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In 12/2007 I had made an inquiry addressed to this list regarding 20
Steingasse in CZ where my mother's family lived until they left for New York
in 9/1929, to which Gerti Nahum responded (as did a number of other kind
list members) and said in part "I have lived exactly at this address until I
left Czernowitz with my parents in 1945, at the age of 8 ......... One day
I was coming home from town with my Mother, holding her hand, while we
suddenly heard the scream of bombing alarm. We were about to enter into the
house, so both of us leaned with panic on the inner wall of the hallway. I
recall looking outside through the arched gate and seing an airplane
dropping bombs one after the other, which made me think of a hen laying eggs
(!!!). You must know that I was a very little girl at that time, so that was
the first thing that came into my mind, but the pictures are still vivid in
my memory...".
Gerti, I hope that you and your family are all well today and thank you once
again for your past kind assistance and correspondence.
Gary Rogovin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
To: "Shelley" <shemit65_at_gmail.com>
Cc: "Lloyd" <longislanderl_at_aol.com>; "Ruth" <glasgold_at_bellsouth.net>;
<czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 7:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Being Rumanian
Czernowitz remained physically almost untouched during WW2.
The city was not bombed, nor was there any fighting in the city.
the only buildings destroyed or damaged were the "Tempel",
in which incendiary bombs were set off, the buildings on the north side
of the central square (the Ringplatz) and the post office on the
"Hauptstrasse".
Other than that the city has remained intact.
Mimi
On Jul 29, 2015, at 11:56 PM, Shelley wrote:
That raises an interesting question. During the Holocaust, does
anyone know roughly what percentage of Czernowitz was destroyed? I
know that many places were rebuilt after the holocaust with little
original architecture. So many places practically wiped off the map.
For example, after the holocaust, Kolomea/Kolomyja had few buildings,
no native residents and a number of displaced Russian pig farmers.
Things have been built but very little was left. After the war, I can
only be sentimental about a place which is no longer recognizable. It
doesn't sound like Czernowitz had the same fate.
Shelley
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