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Dora (Dvoyre) Iosifovna Yatskova

Bratslav 24 May 2008 Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Moisei Lemster 15 min · 1 part on 1 tape proposed
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  1. MDV 398 0:00–14:56 · 15 min · not online — MCO · a part of the tape
Passages

0:00

Yatskova talks in Russian about prewar culture in Odesa. She then talks about her family. Her aunt worked at a cinema.

From the machine transcript

In Russian with some Yiddish, Yatskova describes the Jewish theatre, Russian theatre and operetta on a street in Odesa, which she attended free of charge. She says she would like to go to Odesa to see where people were shot, but no longer has the strength. She also discusses relatives' inquiries about the fate of family there, and Kerler ends by asking the Yiddish word for cemetery. Kerler mentions an aunt who worked at a cinema.

adds her wish to visit the Odesa graves of those shot and the question about relatives' fate

2:10

Yatskova speaks about contemporary visitors, who visit the local Jewish cemeteries.Yatskova gives tours. The camera briefly collects footage of her house outside.

From the machine transcript

Kerler and Yatskova discuss the Yiddish term for a cemetery. In Russian she says she visits the cemetery often and lays flowers or stones, and that Hasidim who come from Israel know her. She gives directions to the Polish and Jewish cemeteries on the road to Vinnytsia.

adds the Yiddish word for cemetery, the Hasidic visitors and the directions to the Vinnytsia cemeteries

4:38

The camera cuts to the old Bratslav Jewish cemetery and collects footage.

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From the machine transcript

Footage of the old Bratslav Jewish cemetery. Kerler reads Hebrew gravestone inscriptions aloud, works out dates from the letters, and speculates about a woman's grave and about a rabbi's daughter or saintly woman. He mentions names including Yisroel Meir, Menachem Mendel and a Rabbi Mordechai. Other voices comment briefly.

10:00

The tream travels to the new Bratslav Jewish cemetery, while the camera collects town footage of Bratslav.

Footage MDV 398 · MCO
From the machine transcript

The team travels to the new Bratslav Jewish cemetery while the camera films the town. Speech is largely garbled Russian and looping Yiddish, with a mention of a Yankl Shapira (?) and a remark that the place has benches and a good monument.

11:24

The team arrives and visits tzadikims' (Jewish righteous) graves. The camera then collects footage of the cemetery.

From the machine transcript

The team visits the graves of Hasidic tzadikim. Kerler and the other interviewer talk about notes (kvitlekh) left at graves and about lighting candles, and Russian remarks mention that candles and notes are not allowed but a toast is. The camera then records the cemetery.