Mary Ehrlich, Survivor from Gedrevitch, Part 2; Kolya Borodulin on Arbeter-Ring Yiddish Classes

Highlights:




interview with Kolya Borodulin, Director of Yiddish
Programming at Arbeter Ring (circle.org), talking about the
Summer 2023 Yiddish course offerings currently starting or
about to start online now.




interview, part 2, with Mary Ehrlich, a
Boston-area Holocaust survivor originally from Gedrevitsh
(Giedraiciai in Lithuanian), a shtetl near Vilna (and closer
to the Vilkomir). In Mary Ehrlich's first interview she
talked about her childhood years up through the arrival of
the Germans in 1941. In this, her second, interview Mary
spoke of her later life, starting with the German takeover of
Lithuania, including the lifesaving role played by a
Lithuanian mother and her children, who hid Mary and her
parents for most of the war, saving their lives. About ten
years ago, Mary reunited with two of these children whose
mother had saved her life, which was widely covered in the
press. Here's a NY Post article:
https://nypost.com/2011/11/24/holocaust-survivor-reunites-with-lost-friends-at-jfk/
Here's a Jerusalem Post article:
https://www.jpost.com/jewish-world/jewish-features/holocaust-survivor-to-be-reunited-with-her-saviors
For this interview we reached Mary by phone at her home in
the Boston area on June 20, 2023.




Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental
track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz




Outro instrumental music: Itzhak Perlman, Dov Seltzer, Israel
Philharmonic Orchestra: Afn Veg Shteyt A Boym




Air Date: June 21, 2023