Re: [Cz-L] Medicine in Czernowitz Maccabi, Restitution

When I was on Lviv we spoke with the head of the archives who is Jewish.
She told us to fill out paperwork to request documents pertaining to my
grandfathers property which is apparently quite valuable. 6 months later I
received a package from the Ukrainian Embassy with a letter stating my
family's property was confiscated by the Soviets along with 36 pages
of notorized copies of the original documents of ownership going back to
1923 when my grandfather renovated the property and submitted the paperwork
for approval of the renovations. The letter clearly states the provenance
as do the paperwork. All the documents except the letter were in Polish.

Now what? I was told by Vadim Altscan from the National Holocaust Museum in
DC that until the Ukraine is part of the European Union there will be no
talk of restitution.

Has this changed?

There is a plethora of proof in these archives that is there for the
taking. All we need to do is ask. Get the copies now I suggest and pounce
when the time is right.

Ilana

On Sunday, January 27, 2013, E. & G. Weissmann wrote:

> Andy is right in praising medicine before the war. The doctors were mainl=
y
> Jewish and they had studied in Vienna, Prague, italy or somewhere else, a=
s
> there was no medical school in town. So they had excellent training and h=
ad
> a heart, too. Remember the paediatrician Dr. Wiesenthal?
> Today, Serah Kraft speaks of her mother and family having studied
> medicine- where - in post-war Czernowitz? It would be interesting to know=
.
>
> My mother had been an enthusiastic member of Maccabi, she was goal-keeper
> at basket-ball, 100m running, etc.. Long time ago. Among the others were
> Beate Friedman, later in Romania she became a great and famous actress,
> changed her name to Fredanov, in the later years emigrated to D=FCsseldor=
f.
>
> Years ago I inquired at a Czernowitz lawyer who spoke German about
> restitution. He was adamant that the Ukrainians will never never give
> anything back. Following your discussion, I start believing that things
> might change in time and history, but am rather sceptical.
> Gabriele
>
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