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Open questions 158

Everything on this site that the build inferred rather than found stated in the catalogue, in the order of how much it affects — the hours of a town, the page of a speaker. Each line links to the page concerned and to an e-mail, addressed to the project, with the question already written in, to be answered with a word or a correction. Answers go into the correction sheets, and the next build takes the line off this page.

The marks on the pages mean the same thing: two sources agree an inference the catalogue's descriptions and the machine transcript both support · proposed one line of evidence · guessed — to confirm a modern place name guessed from the catalogue's spelling · uncertain weak or contradicted · not identified. What carries no mark is the catalogue's own statement.

Tapes whose division into conversations is uncertain 43

Where a tape holds more than one conversation, the division was drawn from the catalogue's descriptions and the transcript; these are the divisions one signal supports and another does not, or stretches the catalogue does not account for.

  1. MDV 553 (Boris Matveevich Gershtein, Evgeniia Abramovna Shvardovskaia): the catalogue describes one conversation, but passage 2 reads like a change of scene and the transcript's speakers change there. Is there a second conversation on this tape? 62.5 minanswer
  2. MDV 802 (Veniamin Iakovlevich Geller): Lazar Eilovich Burshtein (presumably) (0:50–34:09) and then Isaak Yakovlevich Nibulskiy (37:46–1:02:28), one after the other. Two conversations rather than one? 62.5 minanswer
  3. MDV 402 (Zusia Izakovitch Lifshitz): the catalogue describes one conversation, but passage 13 reads like a change of scene and the transcript's speakers change there. Is there a second conversation on this tape? 62.4 minanswer
  4. MDV 796 (Grigorii Mikhailovich Shraibman, Lazar Eilovich Burshtein): the catalogue describes one conversation, but passage 2 reads like a change of scene and the transcript's speakers change there. Is there a second conversation on this tape? 62.4 minanswer
  5. MDV 465 (Naum (Nekhemye) Samoilovich Gaiviker, Sonya (Sosye) Volkovna Gaiviker): the catalogue describes one conversation, but passage 6 reads like a change of scene and the transcript's speakers change there. Is there a second conversation on this tape? 61.8 minanswer
  6. MDV 674 (Aba Davidovich Kaviner): the catalogue describes one conversation, but passage 9 reads like a change of scene and the transcript's speakers change there. Is there a second conversation on this tape? 61.8 minanswer
  7. MDV 602 (Sara Yankelevna Gvinter, Musya Moiseevna Vaynshteyn): Sara Yankelevna Gvinter (0:00–28:06) and then S3 (31:28–39:18), one after the other. Two conversations rather than one? 61.7 minanswer
  8. MDV 330 (Mikhail Abramovich Zhovtis): the catalogue describes one conversation, but passage 6 reads like a change of scene and the transcript's speakers change there. Is there a second conversation on this tape? 61.5 minanswer
  9. MDV 102: the catalogue's end time for the last passage runs past the end of the tape; the part was cut at the tape's end. Is the time a typing error? 61.0 minanswer
