RE: [Cz-L] Rescue Operation of Czernowitz Jews - A Joint Venture

Berti...

Thank you so much for your mail. I'm subscribing word by word to your statement and therefore I entitled this thread "... - A Joint Venture"! There is no contradiction whatsoever between

- Dr. Traian Popovici's life-saving role in favor of the Jews from Czernowitz, justified being awarded by the honorary title "Righteous among the Nations" by Yad Vashem, and

- Dr. Dr. Fritz Gebhart Schellhorn's intervention in favor of the Jews from Czernowitz, during his mission as German Consul, later Consul General in Czernowitz,

and - at the same time - it's obvious that

- Dr. Traian Popovici could not acknowledge Schellhorn's influence in post-WW2-Soviet-dominated Romania, and

- Dr. Dr. Fritz Gebhart Schellhorn could not point out his interventions in favor of Jews in current-WW2-Nazi-dominated Romnaia.

And, BTW Andy, answering to your question "Is this an important issue?", I simply would say "Yes!", as I would like to know, who participated in the rescue operation of the Czernowitz Jews, including my grandparents. And no, Andy, you are definitely wrong by mentioning "Nothing can be verified or proved at this point." That would fade out the actual historiography, established by the historians mentioned in my initial posting, who are beyond any suspicion in minimizing or reinterpreting the Holocaust whatsoever, quite the contrary, they contributed by their publications to provide evidence on the Romanian Holocaust!

But however, dear Berti, please allow me, to close with your exclamation: Vivat Dr. Traian Popovici!

Edgar Hauster
Lent - The Netherlands

http://hauster.blogspot.com/

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> Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2011 12:24:13 +0200
> Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Rescue Operation of Czernowitz Jews - A Joint Venture
> From: berti.glaubach_at_gmail.com
> To: mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu
> CC: romers_at_shaw.ca; bconcept_at_hotmail.com; czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu
>
> It is not true that the Schellhorn part was not discussed by the local
> Jewish community at the time, just as the role of Fildermann and the
> Queen and Ion Antonescu. All were treated by the IPA (Jewish Plotkes
> Agentur) or the IWA (Jieden willen Azoi) - but of course nobody had all
> the information at hand
> - and even the active participants might not have known about other
> factors driving for similar or other reasons in the same direction.
>
> Re-reading now The Popovici reminiscences: They are not contradictory
> to the Schellhorn role. Indeed his mentioning him at all at the meeting
> and Calotescu including him into the list makers makes sense only if
> the war effort role was a strong factor in Antonescu's decision. And
> then writes Popovici we eliminated him from the list making, and that
> makes sense - together with Schellhorns excuse not to want to interfere
> with internal Romanian affairs of list making (Popovici about
> Schellhorn to Calotescu) only if he Schellhorn himself saw his role as
> finished, he had contributed his due and departed. Surely the
> "elimination" of the German Consul at that times was not done by two
> Romanian officials without his own specific wish to be excepted, and
> that for obvious reasons.
>
> So we probably will never know why exactly we were permitted to stay.
> but again: Vivat Traian.
>
> AS to the numbers of authorizations on the last page of his statement
> Popovici statistics 19689 total authorizations are mentioned of these
> 16569 signed by Calotescu and only 3120 by himself with the stamp of
> the municipality.Those last, were later in summer 1942 looked up for
> deportation.
>
> Berti.
>

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