Further to Edgar’s post this morning about Jewish Boyan, it’s very
worthwhile to re-send Edgar’s post about Bojan from about five years ago.
Not “enjoyable” reading, but of great importance, nonetheless.
Bruce
On 1/21/11, 2:37, "Edgar Hauster" <bounce-7676963-3497436_at_list.cornell.edu
on behalf of bconcept_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>Czernowitzers...
>
>I'd like to share with all of you an impressive and heart-touching
>testimony, which we received from Tina Weisman as a comment on my posting
>to our Ehpes.com Blog:
>
<
http://ehpes.com/blog1/2009/10/12/bojan-boian-boyany-boiany-%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B8/>
>
>Tina Weisman wrote: "My mother at age 11 was the first orphan in Bojan,
>Romania after the massacre of June, 1941. She was the only survivor of
>the massacre that took place at the city hall (village square). She
>climbed out of that grave alive!!! Her parents were killed the night
>before. She was marched to Transnistria. Her story continues from there.
>She survived alone and lived in Israel from 1944-1956, when she then came
>to America. My grandparents from Bojan were NEVER Communists but
>apparently all the Jews in these villages were stereotyped as such. As a
>matter of fact, my grandparents owned a dairy store and according to my
>mother, prior to 1937 the Jews lived peacefully under Romanian rule. Many
>innocents lives were lost, all because of mass hatred, hysteria and
>ignorance. My children and I are the only Jewish descendents that we are
>aware of from Bojan. We consider that a true badge of honor."
>
>That is one and perhaps the most impressive response on an anti-Semitic
>statement, that has been posted by Gica. Other responses were given by
>our fellow members Yosef Eshet, Fred Weisinger and myself. Read all
>statements and comments here:
>
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http://ehpes.com/blog1/2009/10/12/bojan-boian-boyany-boiany-%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B8/#comments>
>
>Tina, thank you so much indeed for sharing your testimony with us!
>
>
>Edgar Hauster
>Lent - The Netherlands
>
>http://hauster.blogspot.com/
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