Corpus of Spoken Yiddish in Europe

Testimonies Index

The CSYE currently contains 251.7 hours of transcribed recordings from 141 testimony interviews (539 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
Abraham Slucki (thumbnail) Abraham Slucki 723 Warsaw (װאַרשע)
Bonyah Snarsḳi (thumbnail) Bonyah Snarsḳi 47935 Šiauliai (שאַװל)
Basya Soyfer (thumbnail) Basya Soyfer 42031 Edineţ (יעדיניץ)
Sara Starkman (thumbnail) Sara Starkman 16804 Ostrów Lubelski (קלײן־אָסטראָװע)
Josef Strutin (thumbnail) Josef Strutin 25338 Tul'chyn (טאָלטשין)
Gersonas Susteris (thumbnail) Gersonas Susteris 11694 Alytus (אַליטע)
David Sznicer (thumbnail) David Sznicer 29244 Słomniki (סלאָמניק)
Sarah Taub (thumbnail) Sarah Taub 28219 Ardusat (אַרדוסאַט?)
Anna Tencer (thumbnail) Anna Tencer 16842 Łódź (לאָדזש)
Zlata Terner (thumbnail) Zlata Terner 32604 Różan (רעזשאַן)