RE: [Cz-l] June 22, 1941

Dear friends,
As all of you know, I also belong to the "senior grade" of Czernowitzers.
I remember very well all those details mentioned in my friend and former
classmate's reminiscences. Nevertheless, I believe that the "end of Jewish
Czernowitz" started in effect on 28th of June 1940 when Stalin decided to
"liberate" us from the Romanian regime. My father was especially angry
because of the Soviets' anti-religious propaganda and actions. Most of the
synagogues were hermetically closed. I do not remember whether the Tempel
was open for religious services. Does anyone among the List members
remember ?
Anyway, the Boyaner Rebbe's shil was closed and my late father and all his
friends were very upset..

Abraham K.

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SCHNEIDER
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 12:05 AM
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Subject: [Cz-l] June 22, 1941

Dear Landsleute (senior grade),
Today is June 22, 2010 and I felt an urge to share these reminiscences
especially with those of you who sixty-nine years ago were in Czernowitz, as
I was.
Only one week had gone by from the night when thousands of Czernowitzers
were awakened by the knock on the door, loaded onto NKVD trucks and taken
to the Volksgarten railroad station to begin their exile to the frozen
Siberian tundra.
I had stayed the night of June 21st with an aunt in her house on the upper
Bahnhofstrasse (the site of my uncles' former wholesale flour
company-Fratii Schneider & Melzer) when in the early morning hours we were
awakened by the explosions of bombs. From the balcony we could see fires at
the airport, but a Russian neighbor assured us that these were only
maneuvers. The announcements over the radio confirmed that Germany and
Romania had attacked the Soviet Union and the war had now overtaken us.
Within hours the mobilization became a reality, there were several bombing
raids, I joined men and women in digging trenches, several of my cousins
were conscripted to vanish forever, and the end of old Czernowitz,
especially Jewish Czernowitz, had now started.
Sixty-nine years later, those of us who are still around, in various parts
of the world, may ponder the historic significance of that day in June in
our home town. A fost odata ca niciodata.

Fred Schneider

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