Re: [Cz-L] Greetings! New member needs to put a name to grandfather's face

Vicki... I you have the photos in electronic format, you can send them
to me attached to an email and I will post them to the Blog for you.
Best,
jerome

On 13-10-08 12:23 PM, The Mom wrote:
>
> My late Ukrainian paternal grandmother, Waselena (nee
> PAVLOVIC/PAWLOWYCH/PAVLOVICI) BRESCIUC /BRESCHUK 1907 - 1980 conceived
> my father in 1932 in a union with her true love who was a man other
> than her husband at the time, Dimitrie Bresciuc / Breschuk. While she
> was living in her home village of Cuciurul Mare (just SW of
> Czernowitz) with her two eldest children, her husband was in Canada
> preparing for the family's emigration there. My father, conceived
> during Dimitrie's absence, was born in Cuciurul Mare in December 1932
> and his mother emigrated solo to Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada in
> 1934. In 1936, my father and two older siblings were sent by
> relatives to join her there. Dmitrie Bresciuc was killed in a train
> accident in Canada in 1937. My father's given birth name according to
> his immigration documents is Mercea Emil BRESCIUC (BRESCHUK in
> Canada).
>
> I know very little about my bio grandfather. It was kept secret from
> me until my mother clued me in with what little she knew in the late
> 70's. My now deceased father never spoke of it to me. I have a vague
> memory that his name could have been Anglicized as "Max Drake", but I
> am not sure how accurate that memory is. What I do know is that he
> was described as "Jewish" and was "assassinated" after my grandmother
> emigrated in '34, but before the end of WWII. I suspect that his death
> was the product of his Jewish faith. My sister has a vague
> recollection of being told that he tried to pose as a German. Could
> he have been found out and executed as a result? I don't know how my
> grandmother learned of his "assassination".
>
> I recently came into possession of 3 undated photos of this man. One
> of them is of him posing with my grandmother. They appear to be
> similar in age, he perhaps slightly older. The photos appear to have
> been taken by Czernowitz (Cernauti) photographers. He may have been
> from Czernovitz or Cuciurul Mare for her to have been acquainted with
> him. I am willing to share these photos upon request as they are the
> only substantive link to who he is. I don't know if she brought the
> photos over with her, or if there was some secretive overseas
> communication and they were sent after the fact.
>
> I am attempting to obtain my father's birth certificate, though I
> expect if it is to be found, Dimitrie Bresciuc's name will be on it.
>
> All other relatives who may have known this carefully guarded secret
> are now deceased. I am hoping to identify this man by name or garner
> some advice on how/where to do so myself.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Vicki Bresciuc
>
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