Re: [Cz-L] The number of Jews saved by Traian Popovici

Dear All,
  Popovici was removed from office in early 1942.
   With him out of the way , the authorities could complete what
   they started in 1941 - clean Cz. of its Jews.
    They really rounded up 4000 jews and sent more transports to
Transnistria.
     Many of these rounded up got away.
       This was in 1942 ,well before Stalingrad , but the deportation
process seemed
        to have lost momentum.
       Was it due to Popovici ? Is it possible that he made people think
again ?
         Possibly but not certain.
Hardy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
To: "Anny Matar" <annymatar_at_gmail.com>; "HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net>
Cc: "Cornel Fleming" <cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net>; "Czernowitz Genealogy and
History" <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] The number of Jews saved by Traian Popovici


> Miriam (Mimi) Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
>
> Dear Anny,
>
> Your story is a very sad one, because of what you had to go through
> as a child and also because it points to the fact that Mrs. Popovici
> took advantage of the fact that her husband held the power of
> life and death in his hands. What his wife did does not diminish
> Traian Popovici's deeds.
>
> You are absolutely right that exactly how many people he saved
> is, in this context irrelevant. Yet I want to remind those to whom
> the number matters, that many people who had Popovici authorizations,
> were still deported to Transnistria. My family had a Popovici
> authorization, I still have it, but during two deportations in the
> summer of 1942, we were saved from deportation by hiding. Had we
> not hid, we would have been deported despite having Popovici
> authorizations.
>
> Mimi
>
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