[Cz-L] Personal Introduction

Hi, members of the Czernowitz-List!
My name is Charles Rosner. I participated in the
meeting (reunion) in Czernowitz a few weeks ago. And
Iím now joining the List itself. So, here is my short
personal introduction.
… I'm French and live near Aix-en-Provence, where I
retired 3 years ago after an international career.
… I was born in Czernowitz in 1941 and lived there
until 1945 ñ my mother and I were hidden as
clandestine in the ghetto. We finally arrived in
France in 1948, after having spent 3 years in
Bucharest.
… Iím fluent in French, English and German; I hold an
engineering degree from one of the very ìbig schoolsî
in France, plus an MBA from INSEAD; and, finally, I
got the French order ìLegion díHonneurî for my
lifetime achievements.
… I married twice and have three grown-up children
ìfrom the second bedî, as we say in French.
… I'm not at all religious, I won't walk through the
streets of Czernowitz with tears in my eyes, but I
believe some memory should be kept for future
generations. I visited Czernowitz in 1999, 2003 and
2004, made some research there as well as in Vienna,
and then I wrote a kind of family chronicle for my
children.
… As for my ancestors:
o On fatherís side: my father (Simon), grandfather
(Haim Schmiele) and great-grandfather (Arie) were from
Wiznitz; and one of my grandmothers (Mina
Alper-Salomon) was from nearby Berhometh.
o On motherís side: my mother was born in Czernowitz;
her father (Josef David Wagner) was from Zaleszcsyki
and her mother (Netti/Haje-Neche Lackner) from Sereth;
as for her grandmothers: one had the maiden name
Regina/Rachel Picker (from Sadagura; her father was
Elias Picker), the otherís one being Ettel Salzinger.
o To mention also that my mother had three brothers
and a sister (the son of the latter ñ my cousin ñ is
the husband of Gabrielle Weissmann, living in Berlin:
Gaby also attended the meeting in Cz).
o At least, one of my motherís brothers was well known
in Cz in the thirties: Edi Wagner, who created a
folkloric ensemble in 1934, trying to resist the
Romanian fascist environment. Towards the end, the
ensemble had about 100 young people from all
ìnationalitiesî (Jews, Germans, Ukrainians, Romanians,
etc) who sang, danced and played balalaika and guitar.
They gave a dozen performances in Cz, Bukowina and
also in the old Regat, encountered great popular
success, butÖ In August 1936, the Siguranta arrested
Edi Wagner: he was beaten and tortured to death and
finally thrown out of a second floor window at police
HQs.
I also wanted to attach a picture to this mail, but do
not know how to do this (apparently attachement are
not allowed): it's a picture I got from Gabrielle two
weeks ago. It was taken in the thirties and shows part
(about 20 people) of Edi Wagner's orchestra: the idea
is that if any of you recognizes someone on this
picture, he should let me know. So, how shall I do?
Regards,
Charles

[Moderator's note: The software that handles
mail for the list doesn't work well with attached
files. So, the way to handle this is to send
your attached file directly to Webmeister Jerome
Schatten at <romers_at_shaw.ca>. He will post it to
the web site and let everyone know just where
they can find it. Thanks for your post, Charles!
Bruce Reisch, Geneva, New York.]
Received on 2006-06-07 14:11:23