My two cents concerning conscription: My grandmother and her siblings =
were from Neu Zuchka, one of the hamlets in the neighborhood of =
Sadagura. Her sister married a Russian who had crossed the border and =
come to Czernowitz about 1914 specifically to avoid conscription. They =
moved to the US within a year or so. It is also well known that the =
government's requirement that citizens adopt German names, starting =
around 1800, was for purposes of taxation and conscription, and that =
many a game was developed to evade them - such as registering under the =
father's surname but going by the mother's. The issue of names is =
further complicated by the fact that the State did not recognize =
rabbinic marriages (high fees were charged for State-approved =
procedures); therefore the children of Jewish marriages were often =
considered "illegitimate" (a term so often appearing on Jewish birth =
certificates from eastern Europe). Hope this is of interest and =
possible help.
Nick Martin
Studying GLAUBACH, HERNES, JERES, SCHAPIRA, MENCZER
Received on 2007-01-16 09:48:16
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