RE: [Cz-L] World War One in Bukowina

I have been following this thread in a very ignorant manner, i.e. I don't know much.

I remember that years ago I helped my daughter with a sociology paper regarding population shifts in rural Ontario in what is now the Greater Toronto Area. These occurred in the latter half of the 1800s. The impact of the Industrial Revolution on agriculture was sweeping through. Mechanization and the economies of scale it brought with it forced many smaller farms to sell out to the larger owners or the more ambitious. There were not only fewer farmers, but the use of machines displaced human workers. A large number of the displaced moved into the local municipalities because they could find work meeting an increased demand for support services, such as carters, repair shops, services products such as lubricants and replacements - and the machines themselves. As well, more people were needed in sub-support - bookkeeping services, stationary, professional services - more bakers, grocers, clothiers and food stores for the displaced "farmers". As well, many displaced farmers left Ontario and settled in the frontier Canadian West, where they started up as farmers and so forth once again. So far as I know, this was a general pattern in North America.

I obviously have no idea of whether any of this history crosses the ocean and most of Europe, but the impact of the Industrial Revolution, even at its most minimal, should be expected to have demographic effects. It is also possible that the Czernowitz area was better off than other areas ravaged by the War, and people moved to a safer more survivable place. It would be interesting to know if these economic influences were at work.

Bob

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From: bounce-7082064-3499409_at_list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-7082064-3499409_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Charles Rosner
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 6:40 PM
To: Czernowitz Genealogy and History; Miriam Taylor
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] World War One in Bukowina

Hi Mimi!
I believe that the rapid increase in population of Cz after WW1 is not only due to the <immigration> of Jews from Ukraine, Russia, Rumania... Jews from the rest of Bukowina, who survived the war in a way or another, came to Cz and contributed to a large extent to this increase: 1)documents for the new Rumanian administration were to be delivered only in Cz, and 2) they hoped to be able to cope in a more friendly (Jewish) environment with this administration. Besides, in order to stay in Bukowina and get the Rumanian citizenship, they had to write a family history and prove that they were in Bukowina for many decades already. This process lastet for at least 2 years - the Wagner got the citizenship in 1920 only! Many were discouraged and decided to emigrate, because they couldn't get any original documents, etc. For example, the Rumanian confiscated the BMD registers in Wiznitz of the only Jewish population - I saw the code number of these registers, but
 they were not available, whereas those of other groups of population were there...
Regards,
Charles
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