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
Rita Yelgin (thumbnail) Rita Yelgin 26623 Slonim (סלאָנים)
Khatskel Zak (thumbnail) Khatskel Zak 12694 Šaukėnai (שוקיאַן)
Simha Zanzer (thumbnail) Simha Zanzer 7425 Lutsk (לױצק)
Iankel Zelbovich (thumbnail) Iankel Zelbovich 47587 Pandėlys (פּאָנעדעל)
Faniah Zelbst (thumbnail) Faniah Zelbst 32171 Dzisna (דיסנע)
Sheytah Zilber (thumbnail) Sheytah Zilber 27396 Kretinga (קרעטינגע)
Chaim Zilvanski (thumbnail) Chaim Zilvanski 24956 Warsaw (װאַרשע)
Polina Zinger (thumbnail) Polina Zinger 9374 Kaunas (קאָװנע)
Sara Ziskroit (thumbnail) Sara Ziskroit 5353 Vidzy (װידז)
Fajwel Zylberberg (thumbnail) Fajwel Zylberberg 15823 Warsaw (װאַרשע)