Eleanor Reissa Discusses Holocaust Podcast

This week's Yiddish Voice presents an interview with Eleanor Reissa, narrator of Those Who Were There, a new podcast from Yale University’s Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. Survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust are the subjects of the podcast, which just released its second season featuring witness interviews conducted by New York's Museum of Jewish Heritage. Eleanor Reissa is a singer, actress, director, and writer, on both the English and Yiddish stages. In the interview Reissa discusses not only the podcast and her role in it, but also her own connection to the Holocaust as the daughter of Holocaust survivors, as well as a look back and an update on her work as an actress and singer. Eleanor Reissa's website: http://www.eleanorreissa.com/

For more information on THOSE WHO WERE THERE: VOICES FROM THE HOLOCAUST, visit thosewhowerethere.org or visit Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/those-who-were-there-voices-from-the-holocaust/id1479564642

Music:

• Eleanor Reissa: Zol Zayn
• Eleanor Reissa: Der Nayer Sher
• Eleanor Reissa: Yidl Mitn Fidl
• Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz

Air Date: November 18, 2020