  10. MDV 744 (Ernest Osipovich Halpert, Tubi Halpert): the catalogue describes one conversation, but passage 3 reads like a change of scene and the transcript's speakers change there. Is there a second conversation on this tape? 60.3 minanswer
  11. MDV 552 (Maria (Manye) Yefimovna Leiderman, Shure (Yisroel) Obodovskii): the catalogue describes one conversation, but passage 6, 8 reads like a change of scene and the transcript's speakers change there. Is there a second conversation on this tape? 60.2 minanswer
  12. MDV 639: the catalogue's end time for the last passage runs past the end of the tape; the part was cut at the tape's end. Is the time a typing error? 60.0 minanswer
  13. MDV 646: the catalogue's end time for the last passage runs past the end of the tape; the part was cut at the tape's end. Is the time a typing error? 60.0 minanswer
  14. MDV 737: the catalogue's end time for the last passage runs past the end of the tape; the part was cut at the tape's end. Is the time a typing error? 60.0 minanswer
  15. MDV 770: the catalogue's end time for the last passage runs past the end of the tape; the part was cut at the tape's end. Is the time a typing error? 60.0 minanswer
  16. MDV 810: the catalogue's end time for the last passage runs past the end of the tape; the part was cut at the tape's end. Is the time a typing error? 60.0 minanswer
  17. MDV 291: the catalogue's end time for the last passage runs past the end of the tape; the part was cut at the tape's end. Is the time a typing error? 59.0 minanswer
  18. MDV 540 (Mikhail Iosifovich Skop): the catalogue describes one conversation, but passage 4 reads like a change of scene and the transcript's speakers change there. Is there a second conversation on this tape? 58.2 minanswer
  19. MDV 539 (Sonia Berkovna Futerman, Efim Borisovich Katsman): Sonia Futerman (0:00–16:17) and then Katsman (16:39–57:11), one after the other. Two conversations rather than one? 57.2 minanswer
  20. MDV 794 (Rabbi Shloyme Wilgelm): the catalogue describes one conversation, but passage 8 reads like a change of scene and the transcript's speakers change there. Is there a second conversation on this tape? 56.4 minanswer
  21. MDV 671: the catalogue's end time for the last passage runs past the end of the tape; the part was cut at the tape's end. Is the time a typing error? 50.0 minanswer
  22. MDV 389: the catalogue's end time for the last passage runs past the end of the tape; the part was cut at the tape's end. Is the time a typing error? 48.6 minanswer
  23. MDV 736, 14:43–1:02:18 (Raisa Kirilovna Teplitskaia): the descriptions name these speakers here and others before, but the transcript does not mark a change of speakers at 14:43. One conversation or two? 47.6 minanswer
  24. MDV 237 (Solomon Hershkovich, Eugen Kraus): the catalogue describes one conversation, but passage 2 reads like a change of scene and the transcript's speakers change there. Is there a second conversation on this tape? 44.5 minanswer
  25. MDV 250, 10:07–53:01 (Binyomin Miller): the descriptions name these speakers here and others before, but the transcript does not mark a change of speakers at 10:07. One conversation or two? 42.9 minanswer
  26. MDV 604: the catalogue's end time for the last passage runs past the end of the tape; the part was cut at the tape's end. Is the time a typing error? 42.7 minanswer
