The six cornered star is a Buddhist magic symbol. I had once (in 1974)
brought from Nepal a money paper bill with the picture of the king,
who had a six cornered star = “Magen David” on his cap. From there it
wandered to Europe , and is used as a decorative pattern. It was
adapted by the Jews at a late period. By the way, a church in Kolomya,
Galizia, (about 60 Kms from Czernowitz) had also a Magen David in one
of its round windows. My relatives showed it to me at a visit there
before WWII. They did not know the reason for it, but did not claim
that Jews donated money for the church’s construction. They would have
known it, because they were quite rich Jews in the town. Further
information about how and when the Magen David, initially used as a
magical protection was adapted as an official Jewish symbol, you can
read at the following link:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3709939,00.html
Paul /Pessach Heger
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Hedwig Brenner <hedbren_at_zahav.net.il> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Julian, Thanks for your quick answer...I could not know your mother, =
> she is 8 years younger than me, but I had in the Maria Theresiengass 6 a =
> friend, Mura Datz, and perhaps your mother remembered her, that was in =
> the 30.ies...From 1940-1945,, except the ghetto, I lived in the =
> appartment of my mother in law at the same street, at 11 A. Two weeks =
> after the roumanian-german army eoccupied Czernowitz, the Maria =
> Theresiengasse was shut by cars and SS soldiers entered in every house =
> to arrest jewish men...The ucrinian housekeeper showed them where lived =
> jeish families.My husband and the neihbours were taken to the=20
> waiting cars and to the Cultural Palace,next to the actually Jewish =
> Museum, one week before Rabb.Dr Mark and 300 Jews were also arrested =
> there and than brought to the RomanWood and shot...On this afternoon was =
> a storm so hard, that the cars could not travel with the arrested jews =
> to be shot and in the same evening came the order from Bucarest to stop =
> the shooting...The majority of the arrested men were deported to =
> Transnistria, My husband was rescued by a german officer from the air =
> army, who was his classmate student at the Deutsche Technische =
> Hochschule, Prague....,Life writes novels...Was your garndfather, living =
> in the same street also arrested??
>
> My husband told me that he had a claamate Bendit, I don't remember the =
> Name, Salo may be, whouse father was a taylor.. after the bac he went to =
> Paris to study medicine,,,may be some relative to your mother??I have =
> the foto from the last class and I know which one is Bendit
> I buggared you with my long story...I am a writer, I wrote until 6 =
> books, you can find me on :Hedwig Brenner,com in Google...
> Bests reguards Hedwig Brenner
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