The recording is a formal interview with David Soyfer who was born in 1930 (see also MDV 349). Soyfer discusses Jewish life and family before World War II. He remembers a story from before the revolution, about a Jewish family living in a village who had to convert to Christianity in order to be able to continue to live in the village. His father Yitskhak was a butcher. His grandfather was a rabbi in the Berdychiv synagogue before the war. Then the conversation turns to his life during World War II and his service in the Red Army. He and his grandmother Rukhl were evacuated to the Caucasus from Kyiv. Soyfer's mother Sure died before the war, when Soyfer was eight years old. He was therefore taken to Kyiv to live with his grandmother. His father was drafted into the army. Shoyfer served in the Red Army in 1950 for three and a half years. Then he discusses his life after the war. He was a cooper for 35 years. The tape concludes with a discussion of Jewish religious life after the war.