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Ovruch
 (09-010.39-F) -  Shelf Number: MDV 632
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Date: May 26, 2007

Participants: Turovskaia, Raisa Borisovna; Vainshelboim, Mikhail Aronovich; Vaisman Isaak Iosipovich; Breuer, Shlomo; Berzon, Ida Shayevna; Berzon, Semyon Lazarevich. Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Moisei Lemster.

Location recorded: Ovruch, Berdychiv, Zhytomyrs'ka Oblast', Ukraine

Language: Yiddish, Russian

Culture Group: Jews, Yiddish-speakers, Ukrainians

 Recording Content:   

The first part of the tape concludes a formal interview with Raisa Borisnova Turovskaia in Ovruch, during which Turovskaia shows family photographs. (Part 3 of 3. See MDV 630 and MDV 631)

The second part of the tape shows the team entering Berdychiv in the van and collecting town footage. (see also: Accession # 09-010.04-F MDV 350, 351, 352, 353) At the synagogue, the team meets a congregant who takes them to the morning service. In the synagogue, they meet Isaak Iosipovich Vaisman and Mikhail Aronovich Vainshelboim who participate in the morning service. Then the camera films the service. When the morning service ends, the team talks to Rabbi Shlomo Breuer about Yiddish-speakers in the region of Berdychiv. Then Rabbi Shlomo Breuer introduces the team to Semyon Lazarevich Berzon with whom they conduct a brief interview. Berzon was born in Berdychiv and served in the Red Army during World War II. Then Rabbi Shlomo Breuer introduces the team to his wife Ida Shayevna Berzon.

00:00:00 Explanation of photographs
00:12:40 Leaving Turovskaia’s home
00:13:30 Collecting town and scenery footage driving from Ovruch to Berdychiv
00:16:42 Town footage of Berdychiv
00:16:43 (Not described)
00:20:24 Synagogue of Berdychiv
00:35:17 End of recording.