Politics aside, you are where you were born. Who gives you your birth
certificate. In early 1900's, primary occupants of Czernowitz were
ethnically Ukrainian but the area might have been politically part of
Austria. Later births were definitely in Romania. Still later births
were from the Ukraine.
My grandmother's birth certificate says "Austro-Hungary." 28 years
later, in the same house, her daughter's birth certificate says
Poland. Today it is part of the Ukraine but who cares what happened
before or after when it comes to where you were born..
Politics comes into play when you have a stupid government that won't
give an American a birth certificate that says that person was born in
Jerusalem, Israel.
Shelley
On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 9:39 PM, Hardy Breier <hardy3_at_bezeqint.net> wrote:
> After the annexation in 1919 the Jews were not automatic Rumanian citizens.
> But if you were not a citizen you could not hold an official or state job.
> Could not be a manager of your business.
> You had to pass a language test without knowing the language.
> Many business passed the managing job to ethnic Rumanian employees.
> Everyone wanted Rumanian citizenship.
> It was not a love affair or a matter of choice.
> Neither a matter of sentiment.
> The Czernowitzer were practical people.
>
> Hardy
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