RE: [Cz-L] The old Jewish graveyard of Czernowitz

Hi Mimi!

I have already said that returning from Mogilev (1945) we stayed at my =
grandparents place which one fence boarding the old cemetery. Then the =
cemetery was still beautifully arranged with fruit trees ect. That means =
that the Romanians (in the period after WWI) did not have the courage to =
demolish it.

Asher Turtel.



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[mailto:bounce-1864079-3499311_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Miriam =
Taylor
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 2:26 AM
To: Czernowitz Genealogy and History
Subject: [Cz-L] The old Jewish graveyard of Czernowitz

Dear All,

Looking through various Czernowitz and Bukowina related web-sites,
I found on a website named "Bukowina" an article from 1936 named
"Verwandeltes Czernowitz" ( changed Czernowitz).

Part of this article read:

> Czernowitz, Ende Juni 1936
>
> Es ist nicht etwa die Rede davon, daß die Slums von Czernowitz =
demoliert
> werden. Dieses Elendsviertel zwischen Springbrunnenplatz und dem =
Bahngeleise,
> auf dem täglich die internationalen Schlaf- und Speisewagen von =
Wien, Berlin
> und Warschau nach Bukarest rollen, umschließt allerdings auch den =
vierhundert
> Jahre alten jüdischen Friedhof mit seinen von interessanter =
Volkskunst
> zeugenden Denkmälern und die altehrwürdige Synagoge und ist
> kulturgeschichtlich ungemein bemerkenswert.

According to this article, the old Jewish cemetery was 400 years old in =
1936
and was located near the old synagogue, strange as this seems. =
Apparently
the whole area north of the Synagogengasse (Strada Wilson) was being
demolished. If you look at the 1941 map, #43 is the synagogue and #77 is =
the
Jewish hospital. The writer of the article further says that:

This area also contains the 400 year old Jewish graveyard, with it's
interesting folk-art gravestones and the venerable synagogue and is
tremendously remarkable from a history of culture point of view.

Does anyone know, was the old Jewish cemetery indeed demolished by the
Romanian authorities in 1936? Or was it demolished later by the =
Russians?

By the way, so far I have heard neither from Rabbi Glisenstein
nor Dr. Bursuk.

Mimi
Received on 2007-09-27 06:23:40