RE: [Cz-L] The Revolution Comes to Czernowitz! from Edgar Hauster on 2012-11-27 (The Czernowitz-L Archive)

From: Edgar Hauster <bconcept_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:36:31 +0100
To: Berti Glaubach <berti.glaubach_at_gmail.com>
Reply-To: Edgar Hauster <bconcept_at_hotmail.com>

Berti...

Incited by you, I started reading the series of 8 articles, headlined "The Third Invasion of Czernowitz", released by Czernowitzer Allgemeine Zeitung (CAZ) between 28.08.1917 and 08.09.1917. What a find, Berti, history at first hand! CAZ reports on the May Day demonstration in Czernowitz as follows:

"... As reported by the officers, Governor General Trepow, after receiving the news of revolution, suffered from a dead faint. The soldiers appeared on the streets, wearing red cockades, red flags were hoisted first on the magistracy, then on all public headquarters. The public meetings of the soldiers began. The May Day events are ranking among the most impressive demonstrations of the Russian Revolution in Czernowitz. About seventy thousand men from the Czernowitz garrison and from the adjacent military front were concentrated on the assault meadows [Sturmwiese] and on public places in order to celebrate the May Day. Subsequent to the meetings, the soldiers trekked for hours through Siebenbürgerstraße, Rathausstraße, Ringplatz, Bahnhofstraße and back to the assault meadows [Sturmwiese]. During the treks flags and banners were in evidence, displaying "Down with the war!", "Peace to all nations without annexations or contributions!", "Long live social democracy!", "Long live equality, liberty, fraternity!". The order kept by the trek without any previously implemented security measures was impressive. Several bands played La Marseillaise. The Ukrainians formed a separate unified trek. The Jewish group too, having flags with Hebrew writing, formed a particular division. About one thousand Chinese, who were in town, Kalmyk people, Kyrgyz people and other foreign people joined the trek. The lack of discipline increased day by day and became evident..."

http://hauster.blogspot.nl/2012/11/october-revolution-in-czernowitz.html

For all of you, who would like to read the original [German] series of 8 articles, please click on:

Enjoy the revolutionary media coverage!

Edgar Hauster
Lent - The Netherlands

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> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:05:47 +0200
> Subject: Re: [Cz-L] The Revolution Comes to Czernowitz!
> From: berti.glaubach_at_gmail.com
> To: bconcept_at_hotmail.com
> CC: czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu; yvonne.hirdman_at_historia.su.se
>
> Czernowitz was liberated from the "Third Russian Invasion" on the
> 03/08/1917 so the picture of the revolution - it was mainly the
> Menshevik one - can't be dated November 1917.
> Reading the "Allgemeine Zeitung" from 28/08/1917 that reappeared in
> Czernowitz the article about Russian times under first Czarist and
> from March/April 1917 Kerenski government it was on the 23/4 1917 that
> the local Russian army regiment officially rebelled (on the
> Austriaplatz) and decided to adhere to the revolution. So probably the
> photo is from that day or near it in time.
>
> In the Vama picture most are Russians. Prisoners? Probably decided not
> to fight the Czarist war any more.
>
> To anyone who reads German best information about that period - go to
> the "Allgemeine Zeitung" through Edgar's site and get a good picture
> of Cz. during WWI.
>
> Berti.
>
> On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Edgar Hauster <bconcept_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Czernowitzers...
> >
> > I'd like to share with you six more outstanding photos, brought to you by courtesy of Prof. Yvonne Hirdman, the renowned Swedish historian at Stockholm University and author of the book "Meine Mutter, die Gräfin - Ein Jahrhundertleben zwischen Kommunismus und Bohème" [My Mother, the Countess - A Centenary Life Between Communism and Bohemianism].
> >
> > The first four photos are showing the "homemade" October Revolution in Czernowitz. It could be spring or November 1917. Yvonne's guess is spring 1917, do you know better? You are discovering the Magen David while looking for the revolutionary red star? It's Czernowitz, not Moscow or St. Petersburg!
> >
> > http://hauster.blogspot.de/2012/11/october-revolution-in-czernowitz.html
> >
> > Just a few miles/kilometres away, we find the Austro-Hungarian troops at Marmonita, posing for a group photo, among them Yvonne's grandfather.
> >
> > http://gr-czernowitz.livejournal.com/3244638.html
> >
> > Finally, I've updated the posting "The Oldest Bookstore in Radautz"
> >
> > http://ehpes.com/blog1/2012/11/15/the-oldest-bookstore-in-radautz/
> >
> > by adding a wonderful, poetic, pictorial photo of Yvonne's grandmother Emilie Schledt. Thank you so much, Yvonne!
> >
> >
> > Edgar Hauster
> > Lent - The Netherlands
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