[Cz-L] Shtetl-Caribean

In her book Lucca writes about her father who was a dentist.
 He would take the morning ferry to Aruba , pull a tooth or two and return .
  To a calypso tune.
Hardy
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מאת: Mark Wiznitzer [mailto:markwiznitzer_at_gmail.com]
נשלח: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 4:10 PM
אל: Hardy Breier; czernowitz-L
עותק: Edgar Hauster; Irene Fishler
נושא: Re: [Cz-L] "A Shtetl in the Caribbean", a Roadmovie Documentary...

Dear List members -

It was great to have Edgar at our premiere to a full house (the large
auditorium of the super modern Filmmuseum seats abut 315).  
Thank you for coming and sharing your impressions with the list.

Irene- Director Sherman de Jesus informs me that he will try to enter Shtetl
in the Haifa Festival.  

I will keep the list informed of other venues which may be more accessible. 
The film will be screened again in Amsterdam and Utrecht, and starting this
Sunday in two parts on Dutch TV by Jewish Broadcasting.  The film's producer
is trying for a US Premiere at Tribeca, but over time I expect that many US
Jewish Film Festivals will include the movie.  And this is the kind of movie
that will eventually make it to Jewish Community Centers, even if commercial
distribution to theaters is limited.

As for skeptical Hardy, there were many families in Curacao that came from
Czernowitz.  Among these were Willu and Cilli Weisinger, whose wedding photo
can be found on Ehpes. They owned a jewelry store on Madurostraat.  And many
members of the extensive Faerman family came from Czernowitz, including the
Fruchters and Katzes, some of whome made it to Curacao via
Transnistria.  Some refugees moved on, like Lucca Ginsburg.  But a majority
of our community that settled there came from Bukovina or Galicia.  Among
these were the Seibalds, the first settlers from Eastern Europe to land on
the island, who came from Snyatin, which is the nearest town to
Vaskiivtsi, across the Cheremosz.

In addition to some current views and archival material showing the grandeur
of Czernowitz made it into the movie, one of the most important scenes is at
the train station.  I explained that this was likely the first monumental
building that my father saw when as a little boy he escaped the approaching
Russian army on the Cheremosz in WWI with his father and brothers.  It is
also likely the last place the Wiznitzer brothers set foot on Bukovina soil
before leaving for the Americas in the late 20s.  Although it is not
identified, there is also a scene in the Czernowitz cemetery at the grave of
my grandfather Leib Wiznitzer, who died about 2 years later.

I don't know if Hardy will ever consider these to constitute a sufficient
"Czernowitz connection".  But I hope you will judge for yourselves.

Mark
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