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Right, there were 3 days of confusion, Czernowitz was a sort of
Niemandsland and in different parts of the town people had different
experiences. In the region of the university where we came back to our flat
on probably the 25th or 26th while fire broke out probably a day or so
later at the residence there was also a German soldier lying wounded on
Franzensgasse near by. No Germans or Romanians around to help him, neither
soviet soldiers.
Russian troops probably entered the town only after having surrounded it.
On the 29th or 30th, a captain of the army installed himself at the town
hall, was called Mayor and started to organize things. A part of us youths
helped during a week or two.
Then things got more organized, may be to much organized.
[Berti Glaubach]
On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 10:25 AM, Edgar Hauster <bconcept_at_hotmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi Cornel,
>
> Yes, when it comes to the appearance of the Soviets in the city center of
> Czernowitz, I think that the note in your family album that "Russians hav=
e
> arrived today" dated 29th March is accurate. On the other hand we learn
> from Rabbi Menachem Glisnshtain's website, by the way a VERY INTERESTING
> [new] website for "Jewish Life in Chernivtsi"
>
> http://en.jewishczernowitz.com/
>
> as follows:
>
> ---
>
> March 24, 1944 - When the Red Army was approaching Chernivtsi, using pani=
c
> in the city, several hundred Jewish families fled from Chernivtsi. The sa=
me
> day, authorities in the city has moved from Romanian to German command. S=
S
> units started shooting people directly in their homes and on the streets.
>
> March 26, 1944 =E2=80=93 Leading units of the Red Army entered the suburb=
s of
> Chernivtsi. After 3 days of fighting that took place mostly outside the
> city, the German-Romanian troops retreated without a chance to cause larg=
e
> losses of the Jewish population of the city.
>
> March 28, 1944 =E2=80=93 before retreating, German units set the Residenc=
e of
> Bukovinian metropolitans, on fire, hoping that this act of provocation wi=
ll
> cause the persecution of Jews.
>
> ---
>
> It's hard to allocate the "Liberation of Czernowitz" [
> http://ehpes.com/blog1/?p=3D2773] by the Soviets in 1944 to a single day,
> but from my point of view it took place between March 26 - 29, 1944.
>
> Edgar Hauster
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