Re: Why the Jews left Czernowitz

BS"D
Aizic,
By any chance, do you have any Herman family?
I met a fascinating fellow in Williamsburg who does cemetary
preservation.
His name is Herman, but the family was originally Schechter.
All the best,
Raanan Isseroff
Brooklyn

On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 22:47:01 +0200 YASO <aizic_at_netvision.net.il> writes:
> Hi Larry,
>
> You ask why Jews left Czernowitz.
>
> Yes, Anti Semites was a governing factor.
>
> Then there was the "fairy tale," that the streets of America are
> paved in Gold.
>
> Usually one child was sent and eventually he brought over the rest
> of the
> family.
>
> During WWI (1914-1919) Austira-Hungary was on the losing side.
>
> After the war the economic situation was bad, there was inflation
> etc. Also
> during that period there was a great epidemic all over Europe I
> believe it
> was called Spanish Flu or whatever and it killed I believe over 20
> million
> people all over Europe.
>
> Do I have to continue??
>
> All the best,
>
> Aizic Sechter


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Received on 2004-02-10 16:55:10