Re: [Cz-L] Our origin.

I am not a sophist, but I did study Math.
My great-grandfather, Israel Steinmetz was born in 1858,
but he evaded conscription in 1879.
Borsa and all Maramures was at that time part of Austro-Hungary.
I have no idea for how long people were conscripted,
but I have writings of my grandfather in which he recounts the story.
Here the details:
The Beigalech provider from another town came to the grocery
of Israel's father and told that he had gone for the medical examination
before conscription and had been found not healthy.
So they convinced the Beigalech provider to pretend that he
was Israel Steinmetz and go to the medical examination in Borsa.
He did as asked, was found fit and was conscripted.
Israel Steinmetz had to pay for the Beigalech provider's wife's
and children's sustenance, which he did. But the wife was greedy
and asked for more and more money, so he fled to Czernowitz.

Israel Steinmetz stayed in Czernowitz till about 1910, then returned
to Borsa, where he died in 1940.

All because of the Beigalach!

Mimi

On Apr 22, 2012, at 5:23 AM, cornel fleming wrote:

> Mimi, the word =93sophistry=94 rears its head at this point!! I am =20=

> also slightly curious about your ancestor in 1858. At that time the =20=

> town to which you refer was not under Austrian control...it was =20
> ruled by the Hungarian part of the Empire which did not recruit =20
> Jews to the regular forces. Very occasionally they were selectively =20=

> and after a medical examination called up for about 60 days for =20
> basic training and then sent home as a reserve in case of a major =20
> war. So have you any more bits of that story???? Cornel PS =20=

> Sent home because reserves were not paid so it made life cheaper =20
> for the Hungarian military budget.
>
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