Thank you very much Edgar!
Even though there is at least one more copy in Deutsche
Nationalbibliothek - Leipzig (
http://d-nb.info/361434901), it is
indeed a rare book and your digital version is much appreciated.
Iosif
On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 12:21 AM, Edgar Hauster <bconcept_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> Czernowitzers...
>
> Today you are going to hold a real bibliophilic rarity - virtually - in your hands. Worldwide there is evidence of three copies of "The Album of Czernowitz", one at the Langsam Library of Cincinnati, another one at the National Library of Moldova and the third one goes straight from my book-shelf to the Czernowitz Book Corner:
>
> http://czernowitzbook.blogspot.de/2016/06/the-album-of-czernowitz.html
>
> "Un album al Cernautului - Album von Czernowitz" [The Album of Czernowitz], a bilingual edition in Romanian/German, was published by Isiu Gronich in 1925, at a period of time, when the Jewish influence on Czernowitz was appreciated and the Romanization was not yet virulent. Isiu Gronich, a Jewish publisher, born on November 12, 1880 in Czernowitz, edited between 1919-1923 the liberal daily newspaper "Das Volk" [The Nation]; however "The Album of Czernowitz" from the year 1925 became his most important work. It's a kaleidoscope of the multi-cultural life in Czernowitz during the mid-1920s, covering:
>
> - The History of the City
> - Administration
> - The Romanians
> - The Germans
> - The Jews (incl. biographies and portraits for 23 Jewish personalities from Czernowitz)
> - The Poles
> - The Ukrainians
> - Trade and Manufacturing Sector
> - Industry
>
> This generously illustrated book is displaying on 310 pages more than 300 photos, among them as many as 215 portraits. It is a unique historical document and an insightful reading experience, which will complete your picture of - "our good old" - Czernowitz!
>
>
> Edgar Hauster
>
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