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Hi Dana
That all confirms what I=E2=80=99ve been told now by many others - the =
evacuations on foot took place not from Cz itself, but only from the =
villages.
So many such dreadful tales I=E2=80=99ve now heard, but yours has at =
least a glimmer of =E2=80=9Csilver lining=E2=80=9D. After such loyalty =
to her mother and uncle, it would have been an ever greater tragedy if =
Edith had perished. It=E2=80=99s a small but wonderful miracle that she =
survived it all.
Thank you so much for sharing her story with me.
Warmest regards
Rick
> On 17 Jan 2020, at 4:52 am, Dana Dimitriu <dana.dimitriu_at_web.de> =
wrote:
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> Hello Rick,
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> My grandfather=E2=80=98s youngest sister, Edith Tamler (born 1921), =
relates in her testimony to Yad Vashem that from Zastavna, where she was =
living at the time, people were deported on foot. There were some carts, =
yes. But the cortege was moving at walking speed, as most people would =
have been on foot. When they arrived on the banks of the Dniestr river, =
they were stripped of all documents before crossing over. Loads of =
people drowned - as there was no proper bridge, but rather an =
improvisation of rickety, wooden boats or similar bound to one another =
to allow crossing over to the other side.=20
>=20
> If you take into consideration that we are talking about roughly 200 =
km, roads must have been very primitive in the area (many still are), =
that it was late autumn 1941 (later to become one of the coldest winters =
during the war), and it must have been terribly muddy and tedious to =
move forward, it is no wonder it took an eternity to get to the river =
Dniestr.
>=20
> Edith could have actually stayed behind - as she had recently married =
a Christian. But when her mother (a widow), as well as her uncle (one of =
her mother=E2=80=99s brothers) with his wife and two children were =
deported, she decided to go with them, to take care of her mother. She =
was the only one to survive, in spite of falling ill with typhus.=20
>=20
> Kind regards,
>=20
> Dana
>=20
> Dana Dimitriu
> Wiesbaden, Germany
> dana.dimitriu_at_web.de
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