We must never forget that while the Jewish character was not primarily
militant throughout its history, all throughout the war there were
Resistance movements. That included individuals from
Bukovina-Galicia. Some continued their role when they got to Israel.
Not everyone was a lamb to slaughter. Things are not black or white.
Shelley
On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 4:48 PM, Lloyd Marksamer
<longbeachlloyd_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> --e89a8fb1f32a086c7e051d0f3a42
>
> Excellent response. I read and absorbed every word of it.
> Some points I agree on. Others not do much.
> I am very pleased that the Israelis learned from the mistakes made by the
> Jews of 1930's Europe
> We can't rely on anyone to prevent our persecution. We must take matters
> into our own hands and be strong both militarily and financially. We must
> not stand idly by again while our people are led away to the gas
chambers.
> At least Israel is prepared to prevent that from happening again.
> Regarding Chernowitz...Your stories and those of others here are
> totally nightmarish.
> If I was there at the time, I could never recount anything good and
> marvelous about life in Czernowitz in those pre-War years. The horrors of
> 1940-45 are WAY too real and terrible to minimize because a few thousand
> Chernowitzers survived. Nothing pleasant can block out the ultimate fate
of
> the majority of Jews in Czernowitz and in Bukovina. They did not ever
have
> it as good as I have read it here. They knew all about Nazism in Germany
> and Communism in the Soviet Union, but I don't think those threats were
> taken seriously. Many Jews even became Communist supporters. And where
did
> that get them?
> All that Jewish culture in Czernowitz, what good did that do them? I also
> read here that the Jewish poets and musicians got deported to Siberia and
> Transnistria.
> Maybe these same Jews should have been stockpiling arms and ammunition
> instead of books and musical instruments.
> Call me names and criticize my opinion, but the outcome my way could not
> have been worse than their way.
>
> Lloyf
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