  27. MDV 342 (Efim Grigoryevich Skobilitskii): the catalogue describes one conversation, but passage 2, 4, 9, 11, 14 reads like a change of scene and the transcript's speakers change there. Is there a second conversation on this tape? 39.5 minanswer
  28. MDV 741 (Nukhim Moiseevich (Moshkovich) Gvinter, unidentified informant (Bershad'), Efim Vigodner): unidentified local informant (Bershad') (9:29–22:34) and then Gvinter (Nukhim Moiseevich) (26:35–32:12), one after the other. Two conversations rather than one? 33.3 minanswer
  29. MDV 308, 30:09–1:00:47 (Melanie (Mindele) Mehler): the descriptions name these speakers here and others before, but the transcript does not mark a change of speakers at 30:09. One conversation or two? 30.6 minanswer
  30. MDV 239, 47:44–58:40 (Elizabeta Freundlich, Mihai Freundlich): the descriptions name these speakers here and others before, but the transcript does not mark a change of speakers at 47:44. One conversation or two? 10.9 minanswer
  31. MDV 320: the catalogue's end time for the last passage runs past the end of the tape; the part was cut at the tape's end. Is the time a typing error? 10.1 minanswer
  32. MDV 250, 6:10–10:07 (Eugen Grunfeld, Eugen Kraus): the descriptions name these speakers here and others before, but the transcript does not mark a change of speakers at 6:10. One conversation or two? 4.0 minanswer
  33. MDV 251, 5:32–8:49 (Eugen Grunfeld, Eugen Kraus): the descriptions name these speakers here and others before, but the transcript does not mark a change of speakers at 5:32. One conversation or two? 3.3 minanswer
  34. MDV 344, 36:40–38:38 (Raisa Iosifovna Chukh): only 2.0 min between two other conversations — a conversation of its own, or a passing mention of the speaker? 2.0 minanswer
  35. MDV 720, 0:00–1:20 (Iosif Abramovich Kogan): only 1.3 min between two other conversations — a conversation of its own, or a passing mention of the speaker? 1.3 minanswer
  36. MDV 731, 0:00–0:59 (Nisen Ovshiyevich Yurkovetskij): only 1.0 min between two other conversations — a conversation of its own, or a passing mention of the speaker? 1.0 minanswer
  37. MDV 598, 0:00–0:55 (Mira Moiseyevna Pasik): only 0.9 min between two other conversations — a conversation of its own, or a passing mention of the speaker? 0.9 minanswer
  38. MDV 723, 3:17–4:11 (Khaye Katsman): only 0.9 min between two other conversations — a conversation of its own, or a passing mention of the speaker? 0.9 minanswer
  39. MDV 146, 0:00–0:44 (Sergo Bengelsdorf): only 0.7 min between two other conversations — a conversation of its own, or a passing mention of the speaker? 0.7 minanswer
  40. MDV 144, 56:28–57:03 (Sergo Bengelsdorf): only 0.6 min between two other conversations — a conversation of its own, or a passing mention of the speaker? 0.6 minanswer
  41. MDV 753, 15:39–16:09 (Bella Simkhovna Chirkova): only 0.5 min between two other conversations — a conversation of its own, or a passing mention of the speaker? 0.5 minanswer
  42. MDV 82, 17:17–17:31 (Herman Herbst): only 0.2 min between two other conversations — a conversation of its own, or a passing mention of the speaker? 0.2 minanswer
  43. MDV 667, 0:00–0:15 (Rita Moiseyevna Kopyt): only 0.2 min between two other conversations — a conversation of its own, or a passing mention of the speaker? 0.2 minanswer

