pb_bu_gse_c19920000-0003aa.mp3 (29.96 MB)
Zakharia Abu Aita and Jamila Abu Aita, from Beit Sahour discussing the 1920 great snow and the 1927 earthquake
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posted on 2019-08-21, 07:27 authored by Freja Howat-Maxted, Jacob NorrisJacob Norris, Leila Sansour, Bea BrownZakharia Abu Aita and Jamila Abu Aita (husband and wife, from Beit Sahour) are interviewed by Nisreen Barham.
This
fileset exists as part of the 1920 Great Snow and 1927 Earthquake
collection within the Bethlehem University Oral History project of the
Planet Bethlehem Archive.
Interview
focuses on the great snow of 1920 and the earthquake of 1927; describes
how heavy the snowfall was and people could not move around; had to
burn wood to keep warm; used to work together to shift the snow out of
people's doorways; children used to walk on the ice and have races as
well as collection small pieces of wood to burn; people barely had
enough food to eat as the snow lasted 40 days; some houses were ruined
as were the crops; the earthquake destroyed some houses; describes what
he was doing when the earthquake struck.
Original audio recording: cassette tape.
Transcript: none
In the original collection at Bethlehem University this cassette tape was categorised as File 16 of Box 21.
