[Cz-L] Czernowitz materials in Israeli Archives

Dear Friends:

This message is primarily for those interested in the history of the
Jewish Community of Czernowitz. In 2002, I updated the Czernowitz
list on materials available in the Central Archives for the History
of the Jewish People in Jerusalem. Here is an excerpt from that post:

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From: "The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People"
<archives_at_vms.huji.ac.il>
To: "Bruce Reisch" <bir1_at_nysaes.cornell.edu>
Subject: Re: Status of Czernowitz records
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 13:12:21 +0200

A considerable portion of the Czernowitz community files have already been
microfilmed, but have not all been catalogued yet.

The material relates to the 19th and 20th centuries and is primarily in
German and Romanian. In addition to these files, we have also microfilmed
material relating to Czernowitz Jewry at the archives of the Alliance
Israelite Universelle in Paris and at the Romanian Federation of Jewish
Communities in Bucharest.

Birth, marriage and death registers are not among the items microfilmed.

I do not know if there are long lists of any kind among the files and I am
not sure how useful it is for the ordinary genealogist. The material is
definitely of value for historical research, and an initial study based on
it, by an Israeli historian, Dr. David Shaari, is already in print.

The material is available to anyone visiting the archives' premises. When
it has been fully catalogued (Dr. Shaari used the films without the benefit
of a catalogue), it will be possible to give a bit more information on the
contents of the catalogue cards.

Yours sincerely,

Hadassah
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I wrote several days ago to the Central Archives once again,
inquiring about anything new related to Bukovina that might have been
acquired to the archives. I also asked about the status of efforts
to index the various files related to Czernowitz. Here is the
response I just received:

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Dear Bruce,

The Czernowitz materials are now undergoing classification. They
consist of files from the community archives as well as some files
from government record groups. The communal material contains much
correspondence on the Chassidic rabbis of the area as well as on the
regular communal administration, and dates from 1839 to just before
World War II. There is no primary genealogical material.

Hadassah
THE CENTRAL ARCHIVES FOR THE
HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE
Location: 46 Jabotinsky street, Jerusalem
Postal Address: POB 1149, Jerusalem 91010
Tel. 972-2-5635716 Fax 972-2-5667686
E-Mail: archives_at_vms.huji.ac.il
Website; http://sites.huji.ac.il/archives
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Best wishes,

Bruce
Received on 2006-07-25 07:55:05