Mary Ehrlich, Survivor from Gedrevitch (near Vilna); Miriam Libenson for Purim (from archive)

Highlights:

• interview with Mary Ehrlich, a Boston-area Holocaust survivor originally from Gedrevitsh, a shtetl near Vilna. She talks about her childhood years up through the arrival of the Germans in 1941. We reached Mary by phone in late February, 2023. We plan to continue with a second interview with Mary in the next few weeks.
• from our archive: Purim with Miriam Libenson ז״ל, originally recorded and aired in the 1990's.
• Music related to Purim:
  • Binah Landau: Purim Lid
  • Leyke Post: Purim, accompanied by Rubin Ossofsky
  • Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman: A Gutn Purim
  • Kapelye: Gut Purim, Yidn
  • Lillian Lux: Vashtis Kloglid
  • Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman: Purim-Shpilers
  • Gadi Yagil: Di Elegye fun Fastrigose
• Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing Waltz

Air Date: March 1, 2023