Re: [Cz-L] Sweeping streets

Dear Marianne,
  I see that there is no response to your request for street sweeping
recollection.
   I was not in the age of the affected population and what I
  say is not from personal experience. It is merely a speculation:
   " Soon after the occupation of the town in July 41 ,the streets
     were full of rubble , blown up buildings ,plundered burnt-out shops,
     the not collected garbage . Then one morning there was a decree pasted
      on the billboards around the town saying so:
       " Labour for communal benefit (Munca de folos obstesc).
     I , C.Calotescu ,Governor of Bucovina , decree that as from today ,# in
July 1941
     all jewish males between the ages of 18 and 40 , must report for public
labor
     at the city hall at 8 o'clock in the morning.
       Any who will not comply will be severely punished ( Three days
shooting and
        5 days hanging - as the Jews would say).
         Signed C. Calotescu ,"
     The next day all the called up reported :
       The municipality supplied the brooms,
        the City - the dirty streets,
        The Jews the labor.
         In October came the Ghetto and deportations and the "Munca"
stopped.
        After the Ghetto the "Munca " renewed its activity ,but not street
sweeping :
        Jews were sent for lengthy ( monthly ?) periods to dig military
trench lines
        in Falticeni and more .
          These fortifications were never used.

      Hardy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marianne Hirsch" <mh2349_at_columbia.edu>
To: "Abraham Kogan" <akogan_at_netvision.net.il>
Cc: "'HARDY BREIER'" <HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net>; "'CZERNOWITZ-L'"
<Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Sweeping streets

> Dear all,
>
> I was quite stunned by the pictures of Czernowitz Jews sweeping
> streets since I do not remember reading or hearing any accounts of his
> specific indignity. There are accounts of forced labor but not
> specifically of being made to sweep streets. If any of you have
> specific recollections of this, I would appreciate them very much.
>
> many thanks and all best, Marianne
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