Dear all,
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Samuel Flohr was imprisoned in Cariera de piatra at the same time as Selma =
Merbaum, Alfred Kittner and Isaak Weißglas' family. Samuel Flohr had n=
ot taken his violin with him but had it hidden in the catholic church in Cz=
ernowitz. Theodor Weißglas had taken his instrument with him. After so=
me weeks the Flohr family was taken to Tulcyn and there Samuel Flohr had to=
play the violin for the officers' amusement on Sunday evenings . So a Lieu=
tenant of Carriera de piatra "asked" Theodor to entrust Samuel Flohr h=
is violin so that he could give performances in Tulcyn. What the young Wei=
ßglas did. When on 18 August 1942 the Nazis selected more than 1000 pr=
isoners from Cariera to send them to forced labour camps east of the bug, w=
hat meant beeing sentenced to death, the Romanian lieutenant saved the Wei=
ßglas family by hiding them in one of the barracks apart because of Th=
eodor having lend his violin to Flohr some weeks ago.
I learned about this episode while doing research for my book on Selma.
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Kind regards,
Marion
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www.marion-tauschwitz.de
Sitzbuchweg 43
69118 Heidelberg
0049 6221/80 54 37
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Gesendet:Â Donnerstag, 17. Dezember 2015 um 09:08 Uhr
Von:Â "Edgar Hauster" <bconcept_at_hotmail.com>
An:Â "Ruth Gold" <glasgold_at_bellsouth.net>, "Hedwig Brenner" <hedbren_at_za=
hav.net.il>
Cc:Â "Czernowitz Discussion Group" <czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu>
Betreff:Â RE: [Cz-L] Professor Samuel Flor
Dear Ruth, Dear Hedwig,
Thank you both for sharing your stories on Jasha Bronstein, Prof. Samuel Fl=
or and others with all of us. On behalf of the USHMM Randy M. Goldmann cond=
ucted an interview with Prof. Samuel Flor in July 1994:
http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504791
Interview summary as per USHMM: "Samuel Flor, born on February 22, 1908 in =
Gura Humorului, Romania, describes growing up in a religious family and com=
munity; joining a music conservatory in Vienna to study the violin at the a=
ge of 17; establishing the Flor String Quartet in Chernivtsi , Romania (now=
Ukraine) and teaching at the music conservatory there; meeting Gertrude Gr=
anirer in Chernivtsi and marrying her in 1940; being forced into the ghetto=
with Gertrude in 1942; his deportation to a labor site in the Ladyzhyn ghe=
tto in Romania (now Ukraine); claiming to be a dentist; moving to Tulâ€=
™chyn, Ukraine, where they successfully pretended to be dentists for two =
years; joining the Czech Army after the war and playing first violin in the=
Czech Army band; immigrating to the United States with his wife; and playi=
ng the violin in Minneapolis, MN."
Don't miss part 6/6 of the interview, where Prof. Samuel Flor plays his vio=
lin!
Edgar Hauster <MacBookAir>
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