Semyon Semyonovich Krotsh

born 1922 in Ștefănești ("Stefanesti" in the catalogue) proposed · recorded in Kolomyya, Popel'nyky, Novoselytsya, 2005, 2007, 2009

12 recordings · 733 minutes · 78 min of questionnaire · 108 min of singing

Also written: Seymon Semyonovich Krotsh

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger, Dovid Katz, Moisei Lemster, Margot Valles · recorded together with David Abramovich Vider

Conversations 4 ▶ play all in order

Each line is one conversation with Krotsh, 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.

• 2005-07-02
  ▶ Kolomyya · 4.2 h

  MDV 521 · MDV 522 · MDV 523 · MDV 524 (4 tapes)
• 2005-07-02 – 2005-07-03
  ▶ Kolomyya or Popel'nyky · 2.4 h two sources agree

  MDV 527 41:42–1:02:02 · MDV 528 · MDV 529 (3 tapes) · with David Abramovich Vider
• 2007-05-30
  ▶ Kolomyya · 2.1 h

  MDV 532 · MDV 533 (2 tapes)
• 2009-06-07
  ▶ Novoselytsya or Kolomyya · 3.0 h proposed

  MDV 535 · MDV 536 · MDV 537 (3 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

57 questions put to Krotsh. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 522 0:09
  meaning of a gut ort — what 'a gut ort' means
• MDV 522 0:31
  non-Jewish cemetery — term for non-Jewish cemetery
• MDV 522 0:47
  meaning of a guter yid — what 'a guter yid' means
• MDV 522 3:28
  give me please this book (дайте мне пожалуйста эту книгу) — 'give me please this book'
• MDV 522 3:54
  thank you (спасибо) — 'thank you'
• MDV 522 4:09
  small mouse — how to say 'a small mouse' (mishke)
• MDV 522 5:17
  belly (живот) — 'belly/stomach'
• MDV 522 5:20
  house (дом) — 'house'
• MDV 522 5:25
  what a hoyz means — what 'a hoyz' means
• MDV 522 6:08
  groats (крупа) — 'groats/kasha'
• MDV 522 6:35
  skin (кожа) — 'I cut my skin'
• MDV 524 0:21
  to offend/run away (обижать) — Yiddish equivalent of 'to offend'
• MDV 524 0:24
  to talk with mother (разговаривать с мамой) — 'to talk with mother'
• MDV 524 0:35
  street (улица) — 'street'
• MDV 524 0:52
  honest (честный) — Yiddish equivalent of 'honest'
• MDV 524 1:01
  pious (набожный) — Yiddish equivalent of 'pious/devout'
• MDV 524 1:35
  cross (крест) — Yiddish word for 'cross' (Christian symbol)
• MDV 524 1:44
  well (колодец) — 'well'
• MDV 524 1:59
  to cross oneself (перекреститься) — Yiddish equivalent of 'to cross oneself'
• MDV 524 2:03
  potato (картошка) — 'potato'
• MDV 524 2:19
  Christian (христианин) — Yiddish word for 'Christian'
• MDV 524 2:33
  my head hurts (голова болит) — Yiddish sentence for 'head hurts'
• MDV 524 2:38
  my head hurts (голова болит) — Yiddish sentence for 'my head hurts'
• MDV 524 2:55
  from where (откуда) — Yiddish equivalent of 'from where'
• MDV 524 3:05
  from there (оттуда) — Yiddish equivalent of 'from there'
• MDV 524 3:13
  store (магазин) — 'store'
• MDV 524 3:26
  I ask you (я прошу вас) — Yiddish equivalent of 'I ask you/please'
• MDV 524 3:31
  flowerbed (клумба с цветами) — Yiddish word for 'flowerbed'
• MDV 524 3:36
  very needed (очень нужен) — '(I) need (him) very much'
• MDV 524 4:28
  all people (все люди) — 'all people'
• MDV 524 4:55
  twenty (двадцать) — Yiddish for 'twenty'
• MDV 524 5:00
  you are young (ты молод) — Yiddish sentence for 'you are young'
• MDV 524 5:09
  you are right (ты прав) — Yiddish sentence for 'you are right' (singular)
• MDV 524 5:14
  you (pl.) are right (вы правы) — Yiddish sentence for 'you are right' (plural)
• MDV 524 5:24
  I was there (я был там) — Yiddish sentence for 'I was there'
• MDV 524 5:42
  I was at father's (я был у отца) — 'I was at (my) father's'
• MDV 524 5:47
  I sat at the table (я сидел за столом) — 'I sat at the table'
• MDV 524 5:55
  on this street live only Jews (на этой улице живут одни евреи) — 'On this street live only Jews'
• MDV 524 6:00
  this is another story (это другая история) — 'That's another story'
• MDV 524 6:04
  go there (иди туда) — Yiddish for 'go there'
• MDV 524 6:17
  don't cry (не плачь) — Yiddish for 'don't cry'
• MDV 524 6:20
  to pray (молиться) — Yiddish for 'to pray'
• MDV 524 6:44
  grandmother (бабушка) — Yiddish for 'grandmother'
• MDV 524 6:54
  unclear — unclear (seems about 'the next day' or similar)
• MDV 524 7:14
  attic (чердак) — 'attic'
• MDV 524 7:54
  will you come or not (ты придешь или нет) — 'will you come or not'
• MDV 524 9:07
  probably (наверное) — 'probably'
• MDV 524 9:20
  fence (забор) — 'fence'
• MDV 524 9:49
  ceiling (потолок) — 'ceiling'
• MDV 524 10:15
  what children threw on Tisha b'Av — what children threw on Tisha B'Av (burrs)
• MDV 524 11:41
  back (назад) — 'let's go back'
• MDV 524 11:57
  room (комната) — 'rooms'
• MDV 524 12:09
  someone (кто-то) — 'someone (came)'
• MDV 524 12:24
  suddenly (вдруг) — 'suddenly'
• MDV 524 13:58
  plural of vogn — plural of 'וואגן' (wagon)
• MDV 537 1:47
  meaning of frumer — what 'a frumer' means
• MDV 537 2:28
  honest person (честный человек (honest person)) — confirmation of 'an honest person'