Re: [Cz-L] Jews have never lived in Brody

Yes - I fully agree. Thank you, Christian.
Merle

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From: "Edgar Hauster" <bconcept_at_hotmail.com>
To: "Christian Herrmann" <cyberorange_at_gmx.de>; "Czernowitz Discussion Group"
<czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 9:32 AM
Subject: RE: [Cz-L] Jews have never lived in Brody

Christian...

Congratulations, that's an amazing posting at your Vanished World Blog,
regardless wether it's on-topic or off-topic (moderator's decision):

http://vanishedworld.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/jews-have-never-lived-in-brody/

In May 2011 I visited Brody too and I think you'll not wonder at the
parallels between our postings:

http://hauster.blogspot.de/2011/05/auf-den-spuren-judischer-vergangenheit.html

The historical destinies of Galicia and Bukovina are inextricably linked
with each other. The emigration from Galicia to Bukovina - my ancestors came
from Rohatyn in Galicia - at the end of the 19th century and beginning of
20th century was a history of both, a poverty migration and a emancipation
movement. The "Galicia And Bukovina Map In Hebrew" from the year 1878 at our
ehpes.com Blog is just an indication:

http://ehpes.com/blog1/2011/02/08/galicia-and-bukovina-map-in-hebrew/

One more clue we get from the website Jewish Galicia & Bukovina:

http://jgaliciabukovina.net/

Following the links "Great Heritage" + "Historical Background", we discover
two most interesting articles on this subject by:

• Piotr Wrobel (http://tinyurl.com/d7ybzto)
• Fred Stambrook (http://tinyurl.com/caqftdu)

>From Piotr Wrobel's article headlined "The Jews of Galicia under
Austrian-Polish Rule, 1867-1918." we learn:

"In 1867, the Jews of Austria received full civil emancipation as individual
citizens. They had not been accorded the status of a "nationality"
(Volksstamm), but were considered only as a religious group
(Religionsgemeinschaft). Consequently, Jews were not granted even the
limited national rights enjoyed by the recognized "nationalities". Yiddish
did not receive official approval for use in schools and public life.
Israeliten should seek their places among the non-Jewish "nationalities",
and consider themselves Poles or Germans of the Mosaic faith. Majority
"nationalities" initiated a campaign to persuade Jews to join their ranks
and a Jewish response in one direction or another frequently provoked
anti-Semitic reactions. Only in Bukovina, where no nationality had a
majority, Jews were recognized as a de facto "nationality". [...] In 1900
Jews made up 72.1% of all residents in Brody, 57.3% in Buczacz, 57.1% in
Rawa Ruska (Rava Rus'ka), 52.7% in Sanok, 51.3% in Stanislawow
(Stanislaviv), 51.2% in Gorlice, 50.8% in Kolomyja (Kolomyia). [...]
Emigration belonged to the most important phenomena leading to the decrease
of the Jewish population in Galicia. The bad economic situation, especially
in industry and in the cities, and the fact that opportunities for the Jews
to enhance their social status were extremely limited, drove many Galician
Jews from their homeland. [...] Numerous Galician Jews did not leave the
Dual Monarchy but moved from Galicia to other Habsburg lands."

Thank you so much Christian for your outstanding contributions!

Edgar Hauster • MacBook
Lent • The Netherlands

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