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MDV 82 · Latsi Galambos; Adolf (Avrum, Bumy) Smajovics; Herman (Avrom-Tsvi) Herbst and 1 more

Budapest, Hungary 20 December 2006 Interviewed by Dov-Ber Kerler, Jeffrey Veidlinger Part 3 of 3 22 min · 6 passages
4 conversations on this tape
  1. 0:00–7:19 · Latsi (Yisroel-Leyzer) Galambos · also on MDV 69, MDV 70 proposed
  2. 7:19–17:17 · Adolf Smajovics two sources agree
  3. 17:17–17:31 · Herman Herbst uncertain
  4. 17:31–21:38 · Lea Gotlieb proposed

The division was proposed from the catalogue's descriptions and the machine transcript, not stated by the catalogue (how).

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Passages

0:00

Galambos shows family photographs.

From the machine transcript

A family scene at the close of an interview session. Family members, including brothers, are shown or discussed, and there are warm thanks and blessings, with some Hungarian farewells and a Hanukkah greeting. Kerler says it is a privilege to speak with two brothers and that together they give a fuller picture. The end of the passage is garbled by a recogniser loop.

Shows farewells, thanks and a remark about interviewing two brothers.

1:39

The team chats about the local community at a restaurant.

Informal · MCO
From the machine transcript

Informal conversation, probably at a restaurant, about Yiddish and German and how they get mixed up when a person knows both. Kerler and a second speaker discuss a woman now in America, originally from Berekszó (?), who taught Yiddish. One speaker recalls the Jews of a small place before the war, who were partly German-speaking and partly Ukrainian-speaking, got on peacefully, and mentions a father who spoke Russian and Yiddish. Kerler also talks about filming for posterity.

Shows talk about Yiddish versus German, a Yiddish learner from Berekszó (?) and recollection of prewar Jews of a town.

7:19

The team greets Smajovics at his apartment and sets up the interview with him.

Informal · MCO
From the machine transcript

Kerler makes arrangements by phone and in person, asking someone to call and about how long the visit will last, and looks for a place to sit before the interview with Smajovics. Others take part in a brief, hard-to-follow exchange.

Shows only arrangement talk, with no clear greeting of Smajovics in the transcript.

8:24

The camera collects footage of the Dohány Street Synagogue.

Footage · MCO
From the machine transcript

Almost no speech is recorded in this long stretch. Only a few isolated words are heard, so the content cannot be described from the transcript.

The transcript shows no speech about the synagogue.

17:17

The team greets Herbst at the community center and sets up the interview with him.

Informal · MCO
From the machine transcript

A brief exchange in which Kerler asks for more light and offers greetings of good Sabbath and good year as the interview is set up.

Shows only a request for more light and greetings, and no naming of Herbst.

17:31

Gotlieb shows family photographs and the team concludes the interview with her. The camera then collects town footage of Budapest.

From the machine transcript

Nearly no speech is recorded in this passage. A single brief remark is heard, asking for a moment of waiting.

The transcript does not show photographs or the interview conclusion.