Lev Shlyakhter
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Born in 1925. Lives in Grodno.
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Lev Shlyakhter: Canteen
And what was the best delicacy at that time? There was a …
You know what the best delicacy was..., I wrote an application. I had an ulcer of stomach. There was a canteen for dietarians. At …
Researcher: Natalja Ivashchanka, Sviatlana Silava, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno
Categories: Mode of life, Lev Shlyakhter
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Lev Shlyakhter: Family
My mother was a woman from Kirovsk, Vyatsk. She worked as a typewriter; she talked on the phone and so on. That’s that.
And what was your sister’s name?
Mine? I don’t have a …
Researcher: Natalja Ivashchanka, Sviatlana Silava, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno
Categories: Family, Lev Shlyakhter
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Lev Shlyakhter: Jewish community of Grodno
When you came to Grodno how did get into the Jewish community? Did anybody tell you about it?
Into the community?
Well, when did you began to go to the khesed?
To the khesed?
Yes.
I will tell …
Researcher: Natalja Ivashchanka, Sviatlana Silava, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno
Categories: Study and work, Lev Shlyakhter
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Lev Shlyakhter: Games
What games did the children play at that time?
What?
You, when being boys, probably gathered together, and what games did you play?
Lapta, chizhik. How did we play? Several of us had skittles at …
Researcher: Natalja Ivashchanka, Sviatlana Silava, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno
Categories: First childhood memory, Lev Shlyakhter
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Lev Shlyakhter: Toys
It appears that you didn’t have any toys in your childhood? Did you have your personal toys?
Toys?
Yes. Such toys as children are given nowadays: cars, teddy bears.
(Laughing).
Weren’ …
Researcher: Natalja Ivashchanka, Sviatlana Silava, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno
Categories: First childhood memory, Lev Shlyakhter
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Lev Shlyakhter: Concerts in Magadan
Artists came to our town. For example, Pyekha was paid 80 rubles, other ones were paid 60 or 70 rubles, it depended. It is per concert, besides they paid travel expenses, per diems and so on. Pyekha …
Researcher: Natalja Ivashchanka, Sviatlana Silava, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno
Categories: Holidays and traditions, Lev Shlyakhter
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Lev Shlyakhter: Beginning of the war
How did you get to know that the war started on the 22nd? Did you hear about it on radio?
You know what. That happened that on the 22nd of June, there lived people in the neighborhood, their …
Researcher: Natalja Ivashchanka, Sviatlana Silava, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno
Categories: Beginning of the war, Lev Shlyakhter
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Lev Shlyakhter: Nationality
Do you consider yourself a Jew? I mean the religion. Or the nationality. Do you feel like a Jew or not?
You know, I can tell you frankly. I was an unbeliever, and my father was an unbeliever, I know …
Researcher: Natalja Ivashchanka, Sviatlana Silava, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno
Categories: Holidays and traditions, Lev Shlyakhter
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Lev Shlyakhter: Clothes
Where did you get dressed, where did you take clothes?
Clothes? Somebody bought at the market, wherever. For example, I had clothes; I went to school when my mother was alive.
You are probably …
Researcher: Natalja Ivashchanka, Sviatlana Silava, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno
Categories: School, Lev Shlyakhter
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Lev Shlyakhter: Relay flights
There appeared so called relay flights. Do you know what is passenger capacity of plane «ИЛ-14»?
No.
22 passengers and 3 persons of crew.
Is it like a huge crop-duster or not?
No, a …
Researcher: Natalja Ivashchanka, Sviatlana Silava, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno
Categories: Residence and weekdays, Lev Shlyakhter
