 1912

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Place of InterviewToronto, Ontario, Canada

Chaim Abramson
interviewed October 30, 1995

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Tapes

• Tape 1
• Tape 2
• Tape 3

From the collection of the USC Shoah Foundation

Transcripts

• yidish
• ייִדיש

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• Tape 1Audio (.m4a), Transcript (.txt in Latin transliteration or Hebrew-based alphabet)
• Tape 2Audio (.m4a), Transcript (.txt in Latin transliteration or Hebrew-based alphabet)
• Tape 3Audio (.m4a), Transcript (.txt in Latin transliteration or Hebrew-based alphabet)

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Cite this testimony

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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.
• Abramson, Chaim. 1995. Interview 8124. USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive. USC Shoah Foundation. Accessed May 18, 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{Abramson-1995,
      author     = {Chaim Abramson},
      note       = {USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive},
      publisher  = {USC Shoah Foundation},
      title      = {Interview 8124},
      urldate    = {2025-05-18},
      year       = {1995}
  }

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