Re: [Cz-L] Czernowitz old synagogue and old cemetery

The Synagogue also named the Alte Shil was situated on the Synagogengasse
which,as becoming , carried its name.
   The Rumanians changed the name to Wilson ( U.S. President ?).
    The Soviets changed it again to Henri Barbusse , French communist poet.
     What connection to Czernowitz ? None.
     After the Soviet era all names instated by the hated Soviets were
changed .
     Stalin, Lenin and all Generals and Heroes of the WW2 went down the
drain.
      Just Henri Barbusse survived . That almost nobody knows today who
      he was or what his importance was for Czernowitz, makes little
difference.
        So today, if you want to see the left-over Alte Shil you go to
Vulitza Barbusse.
          Go down Golovna , at Hmelnitzki turn right , where once was the
"Ham "
       and the Jewish Hospital.
           Hardy


Hardy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
To: "Czernowitz Genealogy and History" <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 9:18 PM
Subject: [Cz-L] Czernowitz old synagogue and old cemetery


> The following is and excerpt from "Vallentine's Jewish Encyclpaedia",
> printed in London in 1938:
>
> ............................................
>
> The synagogue built in 1797 is a good representative of Jewish
> architecture;
> In its interior there are nine vaulted arches, supported by four pillars,
> in
> the centre of which stands the almemar. Although the oldest tombstone is
> only of the year 1718, the cemetery of Czernowitz constitutes a veritable
> treasure of Jewish ornamental masonry.
>
> The Jewish population is ca. 45 000 (40%)
>

Received on 2007-09-30 06:12:21