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AHEYM-2017-017 · Hen, Józef

Warsaw (Varshe in the project's index) 2017-06-12 3 min · 2 stretches Yiddish 21% Polish 61% English 18%

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Summary

A very short camera-track file (under three minutes) from the Warsaw session of 12 June 2017 with Józef Hen. It is mostly in Polish, with some English greeting remarks at the start and a few Yiddish words. Hen speaks about freedom and justice and a text he read in Russia, and the talk ends on the subject of Russia and being born there. The file begins and ends mid-conversation.

Stretches

00:00–00:39

Opening greetings in English, with someone saying how nice it is to meet him and praising him as a great and the best Polish writer. The speaker is unclear.

Informal

00:39–02:52

Hen speaks in Polish about freedom and justice, saying he remembers a text he read in Russia, not in Moscow. A herring and bread are also mentioned, and Ukraine is named. S2 and Hen then talk about their link to Russia and about being born there. Kerler answers with a Russian phrase about Mother Russia and short Yiddish agreements.

Personal information Jewish identity and attitudes · Russia, Moscow, Ukraine, Poland

Series: June 12 copy
Recorded: 2017-06-12, Warsaw
Interviewee: Hen, Józef
Kind: conversational · prompts in Yiddish
Transcript: non-Yiddish (Polish) class, 357 words

Speakers, as the transcript identifies them

Józef Heninformant
Speaks mostly Polish; says he read something in Russia and (per the English line) was born in Russia. The English lines at the start seem to be a visitor's praise of him as a great Polish writer, but they are unclear.
S2other
A second voice, speaking Polish and English; says he was born in Russia (02:27). Possibly a team member or companion, unclear.
KERLERinterviewer
Interjects short agreements in Yiddish and says one phrase in Russian (about Mother Russia).
UNKother
Unassigned voice overlapping with the others; its words are unclear.

The interviewer's practice

Kerler only interjects short agreements in this stretch and puts no questions.

Notes on the transcript

Mostly Polish, with English and Russian remarks; the Yiddish lines are largely noise. The recording is a brief fragment of a longer session and describes the scene only roughly.

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