Re: [Cz-L] czernowitz-l digest: January 22, 2013

Life in Bessarabia before WW2 was probably not as comfortable
as it was in Czernowitz. Therefore for the Bessarabians it was
a lesser adjustment to get used to life under the Soviets.
But to say that Czernowitzers were not resilient,
is to speak from ignorance. They had suffered hunger and pillage
during WW1, had endured anti-Semitism between the wars,
had lived in fear under the first soviet occupation,
survived the camps in Transnistria, came back to more Soviet
style government and Antisemitism, left their homes,properties
and lifestyle, endured life in mismanaged Romania, then emigrated
to various countries were they did not know the language,
had no property or jobs and where they needed to build a new life,
even though they were no longer young.

And if all this is not enough, think of how they felt knowing
that they had narrowly escaped death and that many
of their relatives, friends and neighbours had not.

Mimi

    Quoting HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>:

> Cornel,
> They were Russian speaking and thinking , we were not.
> Hardy
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "cornel fleming"
> <cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net>
> To: "'Jacob Greenberg'" <grs_software_at_bigpond.com>; <HJarvis16_at_aol.com>
> Cc: <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 7:00 PM
> Subject: RE: [Cz-L] czernowitz-l digest: January 22, 2013
>
>
>> Serah,I would be interested to hear why you think Bessarabians were "more
>> resilient" than Czernowitzer families. And I certainly know of returnees
>> from Transnistria and Siberia who did very well in later life...including
>> members of my family. Cornel
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bounce-72619693-8441035_at_list.cornell.edu
>> [mailto:bounce-72619693-8441035_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Jacob
>> Greenberg
>> Sent: 25 January 2013 12:05
>> To: HJarvis16_at_aol.com
>> Cc: czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu
>> Subject: Re: [Cz-L] czernowitz-l digest: January 22, 2013
>>
>> No, I haven't received the article. Where's 32 and what is it?
>>
>> Also, Siddi wrote that there were only few Jews left in Cz in the Soviet
>> times. I always thought that the numbers remained similar ( or even
>> increased). Where can I check that?
>>
>> True, the demographics was different. For example, all the survivors,
>> members of my mother's family (originally from Bessarabia) moved to Cz to
>> join those who already lived there before the war. As I observed, growing up
>>
>> in Chernovtsi, Bessarabians were more resilient and better adapted to the
>> life with the Soviets than the original Czernowitzers and Bucoviners. And,
>> of course, age was a determining factor too. The older generation has never
>> recovered from the ordeals of Siberia and Transnistria.
>>
>> Serah
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