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Khariton Berman's son

Bila Tserkva 24 June 2005 Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger, Dovid Katz 21 min · 1 part on 1 tape proposed
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Passages

2:32

The first stop is at a building, which was used as a Talmud Torah school before the war and as a synagogue during the war.

Tour before the warduring the war Religious educationSynagogue and prayer MDV 542 · MCO
From the machine transcript

At a building on the tour, a remark that there is nothing of interest inside: it now houses an arts center with clubs. Attention then turns to a nearby large synagogue, called the great synagogue.

The transcript shows the building is now an arts center with clubs and that talk moves on to the great synagogue; it does not mention a Talmud Torah.

3:06

The camera collects town footage of Bila Tserkva on the way to the next stop, the Great Synagogue.

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4:52

They stop at the former Great Synagogue and the camera collects outside footage.

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From the machine transcript

Outside the former great synagogue the group discusses which synagogue is which, including a second one called the merchants' synagogue (?). They remark that there is little to see inside and that the old buildings have been rebuilt. Kerler says old houses are also being recorded, and there is brief chat about the filming.

7:21

The team is back in the van and the camera collects footage on the way to a former home of Sholem Aleichem.

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From the machine transcript

Short fragmentary exchange in the van, with a few words about a name and about cassettes.

8:18

They arrive at the former home of Sholem Aleichem, which has a plaque identifying the house. Berman’s son talks about how one wooden white prayer house survived the fire.

From the machine transcript

At the stop the speakers say that a classic writer, whose name the transcript does not give, once lived on this spot. They discuss a former Jewish center and market area and the Polish and Yiddish names for a gate or town (brama; Yiddish 'bromk'(?)). They also discuss a town of wooden houses and an old white monastery or church that burned down, which explains the name of Bila Tserkva ('white church').

The transcript does not name Sholem Aleichem or a plaque. It shows a discussion of the Jewish center, a place name and the burned white monastery or church, which is not the prayer house in the catalogue entry.

10:29

The team returns to the van and the collects footage on the way to the next stop.

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13:15

They arrive at the grave of the Chernobyl rebbe.

From the machine transcript

The group arrives at a burial site and discusses where to film. The transcript is very garbled, with Russian remarks about a place where someone is buried and a military unit. Nothing in it identifies the Chernobyl rebbe.

15:32

The team travels in the van, leaving Bila Tserkva on the way to Korsun.

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From the machine transcript

Travel in the van, apparently out of Bila Tserkva, with scattered fragments of conversation. Some English lines sound like texting, and there are brief remarks about a New Year and about the names of towns. The content is largely unclear.