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AHEYM-2013-010 · Oradea

Oradea (Nagyvarad in the project's index) 2013-05-16 11 min · 4 stretches · 1 questions about words Yiddish 74% Hungarian 26%

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Summary

Camera-track fragment from the Nagyvarad session of 16 May 2013 with an elderly woman living alone, who is visited by Kerler and a team. It opens with her reluctance about being filmed and with the date, which is her birthday, then moves to small talk about America and Budapest. She also speaks about her loneliness, her failing hearing and sight, her relatives in Israel and Los Angeles, and her paid helper. There is little structured interview and no questions about words.

Stretches

00:00–03:08

A Hungarian-speaking woman objects to being in the film. Kerler and the informant then establish the date, 16 May, which is the informant's birthday. The informant complains of deafness and bad eyes, asks where Kerler lives, and mentions a friend in Ohio (?) whose children are in San Francisco.

Informal life today Life today · Ohio (?), San Francisco, Israel

03:08–05:56

The informant, partly in Hungarian, says she has cleaned her flat and her hands are stiff. She asks why Kerler came back, since no Jews are left. She says her relatives are gone and that she was phoned from Israel the day before by her sister-in-law. A niece in Los Angeles is expecting a third child, and the family plans to return to Israel in June.

05:55–07:17

Kerler says they came the day before from Budapest, where he also does interviews. He mentions having had to fly on three planes. The informant mentions fear among Jews and unrest nearby.

Informal life today · Budapest

07:13–10:40

Asked by Kerler to tell something, the informant says she has not left the flat for over a year. She describes the care she takes of her home, mentions a Romanian-speaking helper whom she pays, and says her friends have died in Israel, America and Hungary. Only two or three people phone her. The recording ends with talk between S2 and the others about money and payment, with Kerler again asking her to tell more.

Questions about words

  • 00:26
    What is today's date? — today's date