Speakers' birth places 55

The catalogue names a birth place for 266 speakers. Towns of the recordings were recognised at once; the others were looked up by name, and where the modern name had to be guessed the map shows a hollow mark. Unplaced strings and guesses first, then the plain look-ups.

  1. "Gertop (Vertuzhany)", birth place of Tuba Izrailevna Dzigifker, Tamara (Enye-Teme) Izrailovna Mundrian, is taken to be Vertiujeni (Moldova) — a guess at the modern name. Right? 2 speakersanswer
    the catalogue gives Vertuzhany in parentheses; Gertop may be Hîrtop nearby — to verify
  2. "Sulita", birth place of Burah (Burekh) Cohn, Berta (Brandl) Finkel, is taken to be Sulița (Botoșani, Romania). Right? 2 speakersanswer
    Sulița commune, Botoșani county (Yiddishland: Suliţa (Rm))
  3. "Topole", birth place of Slava (Sluve) Mykolaivna Angelova: which town is it? A candidate: candidate: Topillia (Dubno Raion, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine). 1 speakeranswer
    Topole / Topoľa / Topillia — Slovakia, Rivne or elsewhere
  4. "Polesskoye", birth place of Belous: which town is it? A candidate: candidate: Poliske (Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine). 1 speakeranswer
    Poliske, the Kyiv-oblast town evacuated after Chornobyl, is the likeliest Polesskoye
  5. "Serbeshty", birth place of Tsipora Yankelevna Furman: which town is it? A candidate: Șerbești. 1 speakeranswer
    several Șerbești exist (Neamț, Vaslui, Iași); which one is open The transcript layer says: Bălți; Sîrbești.
  6. "Hajduszentgyörgy", birth place of Sandor (Simkhe) Goronvalgy: which town is it? 1 speakeranswer
  7. "Berlabashe", birth place of Herman Herbst: which town is it? 1 speakeranswer
  8. "village Berlinti", birth place of Semyon (Shimen) Semyonovich Katerberg: which town is it? A candidate: candidate: Berlinți (Briceni District, Moldova). 1 speakeranswer
    Berlinți in Briceni district; a second Berlinți exists in the same district (Berlinții Noi)
  9. "Berlinti", birth place of Tatyana (Tube) Yakovlevna Katerberg: which town is it? A candidate: candidate: Berlinți (Briceni District, Moldova). 1 speakeranswer
    Berlinți in Briceni district; a second Berlinți exists in the same district (Berlinții Noi)
  10. "Pervomayskiy", birth place of Rakhila Shmulevna Klimenko: which town is it? A candidate: candidate: Pervomayskiy (Плесецкий муниципальный округ, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia). 1 speakeranswer
    a dozen Pervomaisk / Pervomaiske in Ukraine and Moldova; Klimenko was recorded in Balta — Pervomaisk (Mykolaiv oblast) or a village nearby?
  11. "Zorein", birth place of Eugen Kraus: which town is it? 1 speakeranswer
  12. "Libshen", birth place of Fira (Ester) Nutovna Leibelman: which town is it? 1 speakeranswer
  13. "village nearby Debrecen", birth place of Shloyme Levkovich: which town is it? 1 speakeranswer
  14. "Cardo", birth place of Haia (Khaye-Rivke) Macarie: which town is it? 1 speakeranswer
  15. "Glina Navariya", birth place of Isaak Moseevich Meler: which town is it? 1 speakeranswer
  16. "Pervomayskoye", birth place of Maina Isaakovna Milevskaya: which town is it? A candidate: candidate: Pervomayskoye (Guryevsky District, Kaliningrad, Russia). 1 speakeranswer
    many Pervomaiske / Pervomaiscoe; the one near Bălți (Moldova) or near Balta?
  17. "Zof'yuvka (Yiddish: Trokhinbrod)", birth place of Evgeniia Abramovna Shvardovskaia: which town is it? A candidate: Trochenbrod. 1 speakeranswer
    Zofiówka / Trochenbrod (Yiddish Trokhnbrod), the Jewish village near Lutsk destroyed in 1942; only a memorial site today The transcript layer says: Trokhenbrod.
  18. "Novohrad-Volyns’kyy (Zvil", birth place of Asya (Esye) Petrovna Srulova: which town is it? A candidate: Zviahel. 1 speakeranswer
    Novohrad-Volynskyi, renamed Zviahel in 2022; Yiddish Zvil The transcript layer says: Zvil; Zvil (Novohrad-Volynskyi).
