Henry Sinnreich and mother Claire (nee Honich) in 1939 Czernowitz when life was still good for a mother and her boy.
1939 Czernowitz
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Austrian Newspaper Article – Ruth Gold’s Speech
I am [presenting] an article from an Austrian newspaper concerning the ceremony on January 27, Holocaust Memorial Day.
The letters I receive from teachers and students are heartwarming.
Ruth Glasberg Gold
Click on Article to enlarge
The video of the speech is here:
http://ehpes.com/blog1/2014/01/27/ruth-glasberg-golds-speech-on-the-occasion-of-the-holocaust-memorial-day/
Kindertransport Memorials
From Marion Tauschwitz — Berlin Memorial
From Mechel Surkis — London UK Memorial
See: http://www.frank-meisler.com/CitySculpture.html for more photos and stories
Lecture by Prof. Peter Rychlo
Dear friends,
On Tuesday we went to a lecture held by Professor Rychlo from the
University of Czernowitz, from the beginnings of the city, its history,
its culture, with special emphasis to the Jewish literary scene,
starting with Margul-Sperber, Kittner, Rose Ausländer, and continuing
until the younger generation, i.e. Weissglas, Celan, the Yiddish poets
Itzhik Manger and Eliezer Steinbarg.
The lecture took place in a beautiful book-store, with a huge variety of
classical and modern literature. Two days later, Peter Rychlo continued
his tour with a similar lecture at the Jewish Community Center, which he
held in Russian, probably to a public of many ex-Czernowitzers who
emigrated in the past 20 years to Berlin.
Gabriele
On Tuesday we went to a lecture held by Professor Rychlo from the
University of Czernowitz, from the beginnings of the city, its history,
its culture, with special emphasis to the Jewish literary scene,
starting with Margul-Sperber, Kittner, Rose Ausländer, and continuing
until the younger generation, i.e. Weissglas, Celan, the Yiddish poets
Itzhik Manger and Eliezer Steinbarg.
The lecture took place in a beautiful book-store, with a huge variety of
classical and modern literature. Two days later, Peter Rychlo continued
his tour with a similar lecture at the Jewish Community Center, which he
held in Russian, probably to a public of many ex-Czernowitzers who
emigrated in the past 20 years to Berlin.
Gabriele
Where has Schiller gone?
From Marion Tauschwitz
Visiting Czernowitz in September 2013 our guide took us the granite base of the former Schiller-monument that had used to stand in front of the theatre before young romanian nationalists carried it away in 1920. Schiller has not been found again – but the base was taken to the small park in (former) Maria-Theresiengasse (behind “Deutsches Haus”) – where it still is. Nobody seems to care.
Unveiling of the Schiller Monument and its reception in the contemporary press:
“Die Gartenlaube”, Nr. 27, 1907: “Das Schiller-Denkmal in Czernowitz. (Zu der untenstehenden Abbildung.) Es ist ein erfreuliches Zeichen für die noch heute unverminderte Wertschätzung des Deutschesten unserer Dichter, daß in der gemischtsprachigen Stadt Czernowitz in der Bukowina der 150. Geburtstag Schillers am 10. November v. J. durch die Enthüllung eines Schillerdenkmals gefeiert worden ist. Der Schöpfer des Denkmals, dessen Ausführung auf den Antrag Dr. Anton Norsts hin vom Gemeinderat einstimmig beschlossen wurde, ist der Bildhauer Georg Leisek, der auch den schönen, figurenreichen Fries des Wiener Zentralfriedhofs ‘Eingang in die Ewigkeit’ geschaffen hat. Das Denkmal selbst, aus karrarischem Marmor gehauen, steht in einer Brunnenanlage vor dem Stadttheater und zeigt den Dichterfürsten auf hohem Sockel stehend, schlicht und hoheitsvoll zugleich.
Die Enthüllung des Schillerdenkmals by Bukowinaer Post, November 12, 1907.
Die Enthüllung des Schillerdenkmals by Czernowitzer Allgemeine Zeitung, November 12, 1907.
The Schiller Monument had been standing in front of the city theater since 1907, but later it did not fit into the Romanian national policy on Bukovina, and due to the decree of the 8th Infantry Division commander – general Zadik, the monument was displaced in 1922 into a closed courtyard of the German house, and after the Second World War the figure of the poet was destroyed and only the pedestal remains.
Nettchen=Yiddish term of endearment?
This [below] is the handwritten nickname Selma Merbaum used for her friend Renée Abramovici.
In all so far transcriptions you can read “Nettchen” – but I do not agree with it. Couldn’t it be a a tender way in Yiddish to address to a close friend?
www.marion-tauschwitz.de
1918/19 Czernowitz Report Card
From Cornel Fleming:
Vienna Jewish Cemetery
From Simon Kreindler:
I really enjoyed reading Christian’s blog re Vienna and wanted to post the attached photos I took when I visited the cemetery a couple of years ago but there was no way to do it. If you think it is relevant, could you please do so.
Best regards,
Simon
[This post refers to Christian’s blog post which starts: Subject: [Cz-L] A Gate between the Worlds – From: Christian Herrmann <cyberorange@gmx.de> – Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 23:01:21 +0200 – X-Message-Number: 5
Dear all,
A business trip a few days ago has given me the opportunity to experience a little bit of Jewish Vienna â•„ with very limited time and very superficial, but after all more than nothing. Vienna was not only the gateway from Central Europe to the eastern provinces of the Habsburg Empire, it was also the gateway to the West for many Jewish immigrants in search of a better future. A travel report. –Ed]
Link: http://czernowitz.ehpes.com/czernowitz12/testfile2013-3/0388.html
Black Milk – withheld letters from the death camps of Transnistria
By way of Jane Rostos and Hedwig Brenner:
To whom it may concern, ladies and
gentleman,herewith I would like to call your attention on
the new publication “Black Milk – withheld letters from
the death camps of Transnistria”, just now released by
Studienverlag (Innsbruck/Bolzano/Vienna). In this
publication later Holocaust victims picture the situation in
Transnistria in 213 letters – not to surpass in hardness and
credibility. All letters are translated into German,
Ukrainian, Romanian and English. The book is introduced with
preambles from Dieter A. Binder (University of Graz and
Budapest) and Andrei Corbea-Hoisie (University of
Jassy).
For further informations, please visit .
Available at retailers and online.
I thank you in advance for forwarding this
message to other interested people.
Yours sincerelyBenjamin M. Grilj
Preventing Evil to the Alte Shil
From Marion Tauschwitz:
[V]isiting the Old Shil in September [2013] – on the way to the second floor I discovered a tiny sign on the wall: a young Ukrainian explained the meaning to me: it says the orthodox church had blessed this place to prevent it from evil…
Kind regards,
Marion
http://www.marion-tauschwitz.de
