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Recording Content:
The tape begins with the continuation of an interview with Mira Markovna Murovanaia. (Part 3 of 3. See MDV 366 and Accession # 09-010.45-F MDV 666) She begins with a discussion of Jewish holiday celebrations. The discussion then turns to the condition of Jewish life in Haysyn today and Mira explains why she has chosen to stay in Haysyn although all of her family members live elsewhere. She discusses the evacuation of Jews to Central Asia during the war.
The next interview on the tape is with Arkadii (Avrum) L'vivich Burshtein. (Part 1 of 3. See MDV 440 and MDV 681) He was born in Sobolivka in 1928. He explains that he studied for four years in a Yiddish school before being transferred to a Ukrainian school. After the war, he returned to Haysyn after surviving several labor camps. He describes how after the war Jews were embarrassed to speak Yiddish in public, but always spoke Yiddish with each other in private.
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00:00:00
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Murovanaia continues to answer dialectological questions from the AHEYM Yiddish linguistic questionnaire.
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00:05:00
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Murovanaia sings the Hanukkah song "Khanike Oy Khanike," before she addresses postwar Hanukkah celebrations, including food customs. Murovanaia then continues answer dialectological questions from the AHEYM Yiddish linguistic questionnaire. |
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00:11:45
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Murovanaia talks about members of the Horovitz and Kerler family in prewar Haysyn. She then talks about her family, particularly her husband. |
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00:15:47
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Murovanaia speaks about her life today, as well as the contemporary local community. She has relatives in Israel. Murovanaia also talks about her travels to Israel. |
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00:20:00
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Murovanaia talks about her life during World War II, which she spent in evacuation. Murovanaia mentions how she walked seventy kilometers in the Caucasus region. She then talks about her family, before addressing her return to Haysyn. Murovanaia raised two daughters, one of whom lives in Germany. Murovanaia briefly explains how she moved into her childhood home after the war, which was originally her grandfather's. The team then concludes the formal interview with Murovanaia. |
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00:22:27
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The camera cuts to the interview with Burshtein. The team greets him and his wife Fanye outside their house. |
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00:24:31
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The formal interview with Burshtein begins. He addresses his childhood memories and education in prewar Sobolivka. Burshtein attended a Yiddish school for four years. He explains that his class received a new teacher in grade three, who did not know how to write and read in Yiddish. Burshtein attended a Ukrainian school from fifth grade onward. |
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00:25:41
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Burshtein provides personal information and talks about his family. Burshtein's great-grandfather was born in Germany. |
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00:28:25
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Burshtein talks about his life before the war, as well as his family. Burshtein's father was also born in Sobolivka and worked as tailor. |
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00:31:31
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Burshtein addresses his return to Haysyn after the war. According to him, it was embarrasing to speak Yiddish. He then mentions non-Jews who spoke Yiddish in Sobolivka before the war; particularly his grandfather's friend. |
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00:36:17
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Burshtein speaks about prewar Jewish life and emigration from Sobolivka. According to him, five hundred Jews lived there. He then addresses postwar Jewish life in Sobolivka, as well as contemporary Jewish life in Teplyk. |
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00:39:16
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Burshtein talks about his family. |
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