Ilia (Elye) Zelmanovich Kramer

born 1927 in Berezdiv ("Berezdov" in the catalogue) two sources agree · recorded in Khmel'nyts'kyy, 2008

1 recording · 29 minutes · 25 min of questionnaire

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Moisei Lemster

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Kramer, 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.

• 2008-05-26
  ▶ Khmel'nyts'kyy · 28 min

  MDV 476

Topics

Questionnaire

40 questions put to Kramer. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 476 0:32
  belly (живот) — Yiddish word for stomach/belly
• MDV 476 2:26
  pigeon (голубь) — Yiddish word for dove/pigeon
• MDV 476 2:39
  wife/woman (жена) — Yiddish word for wife/woman
• MDV 476 3:06
  gray-haired (седой) — Yiddish word for gray-haired
• MDV 476 3:22
  sour (кислый) — Yiddish word for sour
• MDV 476 4:09
  to build (a construi (RO)) — Yiddish verb for 'to build'
• MDV 476 4:53
  hunger (голод) — Yiddish word for hunger
• MDV 476 5:31
  cross (крест) — Yiddish word for cross
• MDV 476 5:37
  ear (ухо) — Yiddish word for ear
• MDV 476 5:59
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — Yiddish word for deaf
• MDV 476 6:44
  bread (хлеб) — Yiddish word for bread
• MDV 476 7:36
  my head hurts (голова болит) — Yiddish sentence for 'my head hurts'
• MDV 476 8:37
  near (близко) — Yiddish word for close/near
• MDV 476 10:05
  store (магазин) — Yiddish word for store
• MDV 476 10:05
  church (церковь) — Yiddish word for church
• MDV 476 10:54
  he ran away from the Germans (он убежал от немцев) — Yiddish for 'he ran away from the Germans'
• MDV 476 11:38
  barely walks (еле-еле ходит) — Yiddish for 'he barely walks'
• MDV 476 13:15
  grandmother (бабушка) — Yiddish word for grandmother
• MDV 476 13:27
  well (колодец) — Yiddish word for well
• MDV 476 13:45
  flowers (цветы) — Yiddish word for flowers
• MDV 476 15:07
  spoke with mother (разговаривал с мамой) — Yiddish for 'spoke with mother'
• MDV 476 15:21
  street (улица) — Yiddish word for street
• MDV 476 15:56
  thousand (тысяча) — Yiddish word for thousand
• MDV 476 16:08
  vodka (водка) — Yiddish word for vodka
• MDV 476 16:09
  one and a half (полтора) — Yiddish word for one and a half
• MDV 476 16:46
  all people (все люди) — Yiddish for 'all people'
• MDV 476 17:15
  I was at father's (я был у отца) — Yiddish for 'I was at father's'
• MDV 476 17:25
  on this street live only Jews (на этой улице живут одни евреи) — Yiddish for 'on this street live only Jews'
• MDV 476 17:43
  I don't know whether he knows or not (не знаю, знает ли он или нет) — Yiddish for 'I don't know if he knows or not'
• MDV 476 17:57
  will you come or not (ты придешь или нет) — Yiddish for 'will you come or not'
• MDV 476 18:19
  such (такие) — which form for 'such': azelkhe, a zetike, or a zoyne
• MDV 476 18:28
  pleasant (приятно) — which form: eyngenen or angenen
• MDV 476 18:58
  then (тогда) — which form for 'then': demolt or yemolt
• MDV 476 20:54
  mistake (ошибка) — which form for 'error': toes, toes, or toes (vowel variation)
• MDV 476 21:20
  ceiling (потолок) — Yiddish word for ceiling
• MDV 476 21:45
  fence (забор) — Yiddish word for fence
• MDV 476 23:16
  what tsure means — what does 'tsure' mean
• MDV 476 23:30
  much/many (много) — Yiddish word for 'a lot'
• MDV 476 24:00
  many people (много людей) — Yiddish for 'many people'
• MDV 476 24:01
  plural of enemy (mult dușman)