There was also a choir here, “Hazamir”. Non-Jews, with good voices and musical knowledge, also sang in this choir. Singers from the "Vidu" choir joined; one of them, Wolont, was also Jewish, but he converted to his wife's religion. His wife was German, and he switched to Catholicism during those times, so as not to be deported. He was afraid of getting into trouble. And he also sang in the "Vidu" choir, which was famous in the country and abroad. Non-Jews also sang there, like Mrs. Schwartz, the mother of Mr. Gheorghe Schwartz. So, let's hope that it will not dissolve. We are waiting for better times.
(But do you remember when the choir was active?) The choir was active... until the beginning of the Second War.
(Was it a big choir, how many were there?) It wasn't a big choir, but they sang well. How many were there? More than 10 people, accompanied by the organ.
(And only religious chants...?) Religious chants. The choir responded all the time. We had a famous cantor there, Zitron. He was a tenor. And then there was an old hakham, Friedmann Iosif, who lived right there, in the courtyard of the Temple. He died as well. He had a daughter, married in Timișoara to the famous cantor of the city, Katz. Have you heard of him? He always visited his father-in-law. We called Mr. Katz's father-in-law “Friedmann bacsi." Everyone knew him by that name. He would come over and sing at our place sometimes. Maximilian Katz had a good voice.
