MDV 716 | Ukraine, Vinnytsya, Tul'chyn | AHEYM

Описание: May 19, 2003. Ukraine, Vinnyts'ka Oblast', Tul'chyn. The tape is a continuation of a formal interview with Donia Shoilevna Presler. (Part 2 of 2. See MDV 715) The conversation is about Yiddish language. Presler then talks about her prewar Jewish education and her family’s living situation during and after the war. In particular, she talks about the working conditions during Soviet times. The conversation moves to discussing Jewish holiday celebrations mixed with dialectological questions. She talks about special dishes for the Sabbath, Hanukkah, and other Jewish holidays. She also discusses recipes of gefilte fish and other dishes. The tape continues briefly with a couple of dialectological questions. The tape concludes with footage of an old oven and other parts of Presler's house in Tul’chyn. Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Dovid Katz.

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Topics and timestamps (abridged catalogue descriptions):
00:00 Presler shows the team family photographs, before she reads a Yiddish excerpt. She also discusses the…
02:28 Presler speaks about her life before the war, specifically her education at a Yiddish school for four…
07:37 Presler speaks about her education and work after the war. She attended a night school to finish ten grades…
13:22 Presler talks about antisemitism in Tulchyn before and after the war.
15:27 Presler briefly speaks about her life in the Pechera concentration camp during the war. She then talks…
17:30 Presler speaks about the living conditions in the Tulchyn ghetto during the war and describes how her…
23:23 Presler talks about her mother's cooking and baking for holidays. She describes how her mother used the…
27:24 Presler speaks about holiday food customs, particularly for Shavuot, Hanukkah and Passover.
31:56 Presler shares her recipe for potato kugel.
35:22 Presler shares her recipes for malai (corn meal cake) and Mămăligă (maize flour porridge). Presler also…
41:47 Presler shares her gefilte fish recipe. She also explains cooking terms.
48:46 Presler dialectological questions from the AHEYM Yiddish linguistic questionnaire. Presler then shows the…
52:49 Presler then gives a tour of her house and garden, before the team concludes the interview with her. She…

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