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1920 Czernowitz Class Photo

From David Rosner:

Dear Aunt and Uncle (Edy und Gaby Weissmann), dear fellow members of the
list,

As promised I come to you with a recently found photograph, which was deeply
dug into in my beloved father Charles ROSNER’s things – and to be more
precise in one of the more or less preserved cardboard suitcases that
belonged to my grandparents, and which remained all over the years.

As you can see it is about Edy Wagner’s class, I wonder if I read right :
“Zur Erinnerung von meiner III. Volksschulklasse im Juli 1920″…
But I may be wrong.

I hope you all like this as much as I did when I found it !… Unless you
maybe had it already.

Greetings from Normandy.

David.

David ROSNER,
Directeur Pièces, Service Après-Vente et Informatique, Groupe SAUSSEREAU.
Téléphone : +33.(0)6.74.32.20.15.
www.saussereau.com

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Jewish situation in Ukraine

By way of Cornel Fleming
Hi all! Last night went to a meeting on Ukraine organized by World Jewish
Relief. One of the speakers(via Skype) was David Fishman,Professor of Jewish
History at the Jewish Theological Seminary ,New York…an expert on Ukraine.
We also had the Ukr. Ambassador. The election results…Svoboda wiped out.
Jews currently appreciated..many were prominent on the Maidan,some who went
to Israel and have served in the IDF have returned to fight, the Bishop of
Dnepropetrovsk came to the Jewish Community centre for a visit,the Deputy
Prime Minister is a guy by the name of Groysman…a very upbeat
presentation!

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Read the Article by David Fishman here:
http://forward.com/articles/200894/kiev-is-full-of-hope-yes-even-for-jews/

ASF Camps

From Shelley Mitchell

I want to share an interesting experience with you. I was looking at the headstones uncovered by the ASF camps. My grandfather’s name was Moldauer. One of the headstones uncovered was that of a Berta Moldauer. I tried to find out more about her but I couldn’t. I don’t think she was in any of the databases. So I continued my long-term search for my Moldauers and I came across this passport application for her son in Brazil. It shows that Berta was married to Wilhelm and their son was named Jakob. While this information did not help me personally, it can now be added to the information we already have about those who lived in Czernowitz. Without the work of the volunteers, Berta would still be an unknown. Hopefully, her grandchildren will look for her someday.

Shelley
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What to make of this?

From Cornel Fleming:

The first name reminds me of the German word for garlic, and the second name is what they used to do in the Herrengasse and the Volksgarten….it means one who strolls for pleasure!! And I wonder what kind of stockings they produced..the kind that elegant ladies wore or the kind some of the uber-frummes wore! As I said too..still using the AUSTRIAN street name. May be worth forwarding to our historical genius Hedwig

C.

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Medallion

From Jean Weightman:

I have attached two photographs of a medallion I found among my mother’s things. My mother was born in Czernowitz in 1913. Her parents and maternal and paternal grandparents were all Czernowitzers from around the mid 1850s.

The medallion could be Romanian, Austro-Hungarian, German or something else.

It looks like a coin with the tiny photograph fixed to one side and decorated with enamelled Forget-me-nots.

I wonder if anyone from the list is able to identify the gentleman – possibly a monarch – and the coin. I cannot find a date on the medallion. It may have been on the side that was later decorated with the photograph and the flowers.

Thanks and best wishes to all.

Jean Weightman

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Sara Schmidt mother of Joseph

From Oren Saraf:

At the cemetery of Gura Humora, we found the grave of Sara Schmidt, the mother of Joseph Schmidt.

My grandfather , Dr. Scharfstein, was born in Gura Humora, and After becoming an ENT doctor, he lived in Czernowitz. (I am sure that the tonsils of some of our CZ-L members were removed by him in the ‘30’s.)

My ant remember that around ’36 or ’37, Joseph Schmidt came from Vienna to see Dr. Scharfstein for some problem he had in his throat. After the treatment they had privet recital at home.

Oren Saraf

The grave of Sarah Schmidt, mother of Joseph Schmidt at Gura Humora Romania

The grave of Sarah Schmidt, mother of Joseph Schmidt at Gura Humora Romania

 

Interesting Photo

Sometimes folks send me photos with no information — this is one of those.  I always write back asking for whatever info exists — in this case I received no response and the photo eventually got separated from the correspondence, becoming an orphan on my desktop.

So, perhaps the sender will recognize the photo and use the comment box to provide some context?

Looks like the late 20’s early 30’s in beautiful downtown Czernowitz — the Ringplatz by the Dermata shoe store?

jerome

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