Eugen Grunfeld (Menakhem Yehuda)

born 1920 in Zau de Câmpie ("Zau Mures" in the catalogue) two sources agree · recorded in Cluj-Napoca, Onești, Bistrița, 2007, 2008

7 recordings · 324 minutes · 48 min of questionnaire · 18 min of singing

Also written: Eugen (Menakhem Yehuda) Grunfeld; Grunfeld

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Moisei Lemster · recorded together with Binyomin Miller, Eugen Kraus, Solomon Hershkovich

Conversations 6 ▶ play all in order

Each line is one conversation with Grunfeld, 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.

• 2007-06-04
  ▶ Cluj-Napoca · 2.1 h

  MDV 233 · MDV 234 (2 tapes)
• 2008-06-06
  ▶ Cluj-Napoca · 68 min proposed

  MDV 249 · MDV 250 0:00–6:10 (2 tapes) · with Eugen Kraus
• 2008-06-06
  ▶ Cluj-Napoca · 8 min two sources agree

  MDV 250 53:01–1:00:40 · with Eugen Kraus
• 2008-06-06
  ▶ Cluj-Napoca · 4 min uncertain

  MDV 250 6:10–10:07 · with Eugen Kraus
• 2008-06-06
  ▶ Cluj-Napoca · 3 min uncertain

  MDV 251 5:32–8:49 · with Eugen Kraus
• 2008-07-06
  ▶ Cluj-Napoca · 21 min proposed

  MDV 247 0:00–21:06

Topics

Questionnaire

26 questions put to Grunfeld. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 234 0:36
  please (пожалуйста) — how to say 'please' in Yiddish
• MDV 234 1:00
  thank you (спасибо) — how to say 'thank you' in Yiddish
• MDV 234 1:30
  mouse (мышь) — 'mouse' in Yiddish
• MDV 234 2:24
  pigeon (голубь) — 'dove/pigeon' in Yiddish
• MDV 234 2:43
  house (дом) — 'house' in Yiddish
• MDV 234 2:46
  window (окно) — 'window' in Yiddish
• MDV 234 3:58
  to build a house (строить дом) — 'to build a house' in Yiddish
• MDV 234 6:33
  quickly (быстро) — 'quickly' in Yiddish
• MDV 234 9:49
  I like him (он мне нравится) — 'he pleases me' (correct case for pronoun)
• MDV 234 13:33
  little ladder (лесенка) — 'ladder' in Yiddish
• MDV 234 15:42
  my head hurts (голова болит) — 'my head hurts' in Yiddish (word order)
• MDV 234 16:26
  from there (оттуда) — 'from there' in Yiddish
• MDV 234 17:35
  teeth (зубы) — 'teeth' in Yiddish
• MDV 234 20:00
  you are young (ты молод) — 'you are young' (confirmation of form)
• MDV 234 20:08
  you are right (ты прав) — 'you are right' in Yiddish
• MDV 234 21:34
  midwife (акушерка) — 'midwife' in Yiddish
• MDV 234 24:43
  I go in the street — 'I go in the street' (preposition choice)
• MDV 234 27:02
  street (улица) — 'street' in Yiddish
• MDV 234 27:45
  one and a half (полтора) — 'one and a half' in Yiddish
• MDV 234 30:14
  face (лицо) — 'face' in Yiddish
• MDV 234 33:35
  enemy (враг) — 'enemy' in Yiddish
• MDV 247 2:15
  cemetery (кладбище)
• MDV 247 2:51
  what language was spoken at home (Welche Sprache hat man in der Heimat gehört?)
• MDV 247 4:29
  what Romanians were called — what Romanians were called in Yiddish (Romanian or something else)
• MDV 249 1:25
  honest (честный) — how to say 'honest'
• MDV 249 3:10
  meaning of a guter yid — what does 'a guter yid' mean