Re: [Cz-L] After WW1 and Austrian army

I showed a picture of post WW2 Soviet rule life conditions
 and attributed this to the Jewish mass exodus.
   Somehow, without any cause , the discussion was transferred to 1918.
    Different time , different story.
    Out of the blue.
Hardy
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From: "Irene Fishler" <irenef_at_netvision.net.il>
To: "'Miriam Taylor'" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>;
<czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 7:25 PM
Subject: RE: [Cz-L] After WW1 and Austrian army

> Hi, Mimi,
> No votes from the Jews!
>
> Here are the events from November 1918 in Hugo Gold:
>
> The Jews in Bukowina (1914-1919)
> - World War and Russian Occupation
> by Dr. Arie Leon Schmelzer
> (...)
> The Jewish National Committee faced its most difficult decision during its
> first month. The president of the Romanian National Committee and the
> first
> Head of the Government of Bukowina, Dr Jancu von Flondor, called for a
> congress of all National Committees in Bukowina on the 28th November 1918.
>
> At this congress, it was proposed that the entire territory of Bukowina be
> annexed to Romania. This was because the Ukrainians, the second biggest
> nationality in the territory (whose northern domain included Czernowitz),
> demanded the annexation of the area to the Ukraine. The Jews, the third
> biggest nationality in the territory, were able to influence the decision
> of
> the congress through their determined stand. After hours of difficult
> negotiations, a group of able and courageous men who headed the Bukowina
> Jewish community took matters in to their own hands.
>
> On the day before the congress was due to take place, the Jewish National
> Committee decided to adopt a neutral stance (in the conflict) and to
> decline
> the invitation to attend.
>
> This memorable document, which is attributed to Mr Meyer Ebner, President
> of
> the National Committee and a participant at the first Zionist Congress
> read:
>
>
> 'Mr President' stated in response to your invitation to attend the
> congress
> on the 28th November 1918 and to accept your programme unconditionally we
> would like to inform you of the decision of the Jewish National Committee:
>
> The Jewish National congress in Bukowina adheres to President Wilson's
> principles for elf-determination of all nations which states that
> national
> demands should be satisfied to avoid animosities which might disturb the
> peace of Europe and the entire world again should be eliminated.
>
> The Jewish National Congress recognises the unification of the Romanian
> territories into one state and within it the principles of
> self-determination to which the Romanian people is entitled. In light of
> the
> fact that Jews in Romania did not enjoy equal rights and because the
> current
> situation does not seem to promise equal civil and political rights under
> the law to Jews in Romania in the future, the Jewish National Congress
> demands that unconditional equal rights be accorded to the Jews in
> Romania.
> In view of the position adopted by the Jewish people everywhere and in
> light
> of the neutral stance which has been adopted by us we are unable to
> participate in this Congress.
>
> Signed in Czernowitz 27th November 1918,
> Dr Meier Ebner, Dr Jacob Pistiner and Dr Bertholt Friedman.
>
> It took was a brave and difficult letter to write. Many participants
> voiced
> fears that the refusal to participate might provoke pogroms and plunder.
> Everyone knew that their decision might affect the fate of the Jewish
> inhabitants of the Bukowina in their battle for rights.
>
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