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Recording Content:
The recording is the continuation of a formal interview with Abram Volkovich Sharhorodskij. (Part 2 of 2. See MDV 195)
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00:00:00
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Sharhorodskij shows a letter, written in Russian, from his sister in Israel. |
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00:00:34
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Sharhorodskij recalls how Yiddish theater troupes would visit Rîbniţa. He also touches upon postwar cultural life and mentions Solomon Mikhoels. |
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00:04:01
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Sharhorodskij addresses traditional weddings and postwar religiosity. He then recalls the Rîbniţa rebbe's charity and speaks about contemporary Jewish life. |
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00:07:56
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Sharhorodskij speaks about a Jewish neighbor who converted before the war and remembers non-Jews who spoke Yiddish. |
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00:09:15
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Sharhorodskij answers questions about cultural terminology and addresses his childhood games. |
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00:10:54
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Sharhorodskij speaks about his life in the ghetto and mentions Jewish collaborators. He then speaks about the beginning of the war, when his family evacuated to Krasni Okny in 1941. Sharhorodskij describes how Romanian soldiers looted their home and beat them two weeks after the family's arrival. He continues that his family was forced to move out by Romanian soldiers and taken to the nearby mill "Napasiolok Flora" 16:25 for mass execution. Sharhorodskij explains how the community collected valuables to bribe the Romanian soldiers and his family returned to Krasni Okny. Sharhorodskij then describes how his family fled the town and hid in villages, before making it to the state farm in Ulmu. |
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00:21:03
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Sharhorodskij speaks about his work and life after the war. He was trained as carpenter at the Ulmu state farm. Sharhorodskij served in the Red Army between 1944 and 1947. He then worked as tradesman for 45 years. |
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00:22:20
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Sharhorodskij returns to his life during the war and work at the Ulmu state farm at a carpentry, where he joined a Christian, who was a wheel repair specialist. Sharhorodskij explains how he worked there for one month and then moved back to Rîbniţa, where Jews were confined to a ghetto. He then describes his family's life, including forced labor and evading mass execution, in the ghetto for two years and eight months. Sharhorodskij also describes the situation in the ghetto two months before liberation, as well as gatherings of young people. |
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00:26:33
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Sharhorodskij speaks about Jewish life today. He then shares episodes from his life in the Rîbniţa ghetto and speaks about German soldiers. |
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00:33:52
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The team concludes the formal part of the interview with Sharhorodskij. |
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00:36:22
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The camera records photographs and Sharhorodskij sends a message to American Jews. |
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