Gisia (Gisye) Meylikhovna Leiderman

née Brunfman · born 1924 in Bershad' ("Bershad" in the catalogue) · recorded in Bershad', 1903

3 recordings · 74 minutes · 18 min of questionnaire

Also written: Gisia; Gisia Leiderman

Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger · recorded together with Evgeniia Abramovna Kozak

Conversations 1

Each line is one conversation with Leiderman, 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.

• 1903-05-04 – 1903-05-05
  ▶ Bershad' · 55 min proposed

  MDV 369 21:06–37:00 · MDV 370 (2 tapes)

Topics

Questionnaire

52 questions put to Leiderman. Each link opens the recording at that moment.

• MDV 370 0:05
  I went (я пошёл) — 'I went' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 0:19
  bed (кровать) — 'bed' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 0:30
  my head hurts (голова болит) — 'head hurts' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 0:36
  crying (плач ребёнка) — 'child's crying' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 1:05
  I was (я был) — 'I was' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 1:35
  please (пожалуйста) — 'please' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 3:23
  cross (крест) — 'cross' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 3:52
  listen to me (слушай меня) — 'listen to me' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 4:12
  vodka (водка) — 'vodka' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 4:20
  to run away (убежать) — 'to run away' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 4:37
  cold (холодно) — 'cold' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 4:42
  colder (холоднее) — 'colder' (comparative) in Yiddish
• MDV 370 4:47
  high (высоко) — 'high' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 4:54
  higher (выше) — 'higher' (comparative) in Yiddish
• MDV 370 4:57
  he will also come (он тоже придет) — 'will also come' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 5:14
  all people (все люди) — 'all people' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 5:40
  three people (три человека) — 'three people' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 5:51
  mouse (мышь) — 'mouse' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 6:05
  happiness/luck (счастье) — 'luck/happiness' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 6:13
  late (поздно) — 'late' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 6:22
  later (позже) — 'later' (comparative) in Yiddish
• MDV 370 6:31
  mountain (гора) — 'mountain' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 6:43
  grapes (виноград) — 'grapes' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 7:25
  thousand (тысяча) — 'thousand' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 8:40
  taste (вкус) — 'taste' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 8:45
  thank you (спасибо) — 'thank you' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 9:28
  to build (a construi (RO)) — 'to build' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 9:50
  other words for non-Jews — words for non-Jews
• MDV 370 13:02
  attic (чердак) — 'attic' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 13:08
  blue (синий) — 'blue' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 13:27
  broth (бульон) — 'broth' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 13:33
  pigeon (голубь) — 'dove/pigeon' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 13:43
  groats (крупа) — 'groats' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 14:07
  what latkes were made for Hanukkah — what kind of latkes were made for Hanukkah
• MDV 370 15:14
  one and a half (полтора) — 'one and a half' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 15:51
  what one spun on Hanukkah — what children played with on Hanukkah
• MDV 370 16:32
  quickly (быстро) — 'quickly' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 18:01
  I have no money (нет денег) — 'there is no money' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 18:25
  you (pl.) are right (вы правы) — 'you are right' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 18:40
  mistake (ошибка) — 'mistake' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 19:22
  plural of gevir — plural of 'געוויר'
• MDV 370 19:40
  plural of tsadik — plural of 'צאדיק'
• MDV 370 19:46
  probably (наверное) — 'probably' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 20:10
  he will probably come (он, наверное, придёт) — 'he will probably come' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 20:54
  near (близко) — 'close' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 20:58
  nearer (ближе) — 'closer' (comparative) in Yiddish
• MDV 370 22:57
  teeth (зубы) — 'teeth' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 23:02
  ten (десять) — 'ten' in Yiddish
• MDV 370 23:14
  difference between rov and rebe — the difference between 'רב' and 'רבי'
• MDV 370 23:42
  plural of rov — plural of 'רב'
• MDV 370 24:06
  plural of rebe — plural of 'רבי'
• MDV 370 25:05
  plural of enemy (mult dușman) — plural of 'שונא'