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Mark Wiznitzer wrote to the group on 19 May: >>There is a photo in “Shtetl Under the Sun – The Ashkenazic Jewish Community of Curaçao” of Lucca circa 1948 playing the accordion while three children (one is my oldest sister) … Continue reading →

America’s Soul in the Balance by Gregory J. Wallance, to be released in April 2012 (now released), uses resources from our Ruth Glasberg Gold’s  book Ruth’s Journey.  Wallance says: “The origin of America’s Soul in the Balance traces to the … Continue reading →

Below is the ‘L’ Card from Avi Raanan issued to his Grandmother, Ester Katz in 1941. You can enlarge the card by clicking on it. The card was sent to me and also sent to Hedwig Brenner who commented: “Hi … Continue reading →

Courtesy of Mimi Taylor Click on document to enlarge further Translation of above: Town Hall of the municipitality of Cernauti Declaration The undersigned…. Jewish head of family, declares that he is a resident of Cernauti, street… and before the establishment … Continue reading →

From Irene Fishler – March 1, 2012 Dear friends, Here is a first picture of Hedwig with her Order of Merit received today in Haifa. A noisy group of Czernowitzers / Bukovinaers was  happy to celebrate together with Hedwig. Irene … Continue reading →

[*this is a sticky post -  it's always at the top. The latest post is below it. ] If you are a member of the Czernowitz-L E-list/discussion group, you can send an email to admin@ehpes.com with your full name, email … Continue reading →

Two photos taken in June 2007… The first came from Willy Goldmann and I can’t remember where the second came from, but it was originally on our home page sometime back. jerome

Referring to the Ehpes Postcard Collection, Album 13 Irene Fishler wrote… [... ] On page 3 ,the last row, a small street photo from 1942 ( number 00063x9c ?) Three boys in winter . Do they wear the yellow stars … Continue reading →

Czernowitzers… Willy Goldmann sent along a YouTube link to this 1 hour 1994 performance of Yiddish music, I presume at the Musikverein in Cz. The fellow who posted this to YouTube was the same fellow (loveboris100) who made the one … Continue reading →