Leo Melamed
Item Information
- Title:
- Leo Melamed
- Description:
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Leo Melamed, child survivor of the Holocaust and former chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, was interviewed by Christa Whitney in Glencoe, Illinois on December 13, 2012. This interview contains some Yiddish. To learn more about the Wexler Oral History Project, visit: http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/tell-your-story To cite this interview: Leo Melamed Oral History Interview, interviewed by Christa Whitney, Yiddish Book Center's Wexler Oral History Project, Glencoe, Illinois, December 13, 2012. Video recording, https://archive.org/details/LeoMelamed13december2012YiddishBookCenter ( [date accessed] )
- Creator:
- Yiddish Book Center (Emily F.)
- Date:
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December 13, 2012
- Format:
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Film/Video
- Location:
- Yiddish Book Center
- Collection (local):
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Oral Histories
- Subjects:
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Advice
Family history
Stories about ancestors
Childhood
Jewish Identity
Yiddish language
Yiddish learning
Yiddish revival and activism
Post-vernacular uses of Yiddish
Immigration
Migration
Theater
Press
Radio
Literature
Poetry
Career and Professional Life
Holocaust
Education
Religion and ritual
Family traditions
Jewish holidays
Israel
Zionism
Eastern Europe
Soviet Union
United States
Politics and political movements
Yiddish Book Center
Food and culinary traditions
Transmission
Roots/heritage
Anti-Semitism
Children/grandchildren of (Yiddish personalities)
Jewish community
Urban
Shtetl
Assimilation
Travel
Pesakh
Passover
Leo Melamed
Bialystok
Poland
Russia
Lithuania
Vilna
Vilne
Vilnius
Chicago
Groser Shul
Bund
Capitalism
Leninism
Socialism
Yidishism
Antizionism
Chicago Market Exchange
Dina Halpern
Avrom Sutzkever
Vladka Meed
Benjamin Meed
Wexler Oral History Project
Jewish culture
Yiddish
Ybc
National Yiddish Book Center
- Link to Item:
- https://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/collections/oral-histories/interviews/woh-fi-0000363
- Terms of Use:
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