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Alla Gajdis: About the War
Mother told me that I was lying on the swaddling cloth mother-naked (1941), a German came up to me and gave a tickle to my belly.
I remember several episodes.
German gendarmes were horrible people. …
Researcher: Aleksej Zagidulin,Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno
Categories: Wartime, Alla Gajdis
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Lev Shlyakhter: father's arrest
What are your first childhood memories?
I can tell you about my first childhood memories now.
Please tell.
I have difficult memories. When I was 10 I was left fatherless. After Kirov was killed …
Researcher: Natalja Ivashchanka, Svetlana Silava, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno
Categories: First childhood memory, Parents, Lev Shlyakhter
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Sofia Rul: clothes
And what did your parents gown you?
The first thing I remember that they tailored a dress from hand-woven cloth. We put on some shoes as we call them now. Earlier we called them «burki», …
Researcher: Наталья Иващенко, кандидат исторических наук ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы, Светлана Силова, кандидат исторических наук, ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы
Categories: Residence and weekdays, Sofia Rul
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Sofia Rul: confessional relations
Let’s turn back to the village where you lived. People of what nationalities could you meet there?
There were Belarusians mainly, there were also the orthodox Christians. My mother lived& …
Researcher: Наталья Иващенко, кандидат исторических наук ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы, Светлана Силова, кандидат исторических наук, ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы
Categories: Holidays and traditions, Sofia Rul
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Sofia Rul: toys
Did you have toys in your childhood?
One toy only. My elder sister was 6 years older than me, so she made me up such dolls stuffed with cuttings.
Dolls, yes?
Well, yes.
Did you paint the eyes by …
Researcher: Наталья Иващенко, кандидат исторических наук ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы, Светлана Силова, кандидат исторических наук, ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы
Categories: First childhood memory, Sofia Rul
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Mikalai Karostsik: Polish border
And where was the border here?
The border ran approximately along the villages. If you look at that side, you see. Kamaisk, Osava. Now they are Selishchy, Varany. And now there are Vardamichy, …
Researcher: Олег Коляго, старший преподаватель, ГрГУ имени Я. Купалы
Categories: Confessional and international relations, Mikalai Karostsik
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Mikalai Karostsik: first childhood memory
Well, do you remember your childhood years?
What?
Childhood years.
Of course, I remember everything.
So please tell me whether you had a bike?
Oh, I had a bike, all ... all the time I had it. …
Researcher: Олег Коляго, старший преподаватель, ГрГУ имени Я. Купалы
Categories: First childhood memory, Mikalai Karostsik
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Leonida Makhon: Life during the Polish times (before the War)
Did you mother tell you about the Polish times? How did they live at that time?
Well, she told me that at… that it was better times than … She told me that she had to work, so when you …
Researcher: Олег Коляго, старший преподаватель, ГрГУ имени Я. Купалы
Categories: Family, Leonida Makhon
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Leonida Makhon: About the War
What can you recollect about the War? What do you still keep in your memory?
What do I keep in my memory? Well. Shots only. My grandmother and mother told me «Lie down, don’t stand at …
Researcher: Олег Коляго, старший преподаватель, ГрГУ имени Я. Купалы
Categories: Beginning of the war, Leonida Makhon
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Lev Shlyakhter: Impression of Grodno
So I speak about the people in Grodno, the inhabitants of Grodno you met. Did the differ from those living in Magadan? What is your first impression about the people?
Living here?
Yes, here.
From …
Researcher: Natalia Ivashchanka, Sviatlana Silava
Categories: Residence and weekdays, Lev Shlyakhter
