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Recording Content:
The recording is a continuation of a formal interview with Zoltan Galambos. (Part 2 of 3. See Accession # 09-006.02-F MDV 109 and Accession # 09-009.01-F MDV 311)
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00:00:00
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Galambos provides personal information and speaks about his family. His father was also born in Vaja and worked as cabinetmaker. Galambos' father also owned a shop and fields. |
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00:03:32
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Galambos speaks about his family. His mother was born in Pusztadobos. He then addresses his childhood memories and education. Galambos describes his daily school routine in religious school (cheder), Hungarian school and yeshiva, including teachers and lessons. Galambos states that he started his yeshiva education at thirteen and attended yeshivot in Putnok and Kisvárda. |
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00:07:43
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Galambos speaks about his family and explains how he takes care of his family's graves at the local cemetery. He grew up with five sisters and two brothers. One of his sisters made aliyah. |
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00:13:12
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Galambos speaks about his life during World War II. He was a forced laborer in the Hungarian army and dug pits. |
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00:15:10
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Galambos returns to his cheder education, including his teacher (melamed), and childhood memories. He also states that he frequently attends Sabbath services today. |
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00:19:05
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Galambos talks about prewar Jewish life, as well as prayers and religious customs. |
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00:22:48
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Galambos speaks about people asking the Tosher rebbe about the future of the Jewish people in the Kisvárda ghetto. He then sings "Habeit mishamayim" (look from heaven) in Yiddish and addresses his life in Pest in the immediate postwar period. Galambos then sings "papirene kinder" (paper children) he remembers from performances in Pest. |
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00:29:54
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Galambos chants the prayer for blessing of the new month. He also addresses other prayers and speaks about prewar Jewish life, including occupational structure. Galambos maintains that there were no wealthy Jews in town. |
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00:35:34
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Galambos talks about prewar Sabbath celebrations. He recalls his family's Sabbath goy and what his father told him in Hungarian while he lit the fire. |
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00:39:15
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Galambos speaks about his life after the war. He also addresses the Jewish fate in Auschwitz. He then talks about his family. His brother's son lives in America. |
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00:42:57
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Galambos addresses folk customs and mentions a recent visit of the Tosher rebbe's grandson. He also recalls visits from the Satamar rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum before the war. |
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00:48:31
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Galambos speaks about prewar holiday celebration, including Passover and Purim, in Vaja. He also recites the beginning of the Four Questions and then Purim shpiels. |
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00:55:09
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Galambos recalls performances, including song snippets, of the Yosef shpiel before the war. |
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00:57:22
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Galambos speaks about his family. He desribes how his mother read tsene rene on Tisha B'Av for her neighbors and his sisters. He then answers questions about cultural terminology and says a prayer for Eretz Yisrael. |
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01:00:38
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Galambos sings a Yiddish song about yeshiva students and describes how difficult life as a yeshiva bokher (student) was. |
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