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AHEYM: The Archive of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories
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The Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories (AHEYM—the acronym means "homeward" in Yiddish) includes approximately 800 hours of Yiddish-language interviews with 350 individuals, most of whom were born between 1900 and 1930. The interviews were conducted in Ukraine, Romania, Moldova, Hungary, and Slovakia. The interviews include:
In the period before the Second World War, much of the Jewish population of Eastern Europe lived in small towns, or shtetls, scattered throughout the Soviet Union, Poland, Lithuania, Romania, parts of Hungary, and Czechoslovakia. In the aftermath of the war, however, surviving Jews abandoned the shtetls and the Yiddish language and found instead a future in the larger metropolises, where they lost many of the local customs, beliefs and practices that had defined Jewish identity in the prewar shtetl. There were, however, many Jews who remained in the small towns of Eastern Europe. Some returned from evacuation after the war, others came out of hiding, and some literally crawled out of mass graves to reclaim their lives. This population group that remained in their native region is the subject of the Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories. |
Collection | Country | Location | Start Year | End Year | # of Recordings | Total duration | Genres | Format |
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Fastiv
(09-010.15-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Fastiv |
2008 | 2008 | 5 |
4 hrs, 4 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Haysyn
(09-010.16-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Haysyn |
2002 | 2002 | 4 |
2 hrs, 39 min |
Oral history, food customs, religious customs, Holocaust testimony, dialectology, jokes, music |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Onești
(09-008.04-F) IUCAT |
Romania |
Onești (Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej) |
2008 | 2008 | 3 |
2 hrs, 32 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Hîrlău
(09-008.05-F) IUCAT |
Romania |
Hîrlău |
2006 | 2006 | 5 |
2 hrs, 29 min |
Oral history
|
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Hnivan'
(09-010.17-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Hnivan', Vinnytsya |
2008 | 2008 | 3 |
2 hrs, 19 min |
Oral history, religious customs, Holocaust testimony, dialectology |
MiniDV (PAL) |
Iași
(09-008.06-F) IUCAT |
Romania |
Iași |
2006 | 2006 | 14 |
10 hrs, 15 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Ivano-Frankivs'k
(09-010.18-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Ivano-Frankivs'k |
2003 | 2003 | 9 |
7 hrs, 9 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Izyaslav
(09-010.19-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Izyaslav, Zhytomyr |
2003 | 2007 | 6 |
5 hrs, 50 min |
Oral history, religious customs, dialectology, personal narrative, Yiddish song |
MiniDV (PAL), MiniDV (NTSC) |
Kam”yanets’-Podil’s’kyy
(09-010.20-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Kam”yanets’-Podil’s’kyy, Mohyliv-Podil’s’kyy |
2003 | 2003 | 5 |
5 hrs, 5 min |
Oral history, religious customs, Yiddish song, food customs, dialectology |
MiniDV (PAL) |
Khmel’nyts’kyy
(09-010.21-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Khmel’nyts’kyy |
2007 | 2009 | 20 |
16 hrs, 36 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Kolomyya
(09-010.24-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Kolomyya |
2003 | 2009 | 24 |
24 hrs, 39 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Korosten'
(09-010.25-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Korosten' |
2003 | 2003 | 4 |
3 hrs, 59 min |
Oral history, dialectology |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Korsun’-Shevchenkivs’kyy
(09-010.26-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Korsun’-Shevchenkivs’kyy |
2005 | 2005 | 8 |
7 hrs, 56 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Košice
(09-009.01-F) IUCAT |
Slovakia, Hungary |
Košice, Vaja |
2006 | 2006 | 7 |
7 hrs, 5 min |
Oral history
|
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Kotovs'k
(09-010.27-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Kotovs'k |
2004 | 2004 | 3 |
