Tag #130189 - Interview #101129 (Samuel Eiferman)

The village of Sipot is where the River Siret [Siretul Mare] has its source; back then it was near the frontier with Russia. The village was crossed by a narrow-gauge railroad and a highway that led to Storojinet and to Chernivtsi. The houses bordered the road, but there were also houses uphill. Most of the Jews resided on the same street, but didn’t live next to one another; their houses were 100 meters to 1 kilometer apart. For instance, our house was some 100 meters apart from the closest Jewish house. I don’t know how many Jews had lived in the village when my grandparents were young, but there were only 12 families left by the time I was born.