Re: [Cz-L] Popovici

[Plain text please!]

Dear Liviu,
  It was 1941.
   Rumania on the way of becoming a superpower.
    Military dictatorship at war .
     Getting rid of the Jews was an old time rumanian aspiration.
      Here comes the big one time chance !
     And one civilian mayor makes them take a step in the opposite
    direction ?
      They could have removed him on the spot or worse.
       But they did not.
     The 20000 Jews stayed.
       Popovici was then fired in disgrace.
         Go understand...
Hardy
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: liviu carare=20
  To: HARDY BREIER ; Edgar Hauster=20
  Cc: Fleming Cornel ; Czernowitz Discussion Group ; Eytan Fichman ; =
Stephen Winters ; Ruth Gold ; Frieda Tabak ; Taylor Miriam ; Gerhard =
Schreiber ; Fishler Irene ; Iosif Vaisman ; Marianne Hirsch ; =
frenchczern1_at_yahoo.com ; Cooper Fanny=20
  Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 3:38 PM
  Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Popovici

  Dear Hardy Breiber,

  Indeed bribing the Romanian bureaucracy was a common practice of that =
time (and unfortunately it is still going on nowadays). Popovici was =
never accused by the state of taking personal bribes, there were only =
rumours about it. He was one of the few Romanian high ranking state =
officials that opposed Antonescu's policy of deporting Jews in =
Transnistria. This was contrary to 'state interest', the Romanization =
process and to most part of the local population concerns who was =
anti-Semitic and hoped to take over Jewish property. So, he had to be =
removed from office. If I find new data concerning his personal =
involvment in bribes I'll let you know.

  Yours,
  Liviu =20

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