Re: [Cz-L] The Elias Weinstein Petition

Edgar, Peter and all that worked to make these documents and background
materials available; THANK YOU ALL! History has come alive here and
been made available to all...

Certainly, you have nailed the operative word 'alleged' in the response,
which speaks volumes about the politics in play in that day. That said,
it is of interest (to me at least) that they straight-up said that they
would not be taking any action.

Today, of course, it would be worded '...we will take your comments and
concerns under advisement' (and still do nothing). Maybe it's the
'linguistics of colonial times, but I come away thinking that more
honesty prevailed in earlier days.

Again, most interesting!
jerome

On Fri, 2013-01-11 at 19:22 +0100, Edgar Hauster wrote:
> Czernowitzers...
>
> It was our fellow member Peter Elbau, who drew my attention to an outstanding document from October 1945, which Peter purchased by auction. The Government of Palestine was rejecting a petition adressed by Dr. Elias Weinstein, the former editor of the Czernowitzer Morgenblatt AND the co-founder of "Die Stimme",
>
> "on the subject of alleged deportation to Siberia by the Soviet authorities of inhabitants of the Bukovina"
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> and both, Peter and I stumbeled over the term "alleged" in 1945, four years after the deportation took place?! It's quite clear, that this stirred up our curiosity and - thanks to Peter's research and Irene's hint - I succeeded to obtain "The Elias Weinstein Petition" by special courtesy of Galia Weisman from the Israel State Archives.
>
> http://ehpes.com/blog1/2013/01/11/the-elias-weinstein-petition/
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> Now, being in the possession of both, the petition and it's rejection, we are able to reconstruct Dr. Elias Weinstein's desperate effort to avoid that the deportees were abandoned, the crimes falling into oblivion.
>
> More on Dr. Elias Weinstein, this very prominent Bukovinian, and on the deportation from Bukovina to Siberia and Kazakhstan will be released at our - redesigned - ehpes.com Blog
>
> http://ehpes.com/blog1/
>
> quite soon! We are going to prove - once more - that the deportation was definitely not "alleged"! Enjoy the coverage and don't hesitate to submit your comments!
>
>
> Edgar Hauster
> Lent - The Netherlands
>

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