Re: [Cz-L] Kuty, Wiznitz and Wizenka

As a child I spent every summer vacation - about 3 weeks - with my mother in
Vijenca. We stayed at the house "Hasenfratz" the most well-known resort
there. It was a big house, a huge garden, and the young Mr. Hasenfratz used
to grill freshly caught trout, in front of the house. I can still remember
the wonderfully enticing smell and how we all stood around him with plates
waiting to be served.

There were the most wonderful vacations. There was that small river in which
we bathed, and wonderful scenery green and flourishing wherever we looked.

The children's colony which was world famous, was managed by Dr Muniu Hacken
(a pediatrician) and his very chamring and talented wife, Vera, who was a
writer. Both of them very close friends of my family. I was invited to join
them for a week or two at that house, but I was still at the age when I
wouldn't leave my parents.

During my last visit to the Bucovina, we passed Vijenca while in the bus,
but i did not recognize anything, It was still lush and green and beautiful
like most places in the Bucovina. And many years had passed. Paradise lost.
Lucca

----- Original Message -----
From: "Edgar Hauster" <bconcept_at_hotmail.com>
To: "czernowitz-L" <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
Cc: <melava1_at_netvision.net.il>; "Alfred Schneider" <asfred_at_comcast.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 12:07 AM
Subject: [Cz-L] Kuty, Wiznitz and Wizenka

Czernowitzers...

I'd like to draw your attention to two new postings, covering destinations
of my ongoing motorcycle journey through Galicia and Bukovina, now online
available at:

http://hauster.blogspot.com/

KUTY - Miriam Lava wrote to me: "Have you passed during your trip Kiselitze,
Kuty and Putila? Kiselitze and Kuty are the birthplaces of my Rosner
grandparents and their siblings. Both of them, Hendel and Josef Rosner lost
their lives in Transnistria. My father was born in Putila..."
(http://czernowitz.ehpes.com/stories/lava/lava.html).

WIZNITZ - Prof. Alfred Schneider wrote to me: "...My mother, Hedwig
Schneider, died in 1930. Her gravestone, an obelisk type consisted of two
black granite sctions, was made by Bernard Reder who engraved his name on
the lower section. It was the first gravestone in Wiznitz to have a
porcelain picture. My father Dr. Artur Schneider, died in 1938 and his
gravestone, an exact replica of my mother's, was made by the Reder firm. I
believe that Bernard may have left for France. The translation of the
lengthy Hebrew inscription on my father's gravestone is: 'Generous soul,
good heart, doer of good, modest spirit, doer of righteousness, honest. You
were a doctor of the sick, and you cured many and suddenly, within a minute,
you were cut down by death. Doctor Aron Schneider, son of Abraham Yitzchak,
died 16 Kislev 5698. Rest here in peace, a precious soul.' During the war,
the graves were vandalized and the gravestones were removed. In 1997 I
communicated with the custodian (the father-in-law of the present one) and
he located the upper sections of the gravestones and placed them on the
graves, in a rather crude manner. My wife and I visited there in 1997. As
you probably know, the founders of the Wiznitzer hassidic dynasty are buried
at that cemetery. Incidentally, my father was the rabbi's and his wife's
physician. If this letter reaches you in time, I shall appreciate hearing
about your findings at the cemetery. Attached are photos of the graves
before and after the war..."

Wizenka - As a city limit sign, you'll discover a Czernowitz postcard from
the year 1902. Thirty years later, in August 1932, "Rose Ausländer reports
on the Children's Holiday Colony in Vijenca"
(http://ehpes.com/blog1/2010/08/09/rose-auslander-reports-on-the-childrens-holiday-colony-in-vijenca/).
In the valley beneath the legendary Baal Shem Tov used to take a bath in the
mountain river.

Miriam...
Did you know, that centropa.org coducted in the year 2003 an interview with
Dr. Robert Walter Rosner from Vienna, born in Kisselitze - are you related?
You'll get additional pictures from Kuty by separate mail.

Alfred...
I'll send additional pictures from Wiznitz (city and cemetery) by separate
mail to you.

Edgar Hauster
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