RE: [Cz-L] An infamous Czernowitzer

Mimi...by the 1943 part of the war none were short of planes...they were
short of what in Czernowitz was called "Rachmunes" and in modern Ivrit
rachmanut....plus State Dept anti-Semitism was a factor. Cornel

[Cornel - What is "Rachmunes" - is this "basic human feeling, compassion"? Moderator B]

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From: Miriam Taylor [mailto:mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu]
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 3:45 AM
To: hedbren_at_zahav.net.il
Cc: cornel fleming; Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] An infamous Czernowitzer

At the time of WW2 American Jews were not in a position
to help European Jews. There was Anti-Semitism and
discrimination against Jews by both elected officials as well
as the advisors in the state department.

It is also worth remembering that all the allies; Britain, France,
the US, USSR, Canada, etc. were not prepared for the war,
they were short of planes, ammunition, fuel and everything else.
They may not have bombed the trains to Auschwitz, because
they truly believed that bombing other targets would help them
win the war.

Mimi

On Feb 24, 2013, at 3:10 PM, <hedbren_at_zahav.net.il> wrote:

> Hi Cornel,
> About this question I discussed with my late husband when the train
> from Auschwitz to Odessa stopped in Czernowitz, they had no more coal
> for the engine...So for 3 weeks the surwiver of the death camp were
> hosted in the empty hospital for incurables(Piarne) the ills were
> deported to death by the Roumanian.in Transnistria. and par chance
> I met 4 of these Jewish women from Holland, one was the friend of
> Otto, Anne Frank's father. I invited them to stay with us, 3 of
> them lived in our appartment 3 weeks and so we learned for the
> first time the truth about Auschwitz..They also asked us this
> crucial question...Why the American Jews did nothing for us...
> Hedwig

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