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cemetery caretaker

Bratslav 24 May 2008 Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Moisei Lemster 17 min · 1 part on 1 tape proposed
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  1. MDV 398 14:56–31:29 · 17 min · not online — MCO · a part of the tape
Passages

14:56

The team speaks with the caretaker, who provides information on locals.

From the machine transcript

The cemetery caretaker, speaking Russian, shows the team around and gives information about local graves. He mentions a mill owner named Soliterman (?) who was shot, the graves of Nathan and Nachman's Bratslav disciples, and the tourists and Hasidim who come, including large crowds at Rosh Hashanah on the way to Uman and Mezhybizh. He also points out the grave of Kupershmid (?) and his family, a man who saved Jews in the war, vandals taking bricks from graves, and the few Jews still in Bratslav, including an old man David Geller (?) and a woman Kelmenson, whom he suggests the team visit.

adds the caretaker's account of pilgrims, individual graves, the remaining Jews and the directions to Kelmenson's house

30:00

The team heads back to the van. The camera continues to collect footage.

Footage MDV 398 · MCO
From the machine transcript

The team heads back to the van; the camera keeps running. There is a brief exchange about paying the caretaker for his help and about mud and puddles.