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
Herman Herskowicz (thumbnail) Herman Herskowicz 34103 Irshava (אָרשעװע)
David Herskowitz (thumbnail) David Herskowitz 18762 Sighetu Marmației (סיגעט)
Frymeta Hochglaube (thumbnail) Frymeta Hochglaube 27780 Warsaw (װאַרשע)
Nadyah Horovits (thumbnail) Nadyah Horovits 21741 Pabianice (פּאַבעניץ)
Fania Ioneson (thumbnail) Fania Ioneson 31841 Kaunas (קאָװנע)
Waclaw Jablonski (thumbnail) Waclaw Jablonski 31685 Warsaw (װאַרשע)
Josef Katz (thumbnail) Josef Katz 13639 Satu Mare (סאַטמער)
Ma´shah Ḳlezinger (thumbnail) Ma´shah Ḳlezinger 45928 Warsaw (װאַרשע)
Yosef Koifman (thumbnail) Yosef Koifman 15614 Berestya (בערעסטיע)
Bruha Kopolovicz (thumbnail) Bruha Kopolovicz 39085 Ozaryntsi (אַזאַריניץ)