Re: [Cz-L]Czernowitz marriages for purpose of immigration to Palestine

Hi Bruce,

My uncle, Yaacov Steinmetz/Satati emigrated to Palestine in 1923.
Some years later he came for a visit to Czernowitz and before
he returned to Palestine he married a young woman who wanted
to immigrate to Palestine, but could not get a visa.
Once in Palestine, they divorced.

These sort of marriages were relatively common. Their purpose was always
immigration to Palestine, not emigration from Romania.

Mimi
On May 8, 2012, at 3:48 PM, Bruce Reisch wrote:

> Hi Hedwig,
>
> What a terrible time it was - to lose friends in such awful ways.
> It's
> important that we don't forget.
>
> By any chance, did you ever meet my great uncle Yacov REISCH, or my
> great
> aunt, Suzi SCHACHTER, who later married Yacov? They lived for some
> time
> in Putna, and emigrated to what was to become Israel in the 1930s.
> Yacov
> was born in Sadagora and Suzi was from Radautz. They lived for
> many years
> on Arlozoroff St. in Haifa, between Hadar and Carmel, not far from
> you.
> Yacov died in 1984 and Suzi in 1998.
>
> Did anyone on the list know Mendel HOLLINGER of Czernowitz? He
> married
> Suzi REISCH in Cz. in the 1930s and this somehow made it easier for
> her to
> emigrate to Palestine. It was strictly a marriage of convenience,
> only
> for the purpose (I believe) of obtaining visas or passports. They
> divorced formally just months after marriage.
>
> Does anyone else know of such marriages arranged to make it easier to
> emigrate?
>
> I actually have Yacov's driver's license from Putna in my "treasure"
> collection.
>
> Best always,
> Bruce
>
>

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