61. [Ukraine, Kyiv, Bila Tserkva; Jews, Yiddish-speakers, Ukrainians; Interviews, 2005] (4:51:15)

Date:
2005
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories.
Summary:
Interview topics include childhood memories, work on a kolkhoz, life during and after World War II, the Great Famine of 1933, Yiddish education, Yiddish theater, Yiddish books, prewar religious life, holiday celebration, food customs, Jewish weddings, folk customs, burial customs, linguistic and dialectological questions about the Yiddish language, the Sholem Aleichem Cultural Society, encounters with Sholem Asch, Ben Gurion, and other famous people, Yiddish newspapers, general education, postwar religious life, cultural and food terminology, Yiddish songs, the Stalinist show trials of the 1930s, prewar cultural life in Rivne, Jewish buildings and streets, contemporary religious issues. Descriptive information presented here may come from original collection documentation. Please note collections of historical content may contain material that could be offensive to some patrons.

62. [Ukraine, Kyiv, Fastiv; Jews, Ukrainians, Yiddish-speakers; Interviews, 2008] (3:59:38)

Date:
2008
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories.
Summary:
Interview topics include childhood memories, life during World War II, military service, bar mitzvahs, prewar Jewish life, Jewish education, Yiddish theater, antisemitism, cultural terminology, sports clubs, linguistic and dialectological discussion of Yiddish language, dreidl making, life in the Fastiv ghetto, holiday celebration, food customs, Yiddish songs, Jewish weddings, the Great Famine of 1932-33, contemporary newspapers. Descriptive information presented here may come from original collection documentation. Please note collections of historical content may contain material that could be offensive to some patrons.

63. [Ukraine, Kyiv, Skvyra; Jews, Ukrainians, Yiddish-speakers; Interviews, 2008] (57:30)

Date:
2008
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories.
Summary:
Interview topics include the contemporary Jewish community, prewar Jewish life in Skvyra, tour of the local synagogue, visit to the burial site of Rebbe Itsik Twersky, memorialization after World War II, Hasidic life to 1917, religious life in the Soviet period. Descriptive information presented here may come from original collection documentation. Please note collections of historical content may contain material that could be offensive to some patrons.

64. [Ukraine, Kyiv; Jews, Ukrainians, Yiddish-speakers; Interviews, 2002, 2003, 2005] (18:04:52)

Date:
2002
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories.
Summary:
Interview topics include life before and after World War II, service in the Red Army, prewar cultural and religious life, Jewish weddings, synagogues, Klezmer musicians, relations with non-Jews, childhood memories, holiday and religious customs, linguistic and dialectological discussion of the Yiddish language, food customs, Yiddish education, synagogues in Vinnytsya, Yiddish books and articles, Yiddish writer Itsik Kipnis, linguistic and dialectological discussion of the Yiddish language, cultural terminology, Yiddish poems, imprisonment in the Pechera concentration camp, working as a school librarian, the Great Famine of 1933, the German occupation of Ozarintsy, Yiddish authors, prewar cultural life in Berdychiv, prewar cinemas and Yiddish films, evacuation to Central Asia during World War II, work on a kolkhoz, Jewish weddings, contemporary Yiddish teaching. Descriptive information presented here may come from original collection documentation. Please note collections of historical content may contain material that could be offensive to some patrons.

65. [Ukraine, L'viv, Boryslav; Jews, Ukrainians, Yiddish-speakers; Interviews, 2007] (3:47:23)

Date:
2007
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories.
Summary:
Interview topics include life during and after World War II, Polish songs, the Stalinist purges of 1937, circumcision ritual, education, prewar Jewish life, Jewish weddings, Jewish literature, food customs, Yiddish theater, Jewish occupations, recipes, postwar Jewish life, cultural terminology, linguistic and dialectological discussion about the Yiddish language, prayer customs, imprisonment in Pechera concentration camp, Ukrainian school, life on a kolkhoz, Yiddish songs, folk customs, winemaking, life in the Dzegovka ghetto.

