When these streets heard Yiddish is an extensive resource containing information and images about Jewish life in Eastern Europe before World War II.
There is a great deal of material here, and there are many ways you can access it.
The site is branched into three sections:
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Lives
Who were the Jews of Eastern Europe? How did they survive as a minority among others and remain in charge of their own life and culture? Explore how adolescents experienced their life through the great archival resources of YIVO collected during the inter war period.
Portraits
The faces you will see are a tiny sample of the great variety of Jews who lived in Eastern Europe before World War II.
Voices
A collection of autobiographical storie received during competitions held in 1932, 1934 and 1939 by the YIVO Institute in Vilna.
Occupations
Documented Images of the many occupations in which Jews worked during the years before the Holocaust in Eastern Europe.
Places
When most of us imagine the Jewish world of Eastern Europe that existed before the Holocaust— a world we've digested only through faded photographs, movies, books, and bittersweet stories — we forget that...
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Culture
Discover how Jews developed a unique folk culture based on their languages and its influence on their outlook in politics, religion and daily life.
Language
The famous linguistic scholar Max Weinreich called Yiddish a "fusion language". What should we take this to mean?
Youth Culture
Growing up brings with it many tough choices and questions. Where do I fit in?
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