  19. "Baremcha Saratskiy", birth place of Dora Semyonovna Teitel: which town is it? 1 speakeranswer
  20. "Novoseltsy", birth place of Mendel Idlovich Trachtenberg: which town is it? A candidate: candidate: Novoseltsy (Курманський район, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine). 1 speakeranswer
    many Novoseltsy / Novoselytsia; Nominatim returned one in Crimea
  21. "Dobroye", birth place of Boris (Berl Hershovich) Grigorievich Tzentziper: which town is it? A candidate: candidate: Dobroye (Dobrovsky District, Lipetsk Oblast, Russia). 1 speakeranswer
    Dobroye / Dobre exists in several oblasts and in Moldova; Nominatim returned Lipetsk
  22. "Vapnyarka", birth place of Tsilya Yakovlevna Koifman, is taken to be Vapniarka (Ukraine) — a guess at the modern name. Right? 1 speakeranswer
    Vinnytsia oblast
  23. "Snovs'ke", birth place of Zusia Izakovitch Lifshitz, is taken to be Snovsk (Ukraine) — a guess at the modern name. Right? 1 speakeranswer
    Yiddishland: Snovske / Shchors, Chernihiv oblast
  24. "Hanušovce nad Topl'ou", birth place of Simha Chaimovic, is taken to be Hanušovce nad Topľou (Slovakia) — a guess at the modern name. Right? 1 speakeranswer
    Yiddishland spelling
  25. "Lyubar (Yiddish: Luber)", birth place of Klara Meerovna Antsis, is taken to be Liubar (Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine). Right? 1 speakeranswer
  26. "T”buleuca", birth place of Ida (Udl, Udye) Nukhimovna Boiarskaia, is taken to be Tibuleuca (Administrative-territorial units of the left bank of Nistru, Moldova). Right? 1 speakeranswer
  27. "Vyzhnytsya", birth place of Iosif Kunovich Burg, is taken to be Vyzhnytsia (Vyzhnytsia Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine). Right? 1 speakeranswer
    Chernivtsi oblast
  28. "Kiralyhelmec", birth place of Lilly (Shayndl) David, is taken to be Kráľovský Chlmec (District of Trebišov, Region of Košice, Slovakia). Right? 1 speakeranswer
    Hungarian Királyhelmec = Kráľovský Chlmec, eastern Slovakia
  29. "Odobesti", birth place of Pnina (Perl) Davidovich, is taken to be Odobești (Vrancea, Romania). Right? 1 speakeranswer
    The transcript layer says: Siret.
  30. "Cahul", birth place of Boris Mikhailovich Dorfman, is taken to be Cahul (Cahul District, Moldova). Right? 1 speakeranswer
    the town in southern Moldova
  31. "Vertiujeni", birth place of Slava (Slave) Farber, is taken to be Vertiujeni (Florești District, Moldova). Right? 1 speakeranswer
  32. "Velyka P'yatyhirka", birth place of Veniamin Iakovlevich Geller, is taken to be Velyka Piatyhirka (Berdychiv Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine). Right? 1 speakeranswer
    The transcript layer says: Pyatka.
  33. "Podgaytse, Ukraine", birth place of Izrail (Yisruel) Yosifovich Gliazer, is taken to be Pidhaitsi (Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine). Right? 1 speakeranswer
    Russian Podgaytsy = Ukrainian Pidhaitsi (Ternopil oblast); other villages of the name exist
  34. "Kotyuzhany", birth place of Lev (Leyb) Markovich Goldshteyn, is taken to be Cotiujenii Mari (Șoldănești District, Moldova). Right? 1 speakeranswer
    Yiddishland: Cotiujeni Mari (Rm); a Cotiujenii Mici exists too
  35. "Talmaz (near Kaushen)", birth place of Mania (Malke) Izrailevna Grinberg, is taken to be Talmaza (Ștefan Vodă District, Moldova). Right? 1 speakeranswer
    Talmaza, Ștefan Vodă district, on the Dniester near Căușeni, as the catalogue says
  36. "Koshelovo", birth place of Moisei Usherovich Katz, is taken to be Koshelovo (Khust Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine). Right? 1 speakeranswer
    The transcript layer says: December.
  37. "Derzhanya, Ukraine", birth place of Aba Davidovich Kaviner, is taken to be Derazhnia (Khmelnytskyi Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine). Right? 1 speakeranswer
    probably Derazhnia, Khmelnytskyi oblast (metathesis in the catalogue)
