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Solomon Hershkovich

Onești or Bistrița (which of the two is not settled) 6 July 2008 Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler 5 min · 1 part on 1 tape uncertain
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  1. MDV 248 9:50–14:25 · 5 min · archive.org · a part of the tape
Passages

9:50

Hershkovich shares a Yiddish proverb and they discuss the memorial service.

From the machine transcript

The informants continue to speak of Grin as the last Yiddish speaker in town and his attendance at High Holiday services. They comment on his well-made tombstone. A proverb is mentioned and the memorial service is touched on, but the passage is fragmentary and hard to follow.

The transcript shows further talk of Grin and his tombstone.

11:16

The camera collects town footage of Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, particularly the synagogue and a memorial, commemorating the deportation of Jews to Auschwitz in 1944.

Footage during the war MDV 248 · MCO