Mariia Moshkovna Groisburg

born in Berdychiv ("Berdychiv in 1906" in the catalogue) · recorded in Zhytomyr, 2003

2 recordings · 121 minutes · 14 min of questionnaire · 10 min of singing

Interviewed by Dovid Katz, Dov-Ber Kerler · recorded together with Lazar Eilovich Burshtein

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Groisburg, whichever tapes carry it; ▶ opens it with its own player, which runs through its parts in sequence. The tape links play from that point on the tape's page.

• 2003-05-23
  ▶ Zhytomyr · 2.1 h

  MDV 622 · MDV 798 (2 tapes) · with Lazar Eilovich Burshtein

Topics

Questionnaire

15 questions put to Groisburg. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 622 1:25
  vodka (водка)
• MDV 622 1:34
  thank you (спасибо) — how to say 'thank you' in their Yiddish
• MDV 622 6:16
  greeting at night
• MDV 622 6:47
  thank you (спасибо)
• MDV 622 6:57
  mouse (мышь) — mouse (diminutive)
• MDV 622 7:16
  I have no luck (мне не везёт)
• MDV 622 7:26
  belly (живот) — stomach
• MDV 622 7:28
  house (дом)
• MDV 622 7:31
  another word for house
• MDV 622 8:12
  groats (крупа)
• MDV 622 8:32
  skin (кожа) — skin (of person, not leather)
• MDV 798 0:04
  cross (крест) — Yiddish word for 'cross' (religious symbol worn by non-Jews)
• MDV 798 2:01
  unclear word — Yiddish word for 'word'
• MDV 798 2:13
  ladder (лестница) — Yiddish word for 'ladder/stairs'
• MDV 798 3:33
  cross (крест) — Yiddish word for 'cross' (repeated question)