2 hrs, 37 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Kovel'
(09-010.28-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Kovel' |
2003 | 2003 | 4 |
4 hrs, 1 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
L'viv
(09-010.29-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
L'viv |
2003 | 2005 | 18 |
17 hrs, 56 min |
Oral history, personal narrative, Holocaust testimony |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Lipcani
(09-007.06-F) IUCAT |
Moldova |
Lipcani |
2005 | 2005 | 6 |
6 hrs, 9 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Luts'k
(09-010.30-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Luts'k |
2003 | 2007 | 6 |
6 hrs, 6 min |
Oral history, Holocaust testimony, religious customs, wedding customs, personal narrative, food customs, dialectology |
MiniDV (PAL), MiniDV (NTSC) |
Mihăileni
(09-008.07-F) IUCAT |
Romania, Ukraine |
Mihăileni, Chernivtsi |
2006 | 2007 | 3 |
2 hrs, 59 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Mohyliv-Podil’s’kyy
(09-010.31-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Mohyliv-Podil’s’kyy |
2003 | 2005 | 8 |
8 hrs, 7 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Mukacheve
(09-010.32-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Mukacheve |
2005 | 2005 | 8 |
8 hrs, 17 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Mykolayiv
(09-010.33-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Mykolayiv |
2008 | 2008 | 5 |
4 hrs, 15 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Rădăuţi
(09-008.10-F) IUCAT |
Romania |
Rădăuţi |
2003 | 2003 | 3 |
2 hrs, 40 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Rakhiv
(09-010.41-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Kolomyya, Rakhiv, Solotvyno |
2005 | 2005 | 3 |
3 hrs, 3 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Rîbniţa
(09-007.09-F) IUCAT |
Moldova |
Ribniţa |
2002 | 2002 | 5 |
4 hrs, 40 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Rivne
(09-010.42-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Rivne |
2003 | 2007 | 15 |
14 hrs, 25 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Săveni
(09-008.11-F) IUCAT |
Romania |
Săveni |
2003 | 2003 | 2 |
1 hrs, 48 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Sharhorod
(09-010.43-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Sharhorod, Bratslav, Shpykiv |
2002 | 2002 | 7 |
4 hrs, 39 min |
Oral history, religious customs, Holocaust testimony, dialectology, Yiddish song, food customs |
MiniDV (PAL) |
Shepetivka
(09-010.44-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Shepetivka |
2003 | 2003 | 3 |
2 hrs, 54 min |
Oral history, dialectology |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Shpykiv
(09-010.45-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Shpykiv |
2002 | 2002 | 3 |
2 hrs, 3 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Sighetu Marmaţiei
(09-008.12-F) IUCAT |
Romania |
Sighetu Marmaţiei |
2003 | 2003 | 2 |
1 hrs, 58 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Siret
(09-008.13-F) IUCAT |
Romania |
Siret |
2002 | 2002 | 3 |
2 hrs, 35 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Skvyra
(09-010.46-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Skvyra |
2008 | 2008 | 1 | 58 min | Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Slavuta
(09-010.47-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Slavuta |
2003 | 2007 | 6 |
5 hrs, 47 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Soroca
(09-007.10-F) IUCAT |
Moldova |
Soroca |
2005 | 2006 | 13 |
11 hrs, 30 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Starokostyantyniv
(09-010.48-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Starokostyantyniv |
2008 | 2009 | 5 |
4 hrs, 51 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Suceava
(09-008.14-F) IUCAT |
Romania |
Suceava |
2002 | 2002 | 1 | 35 min | Oral history
|
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Svalyava
(09-010.49-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Svalyava |
2005 | 2005 | 2 |
2 hrs, 4 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Teplyk
(09-010.50-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Teplyk |
2002 | 2002 | 9 |
5 hrs, 17 min |
Oral history, personal narrative, dialectology, Holocaust testimony |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Ternopil'
(09-010.51-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Bar, Ternopil', Kremenets |
