Re: [Cz-L] Ukraine's Vanquished Jews - Daunting struggle to preserve Jewish heritage

"Bukovina was a closed military district (1775-1786), then the largest
district, Kreis Czernowitz (after its capitalCzernowitz) of the Austrian
constituent Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (1787-1849), and, finally, on 4
March 1849, became a separate Austrian Kronland 'crown land' under a
Landespräsident (not a Statthalter, as in other crown lands) and declared
Herzogtum Bukowina (nominal duchy, as part of the official full style of the
Austrian Emperors). In 1860 it was again amalgamated with Galicia, but
reinstated as a separate province once again 26 February 1861, a status that
would last until 1918.[3]"

 Bukovina was part of Galicia not once but twice.
Hardy
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From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
To: "Bruce Reisch" <bruce.reisch_at_cornell.edu>; "CZERNOWITZ-L"
<Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Ukraine's Vanquished Jews - Daunting struggle to
preserve Jewish heritage

Thanks to Helene Ryding for sending us these articles and Bruce for
forwarding them. I find them very interesting and informative.

I wonder though, how much they pertain to Czernowitz/Chernivtsi.
Lviv and Chernivtsi are often compared or written about, as if they are
very similar; both of them in western Ukraine, both at one time,
part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Yet, more is written currently
in Ukrainian about Lviv and it's being part of Halycnia (the former Polish
part of Ukraine), which Czernowitz never was.

I wonder why Ukrainian writers, writing about the Jewish cultures of western
Ukraine, pay less attention to Czernowitz than to Lemberg.
It seems that Jewish activists also do the same.

Would any of the list members who know Ukrainian or Russian, be willing
to write to KyivPost and ask the author of these articles this particular
question?

As to the wedding dresses:
I have been told that even the very expensive wedding dresses, which
can be ordered for thousands of Dollars from Paris, are actually made in
Czernowitz and vicinity. I think this manufacturing business started small
in one of the villages around Czernowitz and has grown tremendously.

Well, we Czernowitzers, always had good taste, expected good quality
And dressed to high heaven.
We also believed "Kleider machen Menschen" (Clothes make the man).
Not true, but we thought so.

Mimi
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