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Alfred Benovich Schreier

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  1. MDV 386 0:00–8:38 · 9 min · not online — MCO · a part of the tape
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The first part of the recording is a continuation of a formal interview with Alfred Benovich Schreier, in Yiddish recorded in Drogobych. (Part 3 of 3. See Accession # 09-010.14-F MDV 432 and MDV 433). Schreier presents recordings of him. He then addresses postwar Jewish life in Drogobych. Schreier, Alfred Benovich. Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Moisei Lemster. 6/8/2007. Ukraine, L'vivs'ka Oblast', Drohobych.

after the war Local Jewish history MDV 386 · MCO
From the machine transcript

Kerler explains the interview's purpose as an archive of earlier Jewish life. Schreier mentions the recordings made with him and says he was asked about Bruno Schulz. Kerler asks whether Jews survived in Drohobych after the war. Schreier says they emigrated or died, and then turns to Polish tangos he sings and a film soundtrack.

Bruno Schulz and the question about surviving Jews are mentioned.

2:18

Schreier plays a recording of himself singing a Polish tango. Schreier, Alfred Benovich. Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Moisei Lemster. 6/8/2007. Ukraine, L'vivs'ka Oblast', Drohobych.

From the machine transcript

Recordings of songs and film music play back, with Polish and Ukrainian lyrics, while Schreier and others comment. The transcript is heavily garbled with Russian subtitle fragments.

6:34

The team concludes the interview with Schreier and he shows announcements of his performances. Schreier, Alfred Benovich. Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Moisei Lemster. 6/8/2007. Ukraine, L'vivs'ka Oblast', Drohobych.

7:36

The research team collects town footage of Drogobych. 6/8/2007. Ukraine, L'vivs'ka Oblast', Drohobych.

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