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<SPAN class=402275508-02082002><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
color=#000080>Dear All</FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN class=402275508-02082002><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>I
recently spent a week in Czernovitz as part of a tour group arranged through
Ophir Tours in Tel Aviv. I joined a group of 7 close relatives from Israel, plus
4 others connected with the area. My mother was bornin Czernovitz 84
years ago, and left the city on the orders of the German army, with the group of
Jews who were deported to Transnistria in 1941.</FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN class=402275508-02082002><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>I
was with a group of 12, and we began in Bucharest, where we spent a night, and
flew from Bucharest Airport to Sucheava, Rumania. From there we travelled by
minibus(about 30 minutes plus a two hour passport check wait at the
Rumanian - Ukrainian border). We stayed at the Cheremosh Hotelfor 6
nights, exploring the city, locating family homes, schools, graves etc.
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<SPAN class=402275508-02082002><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>We
also took a 16 hour round trip to Transnistria, visiting Moghilev and Bershad,
wheremy family spent the war years, and where my grandparents and aunt
were buried in an unmarked communal grave after tragically succumbing to typhus.
We were able to see it, light candles and say Kaddish there for the first time
in 60 years.</FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN class=402275508-02082002><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>It
was a moving and informative journey, and I have some useful information for
anyone wishing to undertake a similar journey or to know what those places are
like. </FONT></SPAN>
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<SPAN class=402275508-02082002><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"
color=#000080>M</FONT></SPAN><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>iriam
Suss<SPAN class=402275508-02082002>Melbourne,
Australia</SPAN></FONT>
<FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080><SPAN
class=402275508-02082002></SPAN>Email:<U> msuss_at_bigpond.net.au</U> </FONT>
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