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Onești
 (09-008.04-F) -  Shelf Number: MDV 261
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Date: July 6, 2008

Participants: Hirsch, Edmund. Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler.

Location recorded: Onești, Bacău County, Romania

Language: Yiddish, Romanian

Culture Group: Jews, Yiddish-speakers, Romanians

 Recording Content:   

The recording is a continuation of a formal interview with Edmund Hirsch. (Part 3 of 3. See MDV 259 and MDV 260)

00:00:00 Hirsch addresses holiday celebration, including Yom Kippur. He lists what his family would eat on Erev Yom Kippur.
00:03:21 Hirsch speaks about gefilte fish and "falshe fish" (false fish). He then addresses other dishes for each day of the week, including cholent.
00:15:49 Hirsch answers questions about cultural terminology and addresses prewar Jewish life Luduș, including wealthy people.
00:27:26 Hirsch speaks about his life after the war in Dej, to where he moved in 1960 from Luduș. Hirsch's cousins moved to Israel in 1948.
00:33:25 End of recording.