Hi, Malvina and all else who are taking the trouble to organize this
amorphous protoplasm of 1st and 2nd (and 3rd?) generation Czernowitzers
into a collaborative, focused and contented group. Not an easy task!
My husband and I are definitely "in" for both the Vienna and Czernowitz parts.
I would like to know, actually, how the Czernowitz part is likely to be
"structured" (that shouldn't be a threatening concept -- it's good to have
some sense of direction when we're all coming from around the globe just
for this opportunity).
For those of us who have never been to Czernowitz and don't speak the
languages in use there, it seems more important to have both a guide and a
clear idea of what we want from the experience. From my point of view, the
opportunity to look for streets (if not actual addresses that might still
be there) where our families lived is one goal -- I'd like to walk the
streets my father and grandparents walked, and know their context as much
as is possible in a city that must have changed since the late 1800's and
early 1900's. I'd like to visit the Jewish cemetery and look at gravesites
with my family names on them. I'd like to see the nearby shtetl-locations
that still exist where my grandmother's family came from (Zaleschiki),
those where my father's siblings' spouses came from (for example., Botosany
and Radauti ) -- and if it is possible that records might still exist in
town halls or churches in these areas, I'd like to check into them and see
what genealogical pearls might be found.
In terms of conversation among us, I really look forward to learning as
much as possible from those who have lived in Czernowitz, or know more than
I do about life in the Jewish community "then and now". And I'd love to
have a chance to compare family names and histories in the off-chance that
there might be linkages.
Is this pie-in-the-sky wishful thinking? Or would it be do-able to make
these kinds of things happen for those who want them? What kind of
wish-lists do others in the group have?
Til later. Jessie Attiyeh
This is just me. Others must have their own wish-lists. But I feel that
just meandering around the city and looking at current edifices without
tying them to our own history would leave much to be desired.
Received on 2005-07-09 08:08:53
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