RE: [Cz-L] Popovici

From: Anna Kofner <akofner_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:43:00 -0400
To: hardy3_at_bezeqint.net, cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net, glasgold_at_bellsouth.net, czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu
Reply-to: Anna Kofner <akofner_at_hotmail.com>

Dear Landsmen
I know that lately I became a "silent majority" (that what school year does to most teachers), but I am reading everything to make up for all the stories and street names I refused to listened as a child and even as a young adult. I was not familiar with the name of Popovici before I joined this site. Growing up in Czernowitz my assumption was that more Jews were saved in Czernowitz than in other places because you could bribe the Rumanians. I did have relatives who survived Transnistria on my aunts and uncle's side (the Schachters)and my "machateineste'" parents who lived at that time in Khotin as well as friend never left Chernowitz (yes, those had money before the was, but as a child you don't connect those thinks)
What I see (easy to see it from now and here) that it was a war and everybody was trying to behave as human as possible, while trying to save their families and helping as many people as they could, which was not an easy nor a simple task. As for Popovici, he probably loved the money and did not mind saving the Jews to start with. Schindler did what he did in the beginning strictly for profit . It was later that he became human and heroic. In the end he spend his fortune,while jeopardizing his freedom and life, in order to save "his jews". BTW, Schindler was able to save 1200 people.
As our wise men say, "He who saves one life, saves a whole world".
Was Popovici a saint? probably not. Was he human? Definitely. Was money made on Jews trying to survive and stay alive? Not the first time.
Finally, the important thing, a lot of Jews were saved. The tragedy of it,not everybody.
Sorry, my recess is over
Shalom
 
 
 
 
Channa

> From: HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET
> To: cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net; glasgold_at_bellsouth.net; Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu
> Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Popovici
> Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:44:54 +0200
>
> Cornel , I wish we could probe but have no tools to do it.
> The Rumanians have and will, we cant stop them.
> We have a choice : Knowing the results or completely ignoring
> the issue.
> As long as there is response this thread will go on ,I hope.
> Hardy

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