Re: [Cz-L] Czernowitz Jewish status seekers

I agree with Cornel. My father was raised in a orthodox family who moved to
Czernowitz from Kolomiya, Galizia in 1901 and lived a religious life from
the first day I remember him. He spoke a good German and I had practically 2
mother languages: Yiddish and German. We read the daily Morgenblatt in
German. His parents sent him away from Czernowitz at the outbreak of the war
in 1914, because he wanted to volunteer to the Austrian Army before being
drafted due to his young age and they tried to prevent him from that. Their
social status was middle class: a store in the Postgasse opposite the
Hauptpost and a respectable house in the Dreifaltigkeitsgasse 17.
Paul

On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 7:26 PM, cornel fleming <cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net>
wrote:
>
> Hardy ..a rare occurrence when I disagree with you! Many of my people
were
> small businessmen,middle class by any definition.They all spoke German at
> home,did not get drafted but volunteered for the regiment and their
> tombstones were bilingual. The major point is that .. Yes, there was a
> status ladder,but it could be climbed, unlike in other countries. And the
> Jews did it,and did it well. Cornel
>

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
This moderated discussion group is for information exchange on the subject of
 Czernowitz and Sadagora Jewish History and Genealogy. The opinions expressed
 in these posts are the opinions of the original poster only and not necessarily
 the opinions of the List Owner, the Webmaster or any other members
 or entities connected with this mailing list. The Czernowitz-L list has
 an associated web site at http://czernowitz.ehpes.com that includes a
 searchable archive of all messages posted to this list. Please post in "Plain
 Text" if possible (help available at:
<http://www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/PlainText.html>).

To remove your address from this e-list follow the directions at
http://www.cit.cornell.edu/computer/elist/lyris/leave.html

To receive assistance for this e-list send an e-mail message to:
owner-Czernowitz-L_at_list.cornell.edu
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Received on 2010-03-13 09:17:24