Re: RE: [Cz-L] Re: dates in czernowitz history.

Dear Irene, Yosif, Mimi, Edgar and Hardy,

Thanks all very much. I do remember vividly the days but could not recall the exact dates.

In particular I remember the day of - now I know - very likely March 29 - or perhaps even March 28 - when in the morning - around 9 or 10, I was standing at the window of our flat in Althgasse 7b, and suddenly saw a red army scout, in winter fatigues, with ready automatic gun (was new for me, because it had the drum like magazine which I had not seen before) walking carefully on the opposite pavement (he had come from the Rothkirch gasse, i.e. from Rosch), southward towards Austria-Platz.

The scene is before my eyes today like a black and white video clip. I recall to this day my amazement and admiration (I was just 11 at the time) at his valour and audaciousness - because he was alone, and only the day before had I seen plenty of Romanian troups - in moving forward, just warily looking left and right, to check for an eventual ambush. I suppose that after he had completed his survey he had reported back that everything was clear for the troups to move in from Rosch..

As a thoroughly contrasting situation I recall the day the Rumanian troups entered Czernowitz - now I know 5th July 1941. I was again at our flat's window and saw them marching in large regimental columns from the National Theater along the Rotkirchgasse towards the Rosch Kasserne. Again this scene registered and I see it vividly like a video-clip before my eyes. I was only 8 at the time.

Regards to all

Mordecai

----- Original Message -----
From: Irene Fishler <irenef_at_netvision.net.il>
Date: Monday, June 10, 2013 1:50
Subject: RE: [Cz-L] Re: dates in czernowitz history.
To: 'iosif vaisman' <iosif.vaisman_at_gmail.com>, 'Miriam Taylor' <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
Cc: lapidotm_at_inter.net.il, 'HARDY BREIER' <HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net>, 'CZERNOWITZ-L' <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>

> Thanks Iosif , for the accurate information.
>
>
> This is what my father wrote in his notebook ( I hold it
> in my hands) on
> March 31,1944.
>
> He was living in a kolchoz 1,400 km east-of-
> Czernowitz , not far from
> Stalingrad:
>
> " Yesterday, March, 30th at 8.00PM, the Moscow-Radio announced
> that the Red
> Army conquered and freed the town of Czernowitz"
>
> Regards,
> Irene
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bounce-98063213-3499296_at_list.cornell.edu
> [mailto:bounce-98063213-3499296_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of
> iosif vaisman
> Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2013 10:03 PM
> To: Miriam Taylor
> Cc: lapidotm_at_inter.net.il; HARDY BREIER; CZERNOWITZ-L
> Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Re: dates in czernowitz history.
>
> Mimi,
>
> in the morning of March 28 several Soviet army units (40th, 45th
> and 64th
> armoured brigades and 24th infantry division) crossed the Prut
> west of
> Czernowitz (in Alt-Mamaesti and Glinytsa) and by the evening of
> that day
> surrounded the city and took positions in some suburbs.
> However, German and Romanian troops (infantry battalion, several
> tanks and
> artillery units) remained in town overnight. In the morning of
> March 29
> Soviet units started moving towards the center of the city from all
> directions, with scattered firefights near the train station, in
> Rogatka and
> several other places. By 10 am the first units reached
> Ringplatz. March 29
> has been celebrated as the liberation day, it is also the name
> of the street
> (former Atlasgasse).
>
> Iosif
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