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Recording Content:
This recording is a continuation of a formal interview with Efim Grigoryevich Skobilitskii. (Part 3 of 4. See MDV 341, MDV 342, and MDV 344) At the beginning of the interview, he answers a series of dialectological questions about the Yiddish language. The conversation then moves to Jewish religious customs, and he recites passages from a Hebrew prayer book. He then talks about his experience in the Red Army during World War II. Afterwards, he discusses professions of family members; specifically his grandfather, who was a rabbi. The tape ends with a series of dialectological questions about the Yiddish language.
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00:00:00
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Skobilitskii continues to speak about his childhood, including the local school system. He recalls how he attended synagouge with his father on Sabbath. |
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00:02:21
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Skobilitskii answers dialectological questions from the AHEYM Yiddish linguistic questionnaire. |
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00:04:29
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Skobilitskii briefly addresses his religious school education, before he recites the morning prayer "Modeh ani," as well as other prayers and blessings. |
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00:07:50
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Skobilitskii addresses prewar holiday celebration at home, particularly Sabbath preparations. |
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00:09:34
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Skobilitskii recites the prayer "Aleinu leshabei'ach," which is recited at the end of each prayer service. He then continues to answer dialectological questions from the AHEYM Yiddish linguistic questionnaire, as well as recalls terms in "loshn-koydesh" (mix of Hebrew and Aramaic). |
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00:14:15
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Skobilitskii speaks about his Red Army career and fighting at the front. He also mentions fellow Jews in his artillery division, as well as his injuries and military awards. He explains how he advanced from the Stalingrad front, through Bryansk, Sandomierz, Austria, Hungary, Germany, all the way to Berlin. After he helped to liberate Berlin, he became the senior lieutenant of the German town Tiefenbach. Skobilitskii continues that he was in charge for two years and his wife joined him there. |
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00:18:03
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Skobilitskii speaks about his family, before returning to his army duties in the artillery division. |
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00:20:01
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Skobilitskii answers dialectological questions from the AHEYM Yiddish linguistic questionnaire. He also speaks about his family, including his relatives' occupations (21:00). |
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00:27:45
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Skobilitskii shows a book by Viktor Korzhuk who writes about Skobilitskii's military service. He then continues to answer dialectological questions from the AHEYM Yiddish linguistic questionnaire. |
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00:34:33
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Skobilitskii discusses prewar Jewish life in Berdychiv, as well as answers questions about cultural terminology and linguistic questions. |
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