[Cz-L] Popovici Confessions

Writes Popovici:
"Meanwhile the 12th, 13th and 14th of October had passed with preparations
for loading the Jews on the trains. My friends know that I wasn't standing
around with my arms folded. This is not the right place to describe the
means through which I tried indirectly to influence the will of the Marshal
who I didn't know and who lived so far from Czernowitz; but my efforts were
successful. Wednesday, October 15th the Marshal agreed in a telephone
conversation with the Governor to a softening of the mass deportation, in
that he agreed to exempt 20,000 people, who fell into the categories which I
outlined in the conference on Saturday. So it came to be that approximately
20,000 people were allowed to remain in Czernowitz. The fact that this
measure didn't please the “street” and the new “Romanizers,” had little
significance. The result gave me new strength because the highest official
in the state had backed up my efforts. Everyone must admit that this was the
beginning of a great moral victory."

 As until now there were no challengers to Popovici's role as saviour of
Czernowitz Jews, this episode was neglected.
  Will we ever know what happened during these three fateful days ?

Hardy

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