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Kolomyya
 (09-010.24-F) -  Shelf Number: MDV 534
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Date: May 30, 2007

Participants: Vider, David Abramovich; Krotsh, Semyon Semyonovich. Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Moisei Lemster.

Location recorded: Kolomyya, Ivano Frankivs'ka Oblast', Ukraine

Language: Yiddish, Russian

Culture Group: Jews, Yiddish-speakers, Ukrainians

 Recording Content:   

The recording includes a formal interview with David Abramovich Vider. (see also: MDV 514, 515, 516, 517, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 526, 527, 528 ,529, 530, 531)

00:00:00 Krotsh takes the team to the next interview with Vider. The team greets Vider at the front door of his house. They then go inside to set up the interview with Vider.
00:05:19 Vider speaks about his life today. He then mentions that he studied at a yeshiva in Iaşi, as well as speaks about his family. Vider states that his father died in a pogrom before the war.
00:12:58 Vider speaks about his life today. The team then shows Vider his own recording about a Purim shpiel.
00:19:42 Vider sings a Yiddish song about a Ukrainian town. The team also plays Vider a recording of the song.
00:24:24 The team plays Vider his recording of "Yom Purim." Vider then recites a Romanian song he remembers from his school education. He also speaks about Moldovan visitors to his hometown before the war.
00:31:50 Vider sings another Romanian song from his childhood.
00:34:28 Vider speaks about his first wife who was Jewish and his life after the war. He also mentions his sister's family.
00:38:28 Vider speaks about his family. His father was a kosher butcher and religious teacher (melamed). He then addresses Hershl Ostropoler stories.
00:42:18 Vider speaks about his life before the war. He states that he was hasid of the Botoșani rebbe. Vider also recalls prewar cultural performances by a cantor.
00:44:32 Vider briefly speaks about his life during the war in Russia. He then speaks about his life and friends before the war. Vider moved to Hîrlău from his birth town Sighetu Marmaţiei at the age of three. Vider lived in Hîrlău for ten years and then moved to Iaşi, where he attended a yeshiva and learned carpentry. Vider then explains how his mother convinced him to learn an easier profession and hence became a tailor.
00:51:24 Vider describes how he worked with Krotsh in the 1950s. The team then concludes the formal part of the interview with Vider.
00:52:43 The camera records Krotsh's singing outside. He sings about a woman cheating on her husband. The team then bids farewell to Krotsh and the camera collects town footage of Kolomyya.
01:02:19 End of recording.