[Cz-L] Fwd: Eliezer Steinbarg

Dear Czernowitzers: I am forwarding to you the following message
from Miriam Steinberg of Highland Park, Illinois, USA. Her husband's
family is related (somehow) to the famous Yiddish writer, Elieser
Steinbarg of Czernowitz. If you can help her in some way, please
write directly to her at <miriamsteinberg_at_earthlink.net>. She is not
planning to join our list at this time. I mentioned to her already
that at least one list member has been interested in the family of
the architect she mentions, Arthur Kolnick.

Best always,
Bruce

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From: "Miriam Steinberg" <miriamsteinberg_at_earthlink.net>
To: "Bruce Reisch" <bir1_at_nysaes.cornell.edu>
Subject: Re: Eliezer Steinbarg
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:37:15 -0500

Bless you! Receiving your photos was even better than seeing a
photocopy from a book!

Unfortunately, my hopes for some additional genealogical information
were not fulfilled; but it is a wonderful addition to our Steinberg
files. We know that Eliezer Shteybarg was a cousin - my in-laws
corresponded with his widow and siblings, plus his biographies
mention that Eliezer was a cousin to our cousin, the educator Yehuda
Steinberg. But the exact placement on our family Tree continues to
allude me.

Thank you for letting me know about the website for your discussion
group. Given the fact that our Steinberg ancestors did not live in
Chernovitz, but rather Lipcani, Khotin and Cherny Ostrov - and the
fact that my genealogical research time is already stretched to the
maximum - I will decline your kind invitation to join your group.

As an update for your Notable Czernowitzers: Eliezer Shtainbarg was
born March 2, 1880 in Lipcani, Moldava and died on March 27, 1932 in
Chernovitz as a result of an appendectomy. He moved from Lipcani to
Chernovitz in 1919; from 1928 - 1930 he lived in Brazil. See: Lipcan
foon Amol by Aaron Shuster.

In that book it also mentions that following his death, a monument to
him was built on a boulevard in Chernovitz, designed by Parisian
architect Arthur Kolnick, who also illustrated his books. {FYI: There
has recently been published an English translation of some of
Shtainbarg's Fables.] I have written the Ukrainian Ministry of
Culture to try to determine if it is still standing....I somehow
doubt it: when we went to Belarus several years ago, we saw that
while the Nazis killed the Jews, the Russians destroyed any physical
evidence of our existence. But having seen on your website that the
Chernovitz cemetery is still intact, I wonder.

Again, much thanks for the photos.
All the best,
Miriam

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Received on 2005-07-28 08:39:20