Rony,
To answer your question I'll use some prose my son wrote:
"It's a variety of reasons, ranging from the emotional to the practical.
Foremost, our grandfather (to whom both me and my mother were very
close, and admire enormously) always felt that he was an Austrian Jew,
and to some extent, going through this process feels like a way of
honoring him and identifying ourselves with him.
...
More broadly, Germany and Austria making provisions to return
citizenship to victims of the holocaust and their descendants is part of
the respective federal republics recognizing the harm their predecessor
states did, and I'm also happy to participate in a process of historical
memory/atonement/reconciliation. "
I hope this help you understand why there are many of us going though
this ordeal.
Elisa Heymann
> With all due respect to all the members of this list.
> I am also a direct descendant of Bucovina. My GGparents were from
> South Galitzia, Czernovitz, Radautz and Arbore. All former A-H
> jurisdictions. My maternal Gfather fought and was wounded with the
> Czernovitz regiment under Austria during WWI. However, being a veteran
> did not save him and his family from deportation to Transnistria. He
> and my maternal Gmother are buried either in a mass grave or in one of
> the countless unmarked burial sites nearby Moghilev.
> I am the son of Holocaust survivors, born in Venezuela, today proudly
> a U.S. citizen. Raised without hatred but with a solid Jewish
> identity, a strong foundation of our origins, and memories of a
> "Vanished World" (as coined by Mr. Christian's blog). I would add:
> Intentional Vanished World...
> While the U.S. is not perfect, and I value a society and system of
> free choice, I am baffled why anyone holding US or Israeli citizenship
> would ever entertain (so intensely by some in this and other blogs,
> yes including FB), the idea of an Austrian passport.
> Why is this so important?
> I would understand if you were trying to migrate from a troubled (i.e.
> Venezuela) or a country with increasing antisemitic incidents.
> https://www.dw.com/en/austria-antisemitic-crimes-hit-record-high-in-2020/a-57343980
>
> At the end of the day, everyone is free to choose...
> Happy Hanuka
> <https://www.dw.com/en/austria-antisemitic-crimes-hit-record-high-in-2020/a-57343980>
>
> Austria: Antisemitic crimes hit record high in 2020
> <https://www.dw.com/en/austria-antisemitic-crimes-hit-record-high-in-2020/a-57343980>
> The Jewish Community of Vienna has found that right-wing ideology
> played a significant role behind Austria's antisemitic attacks.
> www.dw.com
>
> //
>
>
> Rony Eisenthal
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