Re: [Cz-L] about Traian Popovici

Dear Florentin,

This is what my late Mother, Pearl Spiegel Fichman, wrote about Popovici in
her memoirs, Before Memories Fade:

"About a week after our escape from the Ghetto, the military stopped issuing
permits to return and there remained about 3000 Jews in the confined area.
The mayor, Dr. Dori Popovici, a decent man, who had lived all his life in
Czernovitz and was friendly toward the Jewish population, got the consent from
Bucharest to dismantle the Ghetto and everybody to receive a permit signed by
him."

Eytan Fichman

In a message dated 5/8/2008 9:31:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
henry_at_sinnreich.net writes:
Dear Florentin,

Here is what I know:

> 1. How did your parents get the Popovici certificate? Had they
> represented the indispensable persons from Czernowitz? As you know,
> such jews were excepted from deported, in accordance with Antonescu's
> permission.
My father was an electrical engineer and was recruited to work in
electricity plant, since most employees there were mobilized to fight on the
Eastern front.

> 2. What did you tell you your parents about mayor?
I was only 8 years old and perceived all this not very clearly.

> 3. Was the certificate obtained with money?
I don't think so, since we had no money.
My father used to be a teacher at the Jewish technical school before that.

> 4. Was Popovici married? With a jewess?
I don't know and have not heard about it.

Henry (Heinrich) Sinnreich
Richardson, Texas, USA

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