Re: [Cz-L] Historical changes in the boundaries of the Jewish cemetery

All I remember about Turks in Czernowitz was the Yiddish phrase "A Geleymter
Terk"
  Yosef Eshet

[Moderator's note: Yossi provided the following translation for the Yiddish phrase:
A lame Turk - somebody who can't do anything properly. This derives from the historical convention at the end of the 19th century and especially during WW1 when Europe tagged the Ottoman empire as an unreliable ally and generally a total failure.

Moderator Bruce]

----- Original Message -----
From: "HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>
To: "Anny Matar" <annymatar_at_gmail.com>; "Bruce Reisch"
<bir1_at_nysaes.cornell.edu>
Cc: "CZERNOWITZ-L" <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Historical changes in the boundaries of the Jewish
cemetery

> Anny,
> The Turkish rule ended in 1775. In the mid 1800 there were no Turks
> there.
> Even before - there were no Turks , they ruled by proxy (tax
> collectors).
> In the meantime we know the story of the Moslem mass grave on the
> Jewish cemetery.
>
> 1. These were Russian soldiers from the Caucas or Asia Minor and of
> Moslem creed
> fallen in WW1. No Turks.
> 2. At the time they were buried , the area was outside of the Jewish
> Cemetery,
> in an area named Military Cemetery. Later the Jewish cemetery
> expanded to
> the north and south including the Military Cemetery.
>
> Hardy
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