2005 | 2005 | 4 |
3 hrs, 56 min |
Oral history, dialectology |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Bender
(09-007.11-F) IUCAT |
Moldova |
Bender (Tighina) |
2002 | 2002 | 9 |
7 hrs, 12 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Tomashpol'
(09-010.52-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Tomashpol' |
2003 | 2008 | 14 |
11 hrs, 48 min |
Oral history, dialectology, Holocaust testimony, food customs |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Tul'chyn
(09-010.53-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Tul'chyn |
2002 | 2009 | 25 |
21 hrs, 25 min |
Oral history, Holocaust testimony, religious customs, food customs, dialectology, Yiddish song |
MiniDV (PAL), MiniDV (NTSC) |
Uman'
(09-010.54-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Uman' |
2002 | 2008 | 9 |
7 hrs, 27 min |
Oral history, Holocaust testimony, Yiddish song, dialectology |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Uzhhorod
(09-010.55-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Uzhhorod |
2005 | 2005 | 7 |
7 hrs, 14 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Vaja
(09-006.03-F) IUCAT |
Hungary |
Vaja |
2006 | 2008 | 3 |
2 hrs, 52 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Vatra Dornei
(09-008.15-F) IUCAT |
Romania |
Vatra Dornei |
2003 | 2003 | 3 |
2 hrs, 23 min |
Oral history
|
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Vinnytsya
(09-010.56-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Vinnytsya |
2002 | 2008 | 21 |
17 hrs, 8 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Vynohradiv
(09-010.57-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Vynohradiv |
2005 | 2005 | 2 |
2 hrs, 6 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Zhmerynka
(09-010.58-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Zhmerynka |
2002 | 2002 | 3 |
1 hrs, 58 min |
Oral history, dialectology, Yiddish song, food customs, religious customs |
MiniDV (PAL) |
Zhovkva
(09-010.59-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Zhovkva |
2003 | 2003 | 2 |
2 hrs, 4 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Zhytomyr
(09-010.60-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Zhytomyr |
2002 | 2009 | 40 |
31 hrs, 36 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Balta
(09-010.01-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Balta |
2008 | 2008 | 11 |
8 hrs, 46 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Bălți
(09-007.01-F) IUCAT |
Moldova |
Bălți |
2005 | 2005 | 10 |
9 hrs, 22 min |
Oral history, Holocaust testimony, personal narrative |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Bar
(09-010.02-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Bar, Lityn |
2005 | 2005 | 3 |
3 hrs, 6 min |
Oral history, dialectology, personal narrative, religious customs, Holocaust testimony |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Bila Tserkva
(09-010.03-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Bila Tserkva |
2005 | 2005 | 5 |
4 hrs, 56 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Berdychiv
(09-010.04-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Berdychiv, Pechera |
2002 | 2009 | 26 |
21 hrs, 7 min |
Oral history, personal narrative, war narrative, dialectology, religious customs, wedding customs, food customs, Yiddish song, Hebrew prayer, Holocaust testimony |
MiniDV (PAL), MiniDV (NTSC) |
Berehove
(09-010.05-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Berehove, Khust |
2007 | 2007 | 4 |
3 hrs, 27 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Bershad'
(09-010.06-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Bershad', Odesa, Teplyk, Nemyriv, Uman' |
2002 | 2009 | 19 |
14 hrs, 36 min |
Oral history, Holocaust testimony, Yiddish song, religious customs, food customs, recipes, personal narrative, dialectology, Hebrew prayer, klezmer music, wedding customs |
MiniDV (PAL), MiniDV (NTSC) |
Bilhorod-Dnistrovs’kyy
(09-010.07-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Bilhorod-Dnistrovs’kyy |
2008 | 2008 | 2 |
1 hrs, 46 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Boryslav
(09-010.08-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Boryslav |
2007 | 2007 | 5 |
4 hrs, 4 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Botoșani
(09-008.01-F) IUCAT |
Romania, Ukraine |
Șofrîncani, Rădăuţi, Botoșani, Chernivtsi |
