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I=E2=80=99m interested in any information about Markus Kislinger and his wife Ann=
a, who died in the 1920=E2=80=99s. I=E2=80=99ve attached a photo of their crypt at the c=
emetery in Czernowitz.=20
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According to JewishGen (which spells Kislinger as Kisslinger), Markus built=
Toynbee Hall, a =E2=80=9Cmagnificent=E2=80=9D four story building =E2=80=9Cto educate and enl=
ighten the Jewish people=E2=80=9D. He did so at the request of Professor Leon Kell=
ner of the University of Chernivsti, a well known Zionist, who was a friend =
and advisor to Theodor Herzl and after Herzl=E2=80=99s death wrote a biography of =
him.=20
=20
Toynbee Hall was described as a =E2=80=9CZionist temple=E2=80=9D where =E2=80=9Cdiscussions a=
bout Zionist-Palestine problems were carried on, and art, literature, and pr=
ograms of common interest filled the large hall.=E2=80=9D The building is now the =
home of the Bukovina Bible Society and a prayer house for Seventh Day Advent=
ists.
=20
Thanks
Eddie Kislinger
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