Re: [Cz-L] Resilience

Greg welcome,
  Your thoughts- my thoughts.
  But better put.
    Where have you been all that time ?

Hardy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Fedner" <gfedner_at_gmail.com>
To: <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
Cc: "cornel fleming" <cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net>; "Jacob Greenberg"
<grs_software_at_bigpond.com>; <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 6:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Resilience

> Hi Mimi,
>
> I was not trying to say that the Ukrainians were worse than, say,
> Lithuanians or Latvians. Neither was I belittling the courageous
> behavior of those of them who helped their Jewish neighbors risking
> their own lives. I simply wanted to add a perspective to the point of
> view that the Ukrainians must have been BETTER than others because of
> the highest number of the Righteous Gentiles among them, which I
> disagree with.
>
> And of course, most of the Czernowitzer deportees to Transnistria came
> from relatively affluent circles (at least, compared with most
> Bessarabians). That, coupled with the language barrier, did not bode
> well for them in the harsh conditions they found themselves in at
> Transnistrian camps. Nothing to do with inferiority or superiority.
> That being said, there is little doubt in my mind that many
> Czernowitzers in different circumstances would, probably, look down on
> the Bessarabian "shtetl" Jews...
>
> Did not mean to ruffle any feathers, just spoke my thoughts...
>
> Best, Greg Fedner.
>

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