Hardy, I understand very well...and I have seen similar conditions. The
Chasidim originated in our part of the world,and many were poor and lived on
tzadakah from their better-off brethren and whatever money they could scrape
together from odd jobs etc. Mud floors..yes,pounded down. But cow dung???
Cornel
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From: Hardy Breier [mailto:hardy3_at_bezeqint.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 2:21 PM
To: 'cornel fleming'; 'Dale Prince'; 'jerome schatten'; 'CZERNOWITZ-L'
Cc: 'Frederick M. Weisinger'; 'Anny Matar'
Subject: תשובה: [Cz-L] Book of the Month, January 2015: "A Sanguine Bunch"
Cornel ,
There is no way you could know,
You lived fine and didnt understand the world you lived in. And still don’t.
Albert Londres a famous French journalist visited these regions in 1930 and
wrote a book, He writes of Jews living in huts with mud floors religious
families with 10 barefoot children .
" Le Juif errant est arrive"
Read it, it also is in German and English
It is good for our souls.
Hardy
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[mailto:bounce-118676322-3499476_at_list.cornell.edu] בשם cornel fleming
נשלח: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 3:19 PM
אל: 'Dale Prince'; 'jerome schatten'; 'CZERNOWITZ-L'
עותק: 'Frederick M. Weisinger'; 'Anny Matar'
נושא: RE: [Cz-L] Book of the Month, January 2015: "A Sanguine Bunch"
Hi Dale! I have no doubt that there were poor Jews as well as well-off
ones. And compared to Chicago it would have been worse! Yet...they seem to
have been able to get the money for the trip to the USA. Cow dung was used
for fuel...I have never heard of it being used for flooring...so if anybody
out there knows....?? Yet..there are lots of books about Czernowitz but
I have not come across any about Sadagura except for many references to the
Friedman Dynasty and their lifestyle...who were anything but typical!!
Cornel
-----Original Message-----
From: Dale Prince [mailto:daleprince_at_hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 3:14 AM
To: 'cornel fleming'; 'jerome schatten'; 'CZERNOWITZ-L'
Cc: 'Frederick M. Weisinger'; 'Anny Matar'
Subject: RE: [Cz-L] Book of the Month, January 2015: "A Sanguine Bunch"
Hi Cornel,
Your words about economic conditions remind me of a couple of things to
suggest there were in fact places in Bukowina where persistent poverty
existed near prosperity, education, and high culture.
Many years ago I was able to interview several older relatives who had known
the immigrant generation of our extended family that settled in Chicago.
Most of the immigrants were born in Sadagora between 1875 and 1900,
emigrated as young adults, and had childhood recollections of Sadagora
(Rohozna, to be exact). My grandfather was born there about 1879 and left
at about age 20. All the relatives I spoke with emphasized how poor our
family had been in Sadagora. Of course this could be an exaggeration
reinforced by repeated retelling, but over the years an extended family of
at least 40 individuals left the town for America. One relative told me
that my grandfather said they were so poor the floor of the home was of cow
dung. I don't know whether this is to be believed literally. Could this be
true? According to an encyclopedia article I have seen about Sadagora,
there was a part of the town where people lived in such misery that it was
popularly called -- if I remember correctly -- Babylonia.
Dale Prince
New York
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