This recording is a formal interview with Vilk (Volf Shimonovich) Hodinger, born in Vynohradiv (Yiddish: Selish) 1928. (Part 2 of 3. See MDV 364 and MDV 365) After a brief formal introduction, Hodinger talks about his family. His father's name was Shimon and his mother's name was Haydl. He grew up with five siblings; three of them were killed in Auschwitz. His sister Chane, born in 1924, moved to Israel after only spending two days in Vynohradiv after her return from the war. The conversation moves to life during the war. Hodinger describes how the Germans forced his family into the Vynohradiv ghetto in 1944. They were then transported to Auschwitz in a railway car with eighty other prisoners. He was imprisoned in Auschwitz for three months. He was almost killed twice and convinced the Germans of his strength to work. He then talks in detail about the arrival at the gates of Auschwitz, the selection, and separation of parents from their children. Hodinger then recalls his encounter with Josef Mengele, who did not select him for work when he was sixteen years old. He was then sent to do forced labor in concentration camps in Germany. Among other camps he spent one day in Dachau, before he was taken with a Stoertebecker to forced labor in Furstenfeldbruck. He fixed airplanes. The conversation moves to life after the war, when Hodinger returned to Vynohradiv. During the first few years, he only met his uncle who got married after the war. After twenty years living in an apartment, he moved away to build his own house. The conversation turns to family. He raised a stepdaughter, who worked at a doctor's office.Between 1949 and 1953 he served in the labor battalion that worked in Byelorussia with 3000 people. He then moved to Vladivostok. He discusses his life after his military service. He worked odd jobs, such as ironing for a tailor and helping out at an electricity factory. He was married for 49 years. The conversation returns to his family, in particular his sister in Israel and contemporary life. After his military service, he met an old friend from Vynohradiv, who offered him to sell ice-cream. Hodinger and his wife sold ice-cream for thirty years. He discusses prewar Jewish Vynohradiv: there were five synagogues in Selish. His father worked in a mill, carrying flour sack; he also worked as a porter, carrying luggage for travelers at the railway station. His father was born in Ilnytsya and his mother was born in Pryslip. They then discuss the Rebbe of Spinka. His grandfather Berl farmed land and owned horses. Hodinger then recites three Purim shpiels, he remembered from Vynohradiv. The camera then cuts to outside footage, when Hodinger reads in Hungarian, Russian, and Hebrew a plaque in commemoration of the victims of the crematorium in 1944 in Berehove, where 7000 Jews were killed. The plaque, originally housed in the synagogue, was put on the outside wall of the synagogue and was put there by an American philanthropist. They then discuss prewar Jewish life in Berehove. Between two and three thousand Jews returned after the war, but the majority of those who returned then left for Israel and America. The conversation moves to his education in Vynohradiv. He attended religious school (cheder) when he was six years old, until the age of 15. He also attended Czech and Hungarian schools. After the team enters the synagogue, they sit down with Hodinger to continue the formal interview. He recites more lyrics from Purim shpiels. In prewar Vynohradiv, he would put on a mask while performing Purim shpiels. They then discuss weddings and religious life today. Hodinger frequently leads services. He then sings Yiddish songs like the well-known song "Mayn shteytele Belts," and they further discuss Purim shpiels. Before Hodinger talks about his life today, he briefly addresses prewar Jewish life. He has a vineyard and produces his own wine.