2006 | 2006 | 10 |
7 hrs, 58 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Bratslav
(09-010.09-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Bratslav, Uman’, Kopayhorod |
2002 | 2008 | 9 |
7 hrs, 35 min |
Oral history, Holocaust testimony, dialectology, food customs, Yiddish song, Hasidic nigunim (melodies) |
MiniDV (PAL), MiniDV (NTSC) |
Briceni
(09-007.02-F) IUCAT |
Moldova |
Briceni |
2005 | 2005 | 4 |
3 hrs, 54 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Budapest
(09-006.01-F) |
Hungary |
Budapest |
2006 | 2009 | 39 |
30 hrs, 22 min |
Oral history
|
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Călărași
(09-007.03-F) IUCAT |
Moldova |
Călărași |
2006 | 2006 | 1 |
1 hrs, 3 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Chernihiv
(09-010.10-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Chernihiv |
2003 | 2003 | 6 |
4 hrs, 49 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Chernivtsi
(09-010.11-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Chernivtsi, Edineț, Botoșani |
2003 | 2007 | 15 |
14 hrs, 38 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Chişinău
(09-007.04-F) IUCAT |
Moldova |
Chișinău |
2005 | 2006 | 49 |
43 hrs, 30 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Khmil'nyk
(09-010.12-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Khmil’nyk |
2008 | 2009 | 5 |
4 hrs, 43 min |
Oral history, religious customs, personal narrative, dialectology, Holocaust testimony |
MiniDV (PAL) |
Chortkiv
(09-010.13-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Chortkiv |
2005 | 2005 | 2 |
2 hrs, 6 min |
Oral history, dialectology |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Cluj-Napoca
(09-008.02-F) IUCAT |
Romania |
Cluj-Napoca |
2007 | 2008 | 19 |
16 hrs, 25 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Debrecen
(09-006.02-F) IUCAT |
Hungary |
Debrecen, Vaja |
2006 | 2008 | 12 |
9 hrs, 44 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Dorohoi
(09-008.03-F) IUCAT |
Romania |
Dorohoi, Săveni |
2007 | 2007 | 7 |
7 hrs, 12 min |
Oral history
|
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Drohobych
(09-010.14-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Drohobych |
2003 | 2007 | 7 |
7 hrs, 2 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Dubăsari
(09-007.05-F) IUCAT |
Moldova |
Dubăsari |
2002 | 2002 | 2 |
2 hrs, 6 min |
Oral history
|
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Khust
(09-010.22-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Khust, Uzhhorod |
2005 | 2005 | 6 |
6 hrs, 16 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Kyiv
(09-010.23-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Kyiv |
2002 | 2005 | 23 |
18 hrs, 20 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Nizhyn
(09-010.35-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Nizhyn |
2003 | 2003 | 2 |
1 hrs, 59 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Novoselytsya
(09-010.36-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Novoselytsya |
2009 | 2009 | 3 |
2 hrs, 2 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Ocna Șugatag
(09-008.08-F) IUCAT |
Romania |
Ocna Șugatag |
2003 | 2003 | 2 |
2 hrs, 2 min |
Oral history
|
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Odesa
(09-010.37-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Odesa |
2008 | 2008 | 13 |
11 hrs, 18 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Oradea
(09-008.09-F) IUCAT |
Romania |
Oradea, Cluj-Napoca |
2007 | 2008 | 11 |
9 hrs, 18 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Orhei
(09-007.07-F) IUCAT |
Moldova |
Orhei |
2006 | 2006 | 3 |
2 hrs, 23 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Ostroh
(09-010.38-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Ostroh |
2003 | 2003 | 1 |
1 hrs, 3 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Ovruch
(09-010.39-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Ovruch |
2003 | 2007 | 11 |
10 hrs, 47 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Peresecina
(09-007.08-F) IUCAT |
Moldova |
Peresecina |
2006 | 2006 | 1 |
1 hrs, 3 min |
Oral history |
MiniDV (NTSC) |
Polonne
(09-010.40-F) IUCAT |
Ukraine |
Polonne |
2003 | 2003 | 3 |
2 hrs, 49 min |
Oral history, commemoration, wedding customs, dialectology, religious customs, Yiddish song |
MiniDV (PAL) |
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