Recording Content:
The tape is a continuation of a formal interview with Etia Kalmanovna Shvartzbroit. (Part 2 of 2. See Accession # 09-010.42-F MDV 651) She discusses her life during the war and her escape from the Pechera concentration camp. Shvartzbroit escaped from Pechera and was en route via Sharhorod toward Ozarintsy, which she subsequently left for Mohyliv-Podil's'kyy. The conversation moves to religious life in Mohyliv-Podil's'kyy before the war. When her mother did not have a child for thirteen years, she sold documents to a poor widow with many children. It happened at a time when Shvartzbroit was sick, so she would grow up in good health.
The conversation then turns to life after the war, when she opened a matzah factory in Mohyliv-Podil's'kyy, employing twenty-five workers. She then discusses her life after the escape from the camp. She was not allowed to enter the apartment of Bessarabian Jews. So, she went to stay with her relatives in Mohyliv-Podil's'kyy, yet worked for Bessarabian Jews. Then the conversation moves to her life in the Pechera camp in great detail where she arrived in 1942. The interview concludes with the discussion of a number of recipes, in particular of gefilte fish.
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Life during war and escape from camp |
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Early childhood memories and religious life in Mohilev |
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Life today and work after the war |
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Early childhood memories and life today |
00:43:27
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And phone call about potential Yiddish-speakers in the region |
00:45:41
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Religious and cultural life after the war |
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