66. [Ukraine, L'viv, Drogobych; Jews, Ukrainians, Yiddish-speakers; Interviews, 2003, 2007] (6:55:42)

Date:
2003
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories.
Summary:
Interview topics include linguistic and dialectological discussion of the Yiddish language, life during World War I, education, life during World War II, execution of Jews during World War II, military service, life after World War II, Jewish life after the fall of the Soviet Union, contemporary Jewish life, antisemitism, childhood memories, food customs, Yiddish theater, Jewish blessings, relations with non-Jews, religious customs, Yiddish songs, folk remedies, Polish language, deportation of Jews during World War II, working as a forced laborer in Drogobych, imprisonment at Plaszow, Gross-Rosen, and Buchenwald concentration camps, death march from the Taucha forced labor camp, life at a Soviet prison camp, life as a DP after World War II, bar mitzvahs, work as a musician, the Choral Synagogue in Dragobych. Descriptive information presented here may come from original collection documentation. Please note collections of historical content may contain material that could be offensive to some patrons.

67. [Ukraine, Lʹviv, Zhovkva; Jews, Ukrainians, Yiddish-speakers; Interviews, 2003] (2:02:00)

Date:
2003
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories.
Summary:
Interview topics include tour of Jewish historical sites in Lʹviv, contemporary Jewish community in Zhovka, family anecdotes, holiday celebrations, prewar Jewish cinema and theater, customs of the High Holidays, education, food customs, relations with non-Jews, linguistic and dialectological discussion of the Yiddish language, Jewish weddings, burial customs, prayer customs, Sabbath celebrations. Descriptive information presented here may come from original collection documentation. Please note collections of historical content may contain material that could be offensive to some patrons.

68. [Ukraine, Lʹviv; Jews, Ukrainians, Yiddish-speakers; Interviews, 2003, 2005] (17:41:29)

Date:
2003
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories.
Summary:
Interview topics include education, prewar Jewish life in Odesa, relations with non-Jews, childhood memories, religious education, service in the Red Army, holiday celebrations, holiday food customs, Yiddish theater, the prewar Yiddish press, life before, during, and after World War II, Passover songs, prewar Hasidic life, local intellectuals, linguistic and dialectological discussion of the Yiddish language, Yiddish literature, cultural terminology, Yiddish songs, contemporary writers and religious figures, prewar religious life, charity organizations, destruction of the Lʹviv cemetery, Jewish weddings, tour of a Jewish cemetery, tour of the former Jewish neighborhood, tour of the community cultural center, prewar youth organizations. Descriptive information presented here may come from original collection documentation. Please note collections of historical content may contain material that could be offensive to some patrons.

69. [Ukraine, Mykolaïv; Jews, Yiddish-speakers, Moldovans; Interviews, 2008] (4:11:02)

Date:
2008
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories.
Summary:
Interview topics include life during and after World War II, childhood memories, life in the Efingar Jewish agricultural colony, Jewish holidays and food customs, life on a kolkhoz, prewar cultural life, cinema and theater, prewar religious life, farming life, non-Jewish Yiddish speakers, Jewish weddings on the kolkhoz, cultural terminology, antisemitism, service in the Red Army. Descriptive information presented here may come from original collection documentation. Please note collections of historical content may contain material that could be offensive to some patrons.

70. [Ukraine, Odesa, Balta; Jews, Yiddish-speakers, Ukrainians; Interviews, 2008] (8:37:27)

Date:
2008
Main contributors:
Indiana University. Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories.
Summary:
Interview topics include childhood memories, life in Balta during World War II, life in the Balta ghetto, Jewish holidays, life after World War II, food customs,Yiddish songs, Jewish weddings, relations with non-Jews, Purim celebrations, folk customs and anecdotes, Yiddish education, Yiddish journals, Yiddish language acquisition, discussions of cultural terminology and prewar religious customs,Yiddish theater, the Great Famine of 1933, circumcision customs, evacuation during World War II, life on a kolkhoz, cleaning work, working in confectionery, accounting, and export, kosher butchery, work in a coal factory, antisemitism in the army, contemporary Jewish life in Balta. Descriptive information presented here may come from original collection documentation. Please note collections of historical content may contain material that could be offensive to some patrons.