Arrival at the synagogue in Berehove. The team arrives in Berehove at the synagogue, and greets Vilk Hodinger and Efraim (Efrayim) Berkovich
The team arrives at the synagogue in Berehove and greets two men. The talk is brief and garbled and touches on a woman from America who asked that her telephone number be passed on, and on going into the synagogue.
Tour of synagogue. The team enters the synagogue and Hodinger gives them a tour. He provides personal information on himself and Berkovich. Berkovich was born in Berehove and Hodinger, born in Vynohradiv, moved there fifty years ago.
Inside the synagogue the men talk about the many former synagogues in Berehove and say they are Orthodox Ashkenazi. One says he is from Seliš (Vynohradiv) and has lived in Berehove for about fifty years, while the other is a Berehove native. They discuss how few Jews remain, the minyan, and the absence of women singers. Kerler and Lemster ask about languages spoken (Yiddish, Hungarian, Russian, Czech, English), about nearby Jewish villages and Yiddish speakers, and about the Hesed.
adds the discussion of languages spoken, nearby Yiddish speakers and the Hesed
Berkovich's family and potential interviewees. Berkovich lived in America for thirty-five years. His son lives there. He returned to Berehove because his wife fell ill three years ago. In America, he worked as a carpenter. They also discuss potential interviewees, and potential Yiddish-speakers in the region.
A man in the synagogue says he lived about thirty-five years in New Jersey, where he worked as a carpenter, and has been back in Berehove for three years. He has a son in America and says his wife was ill. Kerler suggests setting up two cameras to interview each man separately. They also discuss a woman in Seliš who might be found.
adds the carpenter's work, his son in America and the plan for two interviews
The camera cuts to the beginning of a formal interview with Hodinger. Hodinger provides information on potential interviewees and some personal information in Russian. Hodinger was born in Vynohradiv and spent his childhood years there until the beginning of World War II.
Kerler and the others discuss a possible Yiddish-speaking interviewee, a Mrs. Neiman (?), and phone numbers for her and for Perele. Hodinger recalls a film made in Berehove. In Russian, Hodinger gives personal information: his name Vilk Shimonovich, his birth in Vynohradiv in 1928, and his address and phone number in Berehove.
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Interview begins. Hodinger was born in Vynohradiv and spent his childhood years there until the beginning of World War II. He then briefly describes the arrival of the Germans and Hungarians. He was imprisoned in the Vynohradiv ghetto for two months before he was sent to Auschwitz in 1944. He was 16 years old at the time.
Hodinger says he is from Vynohradiv (Seliš) and lived there until 1944, when the Germans and Hungarians came. He was in the ghetto for two months, from Passover to Shavuot, at age sixteen, and then taken to Auschwitz. He recalls Mengele at the selection and how he narrowly escaped death twice, and describes his fear and his heart pounding at night.
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