Simeon (Shimen) Leichtner

born 1922 in Ocna Șugatag ("Ocna Sugatag" in the catalogue) · recorded in Ocna Șugatag, 2007

2 recordings · 120 minutes · 33 min of questionnaire · 3 min of singing

Also written: Simeon Leichtner

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Moisei Lemster

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Leichtner, 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.

• 2007-06-06
  ▶ Ocna Șugatag · 2.0 h

  MDV 284 · MDV 285 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

37 questions put to Leichtner. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 284 0:53
  what was eaten on Hanukkah
• MDV 285 0:21
  greeting — other greetings
• MDV 285 0:58
  mouse (мышь)
• MDV 285 1:05
  small mouse — small mouse (diminutive)
• MDV 285 1:09
  belly (живот)
• MDV 285 1:26
  window (окно)
• MDV 285 1:33
  windowpane — windowpane (the glass part of a window)
• MDV 285 1:56
  blue (синий)
• MDV 285 2:00
  pigeon (голубь) — pigeon/dove
• MDV 285 2:28
  deaf (глухой (deaf)) — deaf person
• MDV 285 2:28
  grey (серый) — gray
• MDV 285 2:30
  meaning of a gut ort — what does 'a gut ort' (a good place) mean
• MDV 285 3:29
  meaning of a guter yid — what does 'a guter yid' (a good Jew) mean
• MDV 285 3:49
  meaning of word — what the word means
• MDV 285 4:36
  will you come or not (ты придешь или нет) — translation of Russian sentence 'will you come or not'
• MDV 285 5:20
  to breathe (дышать)
• MDV 285 7:06
  I like very much (мне очень нравится) — I like him/her very much
• MDV 285 7:15
  he ran away from the Germans (он убежал от немцев) — he fled from the Germans
• MDV 285 7:53
  honest (честный)
• MDV 285 9:31
  my head hurts (голова болит)
• MDV 285 9:55
  bed (кровать)
• MDV 285 10:39
  brandy — brandy/spirit
• MDV 285 11:13
  thousand (тысяча) — a thousand
• MDV 285 13:36
  midwife (акушерка)
• MDV 285 14:46
  on the street (по этой улице)
• MDV 285 15:17
  on the street (по этой улице) — on this street
• MDV 285 16:27
  flowers (цветы)
• MDV 285 16:32
  store (магазин) — store/warehouse
• MDV 285 21:29
  I was at father's (я был у отца) — at father's (case/preposition)
• MDV 285 21:43
  at the table (la masă)
• MDV 285 21:58
  on this street live only Jews (на этой улице живут одни евреи)
• MDV 285 23:03
  you come or you don't come
• MDV 285 23:20
  mistake (ошибка)
• MDV 285 24:00
  probably (наверное) — probably (Russian word)
• MDV 285 25:08
  paradise (рай) — paradise (Russian)
• MDV 285 25:56
  suddenly (вдруг)
• MDV 285 26:20
  face (лицо) — face (various Yiddish words)