Re: [Cz-L] Slacman family, Bishop Simedrea

Hi Andy,
I met Marcel some years ago, here in Haifa (after having been
classmates in 1940/1 in a Russian school, a fact he did not exactly
remember ) and know about his endeavors about Tit Simedrea after he
succeeded to convince Jad Vashem about Russu. It seems the main
opposition to Simedrea was his antisemitic and well known anti
comunist convictions. Indeed, if he had some role in appealing to the
Queen for Cz. Jews, as it was contended by some clerical circles, and
certainly by those who passed more then 1 and a half year in the
cellar of the Residenz - that fact was not made known by the Gheorghiu
Dej or Ceausescu regime for obvious political reasons.There is a real
problem of judging his merits and faults.
Berti.

On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 9:14 PM, andy halmay <andy_venivici_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> [Plain test please --thanks]
>
> Happy New Year, Czernowitzers, wherever=0Ayou are. =0A=0AI have been
> contac=
> ted by a Mr. Grigore D.=0APopescu, the grandson of the head of the
> Romanian=
> Church for=0ABucovina during the Holocaust. Mr. Popescu sent me a
> recently=
> published book titled The=0AHolocaust of Memories.=0A=0AI am looking for
> a=
> ny information any of=0Ayou might have relating to the following.=0A=0AThe
> =
> book deals with a controversy over=0Athe hoped-for award of Righteous
> Among=
> the Nations by Yad Vashem for=0Ahis grandfather, The Metropolitan
> Bishop,=
> Tit Simedrea (1886-1971)=0A=0AIt is an interesting case and I=0Awondered
> i=
> f any of you might have any intelligence that might relate=0Ato
> it.=0A=0ADa=
> vid Slacman was a Jewish printer. He=0Aand his wife, Ida, with their
> child=
> ren, Marcel, Beatrice & Gari,=0Aoriginally from Iasi, moved to Chisinau
> a=
> nd then to Czernowitz=0Awhere David was hired by the church to run their
> p=
> rint shop. =0A=0AThe Slacmans had a temporary permit=0Afrom Traian
> Popovici=
> but it was not signed by Calotescu. They lived=0Afor a while at 6 Dragos
> V=
> oda Laterala Street and were hidden from=0Athe Nazis in the basement of
> th=
> e Metropolitan's Palace by George=0ARussu, a painter and art consultant to
> =
> the church. Russu has been=0Ahonored by Yad Vashem as a Righteous Among
> th=
> e Nations.=A0=0A=0AAccording to=0Athe book, Marcel Slacman has been trying
> =
> to get the bishop also=0Adesignated as a Righteous but has run into blocks
> =
> at Yad Vashem for=0Avarious reasons.=0A=0AMarcel, now goes by the name of
> M=
> eir=0AShai and lives in Haifa. I expect to be in contact with him soon
> to=
> =0Aget more of this story from the horse's mouth.=0A=0AI suspect that the
> p=
> roblem that Yad=0AVashem may have had in this case would involve a lack of
> =
> additional=0Averification and some possible anti-Semitic background on the
> =
> part of=0Athe Bishop who, however, would have had to approve of hiding
> the=
> =0ASlacman family in his palace.=0A=0AThanks in advance for any
> information=
> =0Aany of you might have and here's wishing you a wonderful
> 5,774...or=0Ais=
> it '73.. or 5? After the first 1,000 years I kept getting it
> confused.=0A=
> =0AAlles gutes,=0AAndy Halmay=0AToronto=0A
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