Recording Content:
This recording is a continuation of a formal interview with Mikhail and Sara Vainshelboim. (Part 2 of 2. See MDV 359) Mikhail talks about his service in the Red Army, which lasted for four and a half years in the 1950s. The conversation turns to the Great Famine in 1932. Sara’s aunt died during that period. Mikhail talks about the situation of the collective farms during the Great Famine. He talks about how he received a piece of land to farm after the war. Then he discusses the Cook's synagogue.
The camera then moves to the van where Mikhail takes the team to the next interview. The team enters the apartment of Zhenia Burmenko and introduces itself. Then the formal interview of Burmenko, who was born in 1917 in Berdychiv, begins. (Part 1 of 2. See MDV 361) Burmenko is her maiden name. She discusses her Jewish education before the war. She went to the Jewish School Number 4 and completed seven grades. Then the conversation turns to life during and after the war. She then shows letters and photographs. As soon as Burmenko's son enters the apartment, she leaves the interview and the team informally interviews Vainshelboim. He remembers Yiddish songs. The tape concludes with Burmenko showing more photographs.
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Mikhail’s escapes during the war and on the way to find his family |
00:11:26
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War experiences and how newspapers in Berdychiv reflected them |
00:14:20
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About his aunt Arne (needs verification) |
00:16:47
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Food customs and Soviet times after the war |
00:18:42
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Sara is on the phone with a potential interviewee |
00:20:20
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Food customs during Jewish holidays |
00:20:46
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Sara is on the phone with a potential interviewee |
00:23:24
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Life before the war and the Great Famine in 1933 |
00:28:11
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Life after the war and food customs |
00:31:39
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Jewish cultural life before the war |
00:33:30
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Life today and discussion of potential interviewees |
00:39:43
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Mikhail prepares food for the research team |
00:41:55
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The research team enters the apartment |
00:44:01
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Biographical information and family |
00:55:00
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Burmenko shows letters and pictures |
01:07:15
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Burmenko’s son from Zhitomir enters the apartment |
01:08:00
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Mikhail Vainshelboim joins the conversation and Burmenko leaves and Yiddish songs |
01:15:35
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Burmenko returns to the research team |
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