  38. "Ozarintsy (Yiddish: Ozarinets)", birth place of Boris Naumovich Khandros, is taken to be Ozaryntsi (Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine). Right? 1 speakeranswer
    Yiddishland: Ozaryntsi (U), Mohyliv-Podilskyi district
  39. "Stefanesti", birth place of Semyon Semyonovich Krotsh, is taken to be Ștefănești (Botoșani, Romania). Right? 1 speakeranswer
    the Hasidic Shtefanesht in Botoșani county, not the Ștefănești of Argeș
  40. "Novohrad-Volyns’kyy (Yiddish: Zvil; Polish: Zviagel’)", birth place of Zorekh Motelevich Kurliandchik, is taken to be Zviahel (Zviahel Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine). Right? 1 speakeranswer
    Novohrad-Volynskyi, renamed Zviahel in 2022; Yiddish Zvil
  41. "Chipovich (Zhytomyr region)", birth place of Raisa Yosifovna Luminskaia, is taken to be Chopovychi (Korosten Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine). Right? 1 speakeranswer
    Chopovychi (Чоповичі), Malyn district, Zhytomyr oblast, fits the catalogue's Zhytomyr region
  42. "Burdusani", birth place of Semen (Shimen) Meir, is taken to be Burdujeni (Suceava, Romania). Right? 1 speakeranswer
    probably Burdujeni, today part of Suceava
  43. "village of Sguritzy", birth place of Dina Abramovna Mirenburg, is taken to be Zgurița (Drochia District, Moldova). Right? 1 speakeranswer
    the same village as the row "Zgurita" (Drochia district); Mirenburg trained in Soroca nearby
  44. "Turya-Bystra", birth place of Perl Meirovna Nayman, is taken to be Turia Bystra (Uzhhorod Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine). Right? 1 speakeranswer
    Tur'ya Bystra, Perechyn district, Zakarpattia
  45. "Zgurita", birth place of Mikhail (Mendl) Yakovlevich Nusbrokh, is taken to be Zgurița (Drochia District, Moldova). Right? 1 speakeranswer
  46. "village Dumbraveni", birth place of Anya Tankhumovna Plotnik, is taken to be Dumbrăveni (Soroca District, Moldova). Right? 1 speakeranswer
    the Dumbrăveni near Soroca (Yiddishland has an entry); others exist in Romania
  47. "Chimishliye (70 kilometers from Chişinău)", birth place of Elizaveta (Leye) Nusinovna Ryzhoy, is taken to be Cimișlia (Cimișlia District, Moldova). Right? 1 speakeranswer
    Russian-style spelling of Cimișlia; the catalogue's 70 km from Chișinău fits
  48. "Nadvirna", birth place of Petro (Peretz) Tsalevich Shekhter, is taken to be Nadvirna (Nadvirna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine). Right? 1 speakeranswer
  49. "village of Onitskan", birth place of Klara Peisekhovna Shmid, is taken to be Onițcani (Criuleni District, Moldova). Right? 1 speakeranswer
    Criuleni district
  50. "Volodars’k-Volyns’kyy", birth place of Isaak Yakovlevich Shraibman, is taken to be Khoroshiv (Zhytomyr Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine). Right? 1 speakeranswer
    Volodarsk-Volynskyi, renamed Khoroshiv in 2016 (Zhytomyr oblast)
  51. "Chelyabinsk", birth place of Marina Mikhailovna Shraybman, is taken to be Chelyabinsk (Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia). Right? 1 speakeranswer
  52. "Valumihei", birth place of Gershun Shwartz, is taken to be Valea lui Mihai (Bihor, Romania). Right? 1 speakeranswer
    Hungarian Érmihályfalva, Bihor county
  53. "Nelipyno", birth place of Anna Fedorovna Tartinets, is taken to be Nelipyno (Mukachevo Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine). Right? 1 speakeranswer
  54. "Zheludok (near Grodno)", birth place of Isaak Naftulovich Tokar, is taken to be Zhaludok (Shchuchyn District, Hrodna Region, Belarus). Right? 1 speakeranswer
    Yiddishland: Zhaludok (Br), near Grodno as the catalogue says
  55. "Novyye Veledniki", birth place of Raisa Borisovna Turovskaia, is taken to be Novi Velidnyky (Korosten Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine). Right? 1 speakeranswer
    the same village as the row "Valedniki (Novi Velidnyky)" (Zhytomyr oblast)

