“oral history”

Joseph Butwin’s Salud y Shalom is a long-awaited exploration of the motivations that brought hundreds of Jewish American volunteers to Spain in the late 1930s to fight in the country’s nominally civil war. Through detailed conversations with ten veterans, Butwin elicits fascinating reflections on their experiences and era.

Apr 27, 2026

In geveb and the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University are partnering again to fund meaningful scholarship and creative productions based on the unique Yiddish oral histories at the Fortunoff Archive.

Feb 15, 2026

The teaching guide is designed for university-level history courses as a resource for working with oral testimony.

May 28, 2025

A member of the 2023 In geveb/Fortunoff fellowship cohort reflects on the question "How can one ethically use recorded Holocaust testimony as the basis for musical composition?"

Apr 22, 2025

On the role of Yiddish in the Holocaust testimony of Julia Pirotte, a Polish Jewish photographer.

Apr 22, 2025

Veln Di Verter Oykh Nern (The Words Will Also Nourish) is a body of work, including an edition of artist books and twelve accompanying prints, that Etai Rogers-Fett created as an In geveb/Fortunoff fellow between Fall 2023 and Spring 2024. The work emerges from Paja L’s Yiddish testimony about her experiences as a young woman, teacher, and library worker in the Vilna Ghetto.

Apr 22, 2025

This account of Yiddish-speaking farmers offers a model for engaging with oral history and the memory of communities that have since disappeared.

Feb 14, 2024

In geveb and the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University are partnering to fund meaningful scholarship and creative productions based on the unique Yiddish oral histories at the Fortunoff Archive.

Oct 22, 2023