Dear Christian,
Let me add my nickel of info from my trip to our Scharfstein reunion in Gura Humora last September.
Accommodation- you can perhaps find cheaper Pension in the city, but Hilde's very cheap compare to western Europe, very lovely. Food is excellent!
The owner, Lucy, who's ancestors were of German origin (Schwab's) was very supportive with her knowledge of the city history and people, and very helpful with all the arrangements we needed.
http://en.lucy.ro/
The Jewish quarter was in very intensive renovations on September, the street and pavements were re-paved, and all houses (at least the facades) were renovated two.
The synagogue's facade was renovated, and they had plans to begin the internal works soon.
The Juddengasse begins near the city center in Olga Kobylianska Garden. If the name is familiar- Herrengasse in Cz is now called after the Gura Humora native Olga Kobylianska.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olha_Kobylianska
The Jewish cemetery is in fair shape. It is divided to the old section on the southern side, and the new section in the north side.
A Romanian family lives in a house between the two sections. They take some care on the cemetery, and the old lady speaks some German. (I hope she is OK, as she was not in good health last fall).
The new part has a map + graves index.
Beside my Garand Grandfather grave, you can find the grave of Sara Schmidt, the mother of Josef Schmidt, the famous Tenor from Czernowitz.
The cemetery (new) index:
http://www.bukowina.org.il/152512/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9F-1-1
other "must" attractions in southern Bukovina are the painted monasteries.
The most commercial one is the Voronet Monastery, about 5km from GH.
My personal impression is that the Moldovitsa Monastery is the prettiest.
A unique architecture to southern Bukovina is the beautiful decorations on the Gutters and Eaves of the houses, even on the poorest houses.
It looks like an Aluminum Embroidery on the Eaves and on the gutters.
Enjoy and inform us, we are following your reports!
Oren Saraf
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From: bounce-118823028-34370314_at_list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-118823028-34370314_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Christian Herrmann
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 12:29 AM
To: Bruce Reisch
Cc: CZERNOWITZ-L; Hardy Breier
Subject: Aw: Re: [Cz-L] A book and new travels coming
Thank you, Bruce, for the friendly comment. I'm glad to know the book gives something to you. What I can say is, travelling to this places and taking pictures there, gave something to me. And I never travelled alone. There were always people - among them many list members - who commented, had questions or recommendations. A unique experience - I'm deeply grateful for this!
The topic of the book and the related photo exhibition continues to occupie me. For April I plan a trip to Southern Bukovina - the Romanian part of the region. I started to compile a list of places to go. The bigger towns - like Radautz, Suceava or Siret - are anyway on this list. But I'm sure you or other list members have recommendations. I would be glad to hear them! Please let me know!
Concerning Hardy's remark on radiation: Thank you Hardy for caring. I was not aware radiation is high there. So far I'm doing well. :-)
Warm wishes from Cologne,
Christian
Gesendet: Sonntag, 15. Februar 2015 um 15:10 Uhr
Von: "Bruce Reisch" <bruce.reisch_at_cornell.edu>
An: "Christian Herrmann" <cyberorange_at_gmx.de>, CZERNOWITZ-L <CZERNOWITZ-L_at_list.cornell.edu>
Betreff: Re: [Cz-L] A book and new travels coming
Hi Christian,
Your book is magnificent! It arrived on my doorstep about 2 weeks ago, and I’ve been keeping it nearby, looking at some of the pictures over and over again. Though my knowledge of Deutsch ist nicht so gut, I would recommend this book to anyone, and especially to list members. Thank you for documenting some of what remains of Jewish life in this region, pre-WWII.
Bruce
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