701. [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 Please note collections of historical content may contain material that could be offensive to some patrons.