[Cz-L] Introduction - Albert Linder

My name is Albert Linder, I was born in 1936 in Chernowitz where my parents
lived on Steingasse street. My father, Samuel Linder comes from Kiselev and
my mother Fannie Schaier comes from Banila. In June 1941 my grandparents in
Banila were killed by their neighbors in a Pogrom that saw over 100 Jews
killed in this village. In October, 1941 our family (my parents, 15 month old
sister Yehudith and my father's parents) was deported to a camp in Bershad,
Transnistria. We arrived in the Camp at end of December 1941. Within the first
few weeks my sister and grandparents died of typhus and hunger. My parents and
I returned to Chernowitz in June 1944 and soon decided to leave again to go
to Palestine.

We spend 10 months in Bucharest waiting for our turn with the Jewish
Underground to get out of Romania to a western country for our trip
to Palestine. In
April 1945 the Bricha got us into Padua, Italy our first DP Camp. We spend 4
years in Italian DP Camps (Padua, Cremona and Trani) run by UNRWA. In June
1949 We immigrated to America, where my parents had their only surviving
siblings, who came to America in the 1920's. In Italy the Camp
schools were run by
Chayalim form Palestine and our curriculum was identical to that in
Palestine and Hebrew became my daily language.

I came to America one week before my Bar Mitzvah and started High School in
the fall at Yeshiva University's Talmudical Academy High. After High School I
went to City College of New York, where I received my Bachelors in Mechanical
  and Masters in Electrical Engineering. I spend my professional career with
companies like ITT, RCA and IBM.

I have two daughters, both artists. My younger daughter and I went back to
Bukovina 5 years ago, where we visited Chernowitz, Kiselev, Banila and Bershad.
  It was a memorable experience for both of us and we have many photographs
and video from this trip. This past April I shared my experience on
Yom Hashoah
with the Jewish community of Stamford, New Canaan and Darien in Connecticut
where we live, using photographs from our family and the trip.
Received on 2006-07-13 19:33:45