Tapes whose date or place the catalogue lacks or gets wrong 25

  1. MDV 367 is dated 2 May 1903 in the catalogue, which the other evidence contradicts (year outside 2002-2012 (typo?)). When was it recorded? 1903-05-02answer
  2. MDV 368 is dated 3 May 1903 in the catalogue, which the other evidence contradicts (year outside 2002-2012 (typo?)). When was it recorded? 1903-05-03answer
  3. MDV 369 is dated 4 May 1903 in the catalogue, which the other evidence contradicts (year outside 2002-2012 (typo?)). When was it recorded? 1903-05-04answer
  4. MDV 370 is dated 5 May 1903 in the catalogue, which the other evidence contradicts (year outside 2002-2012 (typo?)). When was it recorded? 1903-05-05answer
  5. MDV 371 is dated 6 May 1903 in the catalogue, which the other evidence contradicts (year outside 2002-2012 (typo?)). When was it recorded? 1903-05-06answer
  6. MDV 372 is dated 7 May 1903 in the catalogue, which the other evidence contradicts (year outside 2002-2012 (typo?)). When was it recorded? 1903-05-07answer
  7. MDV 373 is dated 8 May 1903 in the catalogue, which the other evidence contradicts (year outside 2002-2012 (typo?)). When was it recorded? 1903-05-08answer
  8. MDV 374 is dated 9 May 1903 in the catalogue, which the other evidence contradicts (year outside 2002-2012 (typo?)). When was it recorded? 1903-05-09answer
  9. MDV 375 is dated 10 May 1903 in the catalogue, which the other evidence contradicts (year outside 2002-2012 (typo?)). When was it recorded? 1903-05-10answer
  10. MDV 376 is dated 11 May 1903 in the catalogue, which the other evidence contradicts (year outside 2002-2012 (typo?)). When was it recorded? 1903-05-11answer
  11. MDV 377 is dated 12 May 1903 in the catalogue, which the other evidence contradicts (year outside 2002-2012 (typo?)). When was it recorded? 1903-05-12answer
  12. MDV 378 is dated 13 May 1903 in the catalogue, which the other evidence contradicts (year outside 2002-2012 (typo?)). When was it recorded? 1903-05-13answer
  13. MDV 379 is dated 14 May 1903 in the catalogue, which the other evidence contradicts (year outside 2002-2012 (typo?)). When was it recorded? 1903-05-14answer
  14. MDV 380 is dated 15 May 1903 in the catalogue, which the other evidence contradicts (year outside 2002-2012 (typo?)). When was it recorded? 1903-05-15answer
  15. MDV 381 is dated 16 May 1903 in the catalogue, which the other evidence contradicts (year outside 2002-2012 (typo?)). When was it recorded? 1903-05-16answer
  16. MDV 382 is dated 17 May 1903 in the catalogue, which the other evidence contradicts (year outside 2002-2012 (typo?)). When was it recorded? 1903-05-17answer
  17. MDV 383 is dated 18 May 1903 in the catalogue, which the other evidence contradicts (year outside 2002-2012 (typo?)). When was it recorded? 1903-05-18answer
  18. MDV 384 is dated 19 May 1903 in the catalogue, which the other evidence contradicts (year outside 2002-2012 (typo?)). When was it recorded? 1903-05-19answer
  19. MDV 602 is dated 8 June 1904 in the catalogue, which the other evidence contradicts (year outside 2002-2012 (typo?)). When was it recorded? 1904-06-08answer
  20. MDV 386 has no place and date in the catalogue. Where and when was it recorded? seeanswer
  21. MDV 387 has no place and date in the catalogue. Where and when was it recorded? seeanswer
  22. MDV 389 has no place and date in the catalogue. Where and when was it recorded? seeanswer
  23. MDV 390 has no place and date in the catalogue. Where and when was it recorded? seeanswer
  24. MDV 391 has no place and date in the catalogue. Where and when was it recorded? seeanswer
  25. MDV 778 has no place in the catalogue. Where and when was it recorded? 2003-05-11answer

Speakers whose identity across tapes is uncertain 12

The catalogue names people as strings; these merges of strings into one person are marked probable rather than certain.

  1. Alex (MDV 736): unidentified. okanswer
  2. Semyon Lazarevich Berzon (MDV 350): Ida’s husband. okanswer
  3. cemetery caretaker (MDV 398): unnamed. okanswer
  4. Dr (MDV 266): unresolved. unresolvedanswer
  5. Dr (MDV 297): unresolved. unresolvedanswer
  6. L (MDV 210): unresolved. unresolvedanswer
  7. Liudmila Vladimirovna (MDV 458): poetry reading. okanswer
  8. L.R (MDV 211): unresolved. unresolvedanswer
  9. Odesa community members (MDV 610): concert. okanswer
  10. Yosel Shor (MDV 779): leading service. okanswer
  11. Khariton Berman's son (MDV 542): unnamed. okanswer
  12. Abram (Arkadii, Abrashe) Khaimovich Vaisman (MDV 654, MDV 655, MDV 656): and his family. okanswer

Interviewees of the 2012–2018 recordings who may be MiniDV-era speakers 3

Surname matches between the later recordings and the catalogue; a recording is linked to a person's page only once the identity is confirmed.

