Recording Content:
The recording is a continuation of a formal interview with Zoltan Galambos. (Part 2 of 2. See MDV 117)
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Galambos chants "Avinu Malkeinu" (prayer recited on Rosh Hashanah). He then addresses customs on Rosh Hashanah and recalls a Yiddish saying. |
00:02:34
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Galambos addresses prewar Sukkot celebrations. |
00:03:15
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Galambos answers questions about cultural terminology and addresses prewar religious and healing customs. |
00:06:50
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Galambos speaks about his life today and regional geography. |
00:09:47
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Galambos addresses prewar occupational structure in Jewish Vaja. He also mentions the local wine production, before talking about prewar Shavuot and Sabbath food customs. |
00:18:08
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Galambos speaks about his life today. He then addresses prewar Passover celebrations, including differences regarding Ashkenazi and Sephardi customs. |
00:21:50
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Galambos recites Purim shpiels. He then speaks about his visit to Israel approximately eight years ago. |
00:28:39
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Galambos discusses his childhood memories, before he sings "Habeit mishamayim" (look from heaven) in Yiddish. Galambos heard the song in 1948 in Pest, performed by a Polish theater troupe. |
00:31:00
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Galambos sings "Papirene kinder" (paper children; the title song of the movie "A brivele der mamen") and speaks about his life today. |
00:33:16
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Galambos shows family photographs and speaks about his family. He shows again the photograph when his family was forced to move from Vaja to Kisvárda on April 17, 1944. |
00:38:24
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Galambos shows a copy of the Haggadah. |
00:40:22
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Galambos speaks about religious customs. |
00:42:17
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Galambos chats the with the team about America, Israel and Romania. |
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