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Rîbniţa
 (09-007.09-F) -  Shelf Number: MDV 199
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Date: June 6, 2006

Participants: Boiarskaia, Ida Nukhimovna. Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Moisei Lemster.

Location recorded: Rîbnița, Rașcov, Transnistria, Moldova

Language: Yiddish

Culture Group: Jews, Yiddish-speakers, Moldovans

 Recording Content:   

The first part of the recording is the continuation of a formal interview with Ida Nukhimovna Boiarskaia. (Part 2 of 2. See MDV 198)

The second part of the tape includes footage of the Rîbnita synagogue.

00:00:00 Boiarskaia speaks about a local intellectual, Dr. Yisroel Ayzen, who was also confined to the Vastavka ghetto. She then talks about her life at the beginning of the war, when her family fled Rîbniţa toward Krasni Okny in 1941. Boiarskaia describes how Dr. Ayzen collected valuables from the prisoners and was able to arrange a release. Boiarskaia's family returned to Rîbniţa.
00:05:02 Boiarskaia speaks about prewar Jewish life and recalls a positive relationship between Jews and non-Jews. She then answers dialectological questions from the AHEYM Yiddish linguistic questionnaire.
00:45:13 The team concludes the interview with Boiarskaia.
00:45:48 The camera collects footage of the Rîbniţa synagogue.
00:52:09 End of recording.