  1. Is "Grunfeld, Evgen" of Cluj-Napoca (2012) the same person as Eugen Grunfeld, recorded in Cluj-Napoca, Onești, Bistrița in 2007, 2008? 4 recordingsanswer
    Cluj 2007–2008 / Kloyzenburg 2012 — confirm
  2. Is "Salamon, Golde" of Sighetu Marmației (2012) the same person as Golda Salamon, recorded in Sighetu Marmației in 2007? 1 recordinganswer
    same surname and town (Sighet 2007 / Siget 2012) — confirm
  3. Is "Salamon, Golde" of Sighetu Marmației (2012) the same person as Golda Salamon, recorded in Sighetu Marmației in 2007? 1 recordinganswer
    as above

Towns without a verified Yiddish name 13

  1. Hîrlău (Romania): the Yiddish name shown, —, is not from Glasser's Yiddishland. What is it? 5 recordingsanswer
  2. Klyachanovo (Ukraine): the Yiddish name shown, —, is not from Glasser's Yiddishland. What is it? 4 recordingsanswer
  3. Nyíregyháza (Hungary): the Yiddish name shown, נירעדהאַז, is not from Glasser's Yiddishland. What is it? 1 recordingsanswer
  4. Onești (Romania): the Yiddish name shown, —, is not from Glasser's Yiddishland. What is it? 5 recordingsanswer
  5. Peresecina (Moldova): the Yiddish name shown, —, is not from Glasser's Yiddishland. What is it? 1 recordingsanswer
  6. Popel'nyky (Ukraine): the Yiddish name shown, —, is not from Glasser's Yiddishland. What is it? 2 recordingsanswer
  7. Transnistria (Moldova): the Yiddish name shown, טראַנסניסטריע, is not from Glasser's Yiddishland. What is it? 1 recordingsanswer
  8. Vaja (Hungary): the Yiddish name shown, וואָיאָ, is not from Glasser's Yiddishland. What is it? 5 recordingsanswer
  9. Șofrîncani (Moldova): the Yiddish name shown, —, is not from Glasser's Yiddishland. What is it? 1 recordingsanswer
  10. Livada (Romania): the Yiddish name shown, —, is not from Glasser's Yiddishland. What is it? 0 recordingsanswer
  11. Herzliya (Israel): the Yiddish name shown, —, is not from Glasser's Yiddishland. What is it? 0 recordingsanswer
  12. Legnica (Poland): the Yiddish name shown, —, is not from Glasser's Yiddishland. What is it? 0 recordingsanswer
  13. Jerusalem (Israel): the Yiddish name shown, —, is not from Glasser's Yiddishland. What is it? 0 recordingsanswer

Stretches of tape recorded in one of two towns 5

The catalogue gives these tapes two places; the passages do not say which part was recorded where, so the hours are split between the towns and marked approximate.

  1. MDV 660, 0:00–41:20 (Klara L'vivna Kurman): recorded in Sharhorod or Shpykiv? 41.3 minanswer
  2. MDV 500, 0:00–40:30 (Yefim Melamed): recorded in Kyiv or Zhytomyr? 40.5 minanswer
  3. MDV 621, 0:00–35:59 (Mikhail (Moyshe) Yakovlevich Lerner): recorded in Slavuta or Ostroh? 36.0 minanswer
  4. MDV 248, 9:50–14:25 (Solomon Hershkovich): recorded in Onești or Bistrița? 4.6 minanswer
  5. MDV 694, 1:01:34–1:01:36 (Donia Shoilevna Presler): recorded in Mohyliv-Podil's'kyy or Tomashpol'? 0.0 minanswer

Places of the 2012–2018 recordings 2

The later recordings are indexed with the places in the project's own spelling; most have been given their official names, these have not — or not securely.

  1. "Dengeleg" in the project's index is taken to be Livada (Romania) — is that the right Livada? 1 recording, 1.5 h, 2015answer
    Leyzer 30 Oct 2026: Dengeleg is the Hungarian name of Livada (Iclod commune, Cluj County) — which Livada to be confirmed
  2. "Mihalisku" in the project's index: which town is it? 1 recording, 0.3 h, 2012answer
    not identified (Leyzer, 30 Oct 2026). Recorded 3 June 2012 between Chernivtsi (1 June) and Sighet (4 June) with two Romanian-speaking non-Jewish women, one of German origin deported to the Urals in 1945, a large Jewish cemetery mentioned. A candidate on that road is Mihăileni (Botoșani County; Yiddish Mihalen; AHEYM recorded there in 2006) — to be checked by ear

Built 2026-10-30. The same questions, with the evidence behind each, are in the generator's review sheets (_review/); answers are entered in overrides/ and credited there by name and date.