Re: [Cz-L] Liberation of Czernowitz

Two or three days before the Soviets "liberated" us, our apartment was invaded by five or six Vlasovtzy (Ukrainian soldiers in Nazi uniform). "There is a nest of Jews here", they said in Ukrainian. My uncle gave them my aunt's purse and convinced them that we were not Jewish because there were German books on the shelves. They believed him except they pointed at me and insisted that I was Jewish.

My mother somehow managed to push me out the door. I was twelve years old. To this day I cannot remember where I went or how I came back.

Frieda
--- On Wed, 10/12/11, Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu> wrote:

From: Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Liberation of Czernowitz
To: "Edgar Hauster" <bconcept_at_hotmail.com>
Cc: "Gaby Rinzler" <grinzler_at_gru.net>, "Hedwig Brenner" <hedbren_at_zahav.net.il>, "Joanna Liss" <joliss_at_comcast.net>, czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu
Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 7:01 PM

Gaby, you were there? I thought you are too young!
I was there too.
The day the Russians entered Czernowitz, was March 28th.
It was a beautiful sunny day, after what I remember as a long
grey early spring. The soldiers threw candy to the children,
as the trucks drove up the Siebenburger Strasse.
The two historical events which pleased me most during
my early childhood, were the liberation of Czernowitz and
the united Nations decision on the partition of Palestine in Nov. 1947.

May our grandchildren and their children be spared,
what we experienced in our childhood.

Hag sameach,

Mimi

On Oct 12, 2011, at 2:42 PM, Edgar Hauster wrote:

> Gaby (+ Hedwig, Joanna)...
>
> Thank you all so much for your comments. Gaby, you are right, but 
> the Soviet Soyuz video coverage is dated April 1944. Hedwig 
> remembers as well; she wrote:
>
> "Hi Edgar,
> The first sovjet tank entered Czernowith and remained on the Ringplatz
> After the chaotic retreat of the german dismemberd army through 
> Czernowitz, all the jews who were able to walk, came out from 
> theire hidden places…I was there too, to welcome the salvators…
> Young girls gave flowers to our eliberators, only the ucrainian 
> “Hausmeister”, who worked with the SS and showed them where live 
> Jews, disappeared, or hidden and than to appear, the poors. or run 
> away with the roumanian army..
> Thanks a lot for this reminder…
> Hedwig."
>
> Thank you once again and best wishes to all of you!
>
>
> Edgar Hauster
> Lent - The Netherlands
>
> http://hauster.blogspot.com/
>
>
> ----------------------------------------
>> From: grinzler_at_gru.net
>> To: bconcept_at_hotmail.com
>> Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Liberation of Czernowitz
>> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:26:14 -0400
>>
>> The clip of liberation is very interesting,only the date is wrong.
>> Czernowitz was liberated the 28 0f March. I was there.
>> Gaby=
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