[Cz-L] Some new member information and requests.

We are Helene and Irene Silverblatt, twin granddaughters of Karl Schrager =
of Czernowitz and Edith Kupferman of Novoseliza.. Although we heard about =
Czernowitz from relatives living in New York (Czernowita, little Vienna =
and paradise was Wein, ) Czernowitz has really become a place of great =
meaning for us because of the remarkable interest shown in our cousin, =
Selma Meerbaum- Eisinger and in her poetry. Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger died =
in a forced labor camp in 1942, and her 57 poems, written in long hand, in =
German, miraculously survived They were first published privately in =
Israel, republished by a German press in 1980 and reprinted last year by =
Hoffman and Campe. In September, 2004 we visited Chernivtsi with our =
mother, Hilda Schrager Silverblatt, Selma's closest living relative, =
when a plaque in Selma's honor was placed on the door of her apartment. =
Over the last several years, her life and poetry have been celebrated in =
musical theater, in avante garde classical music compositions and, most =
recently, in a CD released by the World Quintet in which several of her =
poems were put to music and song by German artists.

At the Chernivtsi ceremony, our 86 year old mother recognized how much we =
owe to others for bringing Selma back into our lives. We would appreciate =
any information any of you might have of her life, her interests, and her =
concerns.=20

Helene Silverblatt is a psychiatrist at the University of New Mexico =
Health Sciences Center and Irene Silverblatt teaches cultural anthropology =
at Duke University.

We wish we could join you for the 2006 Czernowitzer reunion, but various =
graduations won't allow us to make the trip. However, we greatly look =
forward to finding out about your experiences.

Helene Silverblatt, MD
UNM Health Sciences Center
Department of Psychiatry
Albuquerque, NM 87131
(505) 272-0544
hsilverblatt_at_salud.unm.edu
Received on 2006-04-04 05:56:52