[Cz-L] UK Czernowitzers...

Dear Czernowitzers=2C

My name is Theo Hessing. I live in London=2C UK. My father=2C=20
Leonard Hessing=2C was born in Czernowitz in 1931 to two Jewish parents=20
Perle Hirsch and Siegfried Hessing. I discovered the http://czernowitz.ehpe=
s.com/ website after=20
attending a talk by Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer in London about a=20
year ago for the publication of their book 'Ghosts of Home'. I am=20
writing to you today in the hope of requesting some assistance. I=20
have been interested for some time in finding out more about my family's
 history in Czernowitz=2C whether I have any remaining living relatives (I =
know I have some distant cousins living in Tel Aviv=2C but I have no idea h=
ow to contact them) or
 if there are individuals still alive who remember either my father or=20
grandparents. However=2C it is not until now that I have had the=20
opportunity to start researching in earnest. I am currently studying=20
documentary film=2C and would like to make a short film about Czernowitz as=
 it=20
exists in the memories of members of the Jewish diaspora living here in the=
 UK . This is especially important to me as I am no longer able to ask
 either my father or his parents about our own family history there=2C as=20
they all passed away a number of years ago. I am not entirely sure yet=20
of the exact scope of the film=2C nor its narrative=2C but I think these=20
will become apparent as a result of talking to people here in London=20
with a connection to Czernowitz. I would therefore be very interested to he=
ar from anyone in the UK either whose parents lived in Czernowitz or=2C eve=
n better=2C who themselves lived in Czernowitz. (Of course=2C if you do not=
 live in the UK but recognize the names 'Hessing' or 'Perle Hirsch' it woul=
d also be wonderful to hear from you!)

I would be greatly indebted for any assistance you could provide.
Thank you so much. I look forward to hearing from you.
Best wishes=2C
Theo.

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