. No. I was unaware of this saving operation but this reminded me of anothe=
r similar operation (I do not know how many Polish Jews were involved(
My uncle had a curtain weaving factory on the Russische gasse, which was of=
course nationalized and transferred to a Romanian owner, but my uncle was =
the "meister" of the factory, so he obtained a lot of Popovici authorizatio=
ns for the previous workers who were thus saved from Transnistria. He also =
included a lot of other "absolutely necessary" workers that he recruited fr=
om amongst friends and relatives. My father was 0ne of them and he was in c=
harge of the warehouse, with long troughs, in which workers checked the lon=
g woven curtain cloth, cut out failed lengths, and created
bales of the good stuff.
I am not sure of the exact period - very likely in end of 1941 and begin of=
1942 a number of Polish Jews escaped from Poland and reached Czernowitz, a=
nd were directed to temporary shelters until they could be sent "over the b=
order" to Romania proper (I suppose helped by some heavy bakshish to the "s=
hippers"). One of these shelters was the warehouse, and the escapees were l=
ying hidden in the troughs, under the curtains, throughout the day - the wo=
rkers were quite careful not to unveil them while checking the stuff. At ni=
ght they could get out into the warehouse (dark, of course) , eat and use t=
he facilities.
I recall that as an 8-9 year old I was bringing at noon a lot of food to my=
father - that only quite a number of fathers could consume. It was of cour=
se for the refugees, for the few days and - or rather nights, that they sta=
yed there. . Surprisingly or not there were no "tongues" amongst the worker=
s, although everyone knew the mortal danger to all if the situation were di=
scovered
Several years later I met one of those escapees in Israel, and we happily r=
ecollected this period.
Mordecai
----- הודעה מקורית -----
מאת: Edgar Hauster <bconcept_at_hotmail.com>
תאריך: Monday, October 5, 2015 18:04
נושא: [Cz-L] Samuel del Campo's Rescue Operation in Czernowitz
אל: Czernowitz Discussion Group <czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu>
> Czernowitzers...
>
> Since last year Spanish speaking websites and blogs are
> reporting on Samuel del Campo's rescue operation during WW2 in
> Czernowitz:
> http://goo.gl/rFQpnq
> http://goo.gl/fxO2Xl
>
> Samuel del Campo, a diplomat from Chile, acted in favour of
> about 250 Jewish families, who - despite of their Polish
> citizenship - were imprisoned by the Romanian authorities in the
> Czernowitz Ghetto. There is evidence that thanks to Samuel del
> Campo's intervention these families succeeded to escape from the
> deportation to Transnistria.
>
> It was the historian Dr. habil. Mariana Hausleitner, who drew my
> attention to Samuel del Campo and to the Spanish speaking press
> coverage on his rescue operation.
>
> Does anyone of you know more about this?
>
> Edgar Hauster
>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------=
--
This moderated discussion group is for information exchange on the subject =
of
Czernowitz and Sadagora Jewish History and Genealogy. The opinions express=
ed
in these posts are the opinions of the original poster only and not necess=
arily
the opinions of the List Owner, the Webmaster or any other members
or entities connected with this mailing list. The Czernowitz-L list has
an associated web site at
http://czernowitz.ehpes.com that includes a
searchable archive of all messages posted to this list. As a result,
Messages sent to the list are available to the general public within days=
of posting.
Please post in "Plain Text" (help available at:
<
http://www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/PlainText.html>).
To remove your address from this e-list follow the directions at:
<
http://www.it.cornell.edu/services/elist/howto/user/leave.cfm>
To receive assistance for this e-list send an e-mail message to:
<owner-Czernowitz-L_at_list.cornell.edu>
---------------------------------------------------------------------------=
--
Received on 2015-10-07 10:41:06