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Category Archives: Photos
Who Knew Hermann Schimmer?
From Corinne Schimmer:
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Corinne is trying to find anyone who knew her father, Hermann Schimmer, from Czernowitz.
The first photo, front and back were taken in Gimmaziul Mirou Costiu (?) in 1936/37. Corinne says: ” My dad wrote the names on the back: he is in the third row [5th from the left]”.
Front:
Back:
The second photo is of Class 1935 My dad is second from the right in the front row:
The last photo is of my grandmother born Eva Hilsenrathe. It would be great if anyone could remember a name or anything!
Corinne Schimmer,
Caen, France
1930’s Cz Class Photos
From Stephen Winters
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My father, Stewart Schapira’s elementary class photo; possibly second grade; 1931—School on Landhaus Gasse; Stewart is second from left in last row. Stewart’s jacket referred to as Yanker.
Stewart’s Schapira’s fourth grade—elementary school on Landhaus gasse; Stewart is fourth form right (with necktie) next to last row; last row, third from left – individual with last name of Geller.
Festivities for the Kaiser in 1908!
By way of Cornel Fleming
Czernowitz Unknowns…
From Mimi Taylor… Czernowitz — 1936 Unknown statue, unknown person. Maybe you know the statue and/or the person?
Tel-Aviv 1951-52 wedding picture. All Czernowitzers, but who are they?
Romanian Ghosts – Photo Archive
By way of Sid Seidenstein:
The Race to Save a Hauntingly Beautiful Photo Archive
Costica Acsinte was a Romanian army photographer during World War I who, following his discharge, opened a small commercial studio in Slobozia, about 80 miles east of Bucharest. For two decades after the war, he was likely the only professional photographer in the county, and by the time of his death in 1984, he had built an archive of epic, anthropological scope containing upwards of 5,000 glass-plate negatives and several hundred prints.
Here is the link to the Time Magazine article:
http://lightbox.time.com/2014/02/04/costica-acsinte-archive/?iid=lb-gal-moreon#1
And here is the link to the digitized photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/costicaacsinte
When you get to the Album you will see many large thumbnails. Click on any one of them for a full screen presentation. To navigate through the photos use the left and right arrows that appear when your mouse is to the left or right of the photo.
Mimi Taylor- 1940 & 1943 Czernowitz
Life was still good at Cecina in 1940 for little girls — Mimi Taylor (white dress) and Ukrainian friend, before the Russians came in 1940
Mimi Taylor (age 6) with her mother during the war – 1943
1939 Czernowitz
Henry Sinnreich and mother Claire (nee Honich) in 1939 Czernowitz when life was still good for a mother and her boy.
The Atlantic: Chernivtsi on January 24, 2014
The Atlantic, January 28, 2014: “Anti-government protesters mass outside the regional administration headquarters as they attempt to take over during a rally, with Interior Ministry members standing guard inside the building, in the town of Chernivtsi in southwestern Ukraine, on January 24, 2014. (Reuters/Stringer)”
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