Abram Davidovich Kaplan

born 1933 in Mohyliv-Podil's'kyy ("Mohyliv-Podil’s’kyy" in the catalogue) · recorded in Lipcani, Mohyliv-Podil's'kyy, Kam'yanets'-Podil's'kyy, 2003, 2005

6 recordings · 366 minutes · 46 min of questionnaire · 17 min of singing

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Moisei Lemster, Dovid Katz · recorded together with Maria Leibovna Kleyman, Arkadii Isaakovich Gelman, Tsilia Borisovna Khaiut

Conversations 4 ▶ play all in order

Each line is one conversation with Kaplan, 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.

• 2003-05-18
  ▶ Kam'yanets'-Podil's'kyy · 2.9 h proposed

  MDV 461 · MDV 462 · MDV 463 (3 tapes) · with Arkadii Isaakovich Gelman
• 2003-05-19
  ▶ Mohyliv-Podil's'kyy · 1.5 h proposed

  MDV 581 · MDV 582 0:00–28:35 (2 tapes)
• 2005-12-13
  ▶ Mohyliv-Podil's'kyy · 19 min proposed

  MDV 185 0:00–18:52
• 2005-12-13
  ▶ Mohyliv-Podil's'kyy · 2.0 h

  MDV 584 · MDV 585 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

19 questions put to Kaplan. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 581 11:28
  meaning of a guter yid — the meaning of 'א גוטער ייד' (a good Jew)
• MDV 581 14:16
  whether there were Litvaks — whether there were Litvaks (Lithuanian Jews)
• MDV 581 22:29
  which school he attended
• MDV 581 24:23
  meaning of dibek — the meaning of 'דיביק' (dybbuk)
• MDV 581 26:40
  mouse (мышь) — the Yiddish word for мышка (mouse)
• MDV 581 28:25
  groats (крупа) — the Yiddish word for крупа (groats)
• MDV 581 28:35
  skin (кожа) — the Yiddish word for кожа (leather or skin)
• MDV 581 29:08
  big mouse — the word for a big mouse
• MDV 582 2:51
  biographical — father's name
• MDV 582 3:12
  mother's name
• MDV 582 4:49
  father's birthplace
• MDV 582 7:01
  paternal grandfather's name
• MDV 582 9:29
  siblings
• MDV 582 9:53
  brother's name
• MDV 582 28:25
  builds (строит) — Yiddish for 'builds'
• MDV 584 0:34
  father's work — his father's work
• MDV 584 5:51
  memories of Chanukah
• MDV 584 6:49
  memories of Purim
• MDV 584 36:39
  whether non-Jews spoke Yiddish — whether there were non-Jews who spoke Yiddish