Czernowitzers...
On November 28, 1938, we read in the Bulletin of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) on page 5, item 10:
"BUCHAREST, NOV. 27. (JTA) -- TEN PERSONS WERE REPORTED KILLED AND 40 INJURED TODAY WHEN A BOMB EXPLODED IN A JEWISH THEATRE AT TIMISOARA DURING A PERFORMANCE BY A JEWISH TROUPE. SIMILAR INCIDENTS INVOLVING JEWISH BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF RUMANIA IN RECENT WEEKS."
In fact, four people were killed and 70 were injured. The "JEWISH TROUPE" referred to was that one of "our" famous Czernowitzer Sidy Thal, who immediately discontinued her tour and returned to Czernowitz. Timisoara is the European Capital of Culture 2023, so it is interesting to see that the anti-Semitic bomb attack of 1938 has not been forgotten:
Read more in GERMAN:
https://adz.ro/meinung-und-bericht/artikel-meinung-und-bericht/artikel/1938-der-terrornovember-der-legionaere-1
https://adz.ro/artikel/artikel/1938-der-terrornovember-der-legionaere-2
https://adz.ro/meinung-und-bericht/artikel-meinung-und-bericht/artikel/1938-der-terrornovember-der-legionaere
Listen more in ROMANIAN:
https://moldova.europalibera.org/a/31587109.html
Finally let's listen to Sidy Thal as she sings "Spil Klezmorim" for us:
https://soundcloud.com/user-125628165/sidy-thal-spielt-klesmorim-sidi-tal-sygraitemuzykanty?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Edgar Hauster [MacBook]
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