Introductions from the Czernowitz2006 Reunion Group

Part 3

[Ed. note: These messages are not in any particular order.  The replies may or may
not be present or near the message.  If your introduction is not here and you wish
it published here, just drop me an email (romers_at_shaw.ca) and tell me what the
message number is that I missed. ...the webperson]


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From: "Abraham Kogan" <kogana@...>
Date: Wed Feb 22, 2006  8:32 am
Subject: Re: [czernowitz2006] Cz.
Personal introductions.
abrahamkogan

Name:  Abraham KOGAN
Born in Czernowitz,  Neuweltgasse 49 (1926); Left Czernowitz: 1944
Residing in:  Tel Aviv, Israel  since early 1949 (during 1979-1996 in WashingtonDC, USA)
Languages:  German, Yiddish, Romanian, English and Spanish
Regards,  AK
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From: Simon Kreindler
<simonkreindler@...>
Date: Sat Feb 25, 2006  6:56 pm
Subject: Personal Introductions
simonkreindler@...

Dear Czernowitzers:

My name is Simon Kreindler and I will be coming to the Reunion with my
daughter, Lisa.

My father was born in Ocna/Vikno (just north of Cz) in 1910. He spent
the years 1914-18 in Vienna and when WWI ended, his family settled in
Cz. In 1930, he left to join his older brothers in New York but
immigration from Eastern Europe was impossible at the time. In 1934 he
traveled to Barbados (in what was then the British West Indies). My
mother was born in Cz but left when she was a child and grew up in
Guatemala. By an interesting but complicated set of circumstances, my
parents met and married in Barbados and I was born there in 1940.

I attended university in Montreal and met my wife there in 1957. After
finishing medical school, I did my specialty training in the USA and in
1971 moved with my family to Toronto, Canada (where we still live). We
have three children whom we are enormously proud of and five
grandchildren who are the lights of our lives.

About ten years ago, I began to research my family history in earnest.
As many of you will undoubtedly appreciate, when one finally has time to
engage in this activity, it is often too late to ask parents the
questions one wants answers to. Although my father always spoke
positively of Cz, I have no real appreciation of what the city meant to
him or for that matter, to my mother.

In the summer of 2005, I was already considering a trip to Cz to learn
more about my roots when the idea of the Reunion was “born” on the Cz
Listserv. I was immediately “hooked.” To be able to visit Cz in the
company of so many who had deep connections to it was almost too good to
be true. As I said in an e mail back then, for me this would be a once
in a lifetime opportunity. I am sure it will deepen my understanding of
my parent's lives.

Since I speak only English, I am awed by the prospect of being part of
such a multilingual group. At least I know where to turn if I need a
translator! I look forward to meeting all of you in May.
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--- In czernowitz2006@yahoogroups.com, Asher Turtel <ashtur@...> wrote:

Dear All,

We just now decided (endlich einmahll) to join the group if it's not to
late. We don't know yet where we will be (hotel) we like to join the
TRANSNISTRIA TRIP on May 23 \uffff May 24 2006* to Mogilev if it's not to
late. We are two people \uffff me and my wife. We would like to be in hotel
Cheremosh in a good room with what is called by them a French bed.

For the reason of not being sure about coming, I didn't follow who is
dealing with what arrangement. Can you please inform the right person
about our joining?

1.  Asher Turtel

2.  Born in Czernowitz, in the Lillienga\uffffe July 1941. Being 11 weeks old
we (my g. mother Taube Krattenstein nee Waldhorn, my mother Gusta nee
Krattenstein, my father Lazar Turtel and me) were deported to
Tranistria \uffff Mogilev. My g. mother did not survive Tranistria.

After the WWII we returned to Cz. But my father said that he had a bad
experience with the Russian regime and we went south and lived in
Bucharest till 1950. Then we went to Israel.

3.  From 1950 I live in Israel.

4.  Mother tongue German speech and reading well, have difficulties in
writing.  I also speak, read and write English and broken Romanian and
of course, Hebrew.

5. I left Cz in 1945 (or 1946) and later lived with my parents in
Bucharest, than immigrated to Israel with my parents.
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From: "frenchczern"
<frenchczern@...>
Date: Wed Feb 1, 2006  3:58 pm
Subject: Any Czernowitzer in
France?
frenchczern

Hello everybody!
My name is Charles Rosner and my cousins Weissmann, living in Berlin,
gave me the address of your site. I'm French, I live in the south of
France near Aix-en-Provence, where I recently retired after an
international career. I was born in Czernowitz, lived there until
1945 and, finally, arrived in France in 1948 at the age of seven. I
speak French, English and German.
I'm not at all religious, I won't walk through the streets of
Czernowitz with tears in my eyes, but I believe some memory should be
kept for future generations.
For those who lived in Czernowitz in the thirties (or whose parents
told them about what happened there in 1936): my mother was Rosa
Wagner, a sister of Edi Wagner who had organised that balalaika
orchestra, with folklore songs and dances and who died in August
1936, after having been taken and tortured by the Rumanian fascist
police. This dramatic event is mentioned in the excellent book "Le
Crépuscule des Lieux" by Florence Heymann (she calls my
mother "Rouja" in the text)
And for those who lived in Paris in the period 1950 – 1990 and who
knew or heard of Dr. David Kraft (also mentioned in the book): I was
once married with his niece, Martine.
So, now that you know me :) … I would like to know more about you,
and especially about those who live in France: I thought there were
very few Czernowitzer in this country and that, even among those few,
there is absolutely no interest for Bukowina or Czernowitz. These
places could as well be on another planet.
As a matter of fact, they are on another planet. That is why my first
project when I retired was to write a kind of family chronicle for my
children and for those who would come after them. It took me two
years: I read books, did some in-depth research, as well in
Czernowitz as in Vienna and other places, looked through all
documents and other papers of my parents, drafted a kind of
genealogical tree – about 450 people – and, finally wrote that
chronicle in French. It goes back to the middle of 19th century and
the title is "Etes-vous (aussi) de Czernowitz?"
I have never been a member of any group (I'm very independent) and,
in addition, I have right now a very serious family problem to solve:
this is to say that I don't know yet whether I will be able to join
your group's visit to Czernowitz in May 2006.
But, at this stage, I would really like to know how many of you (and
who) in France are interested by Czernowitz.
My other e-mail address is < rosnerch@... >
Sincerely,
Charles Rosner
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From: Berti Glaubach <berti@...>
Date: Sun Feb 26, 2006  5:49 am
Subject: Re: [czernowitz2006]
Introducing myself and questions

 Hi Gerhard,

I can answer  2 questions:

!) Indeed the dobrovolti (voluntaries) were the Ucrainians who fought under
Wlassow against the Red Army.

2) Strada Mazarik is a side street from Siebenbuergerstrasse or Stefan cel
Mare, easy to find at the end of Herrengasse (Iancu Flondor also
Kobilianskaia)  which  ends like a T into it.

Berti Glaubach
Haifa.
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--- In czernowitz2006@yahoogroups.com, "yfelik" <felikman@...> wrote:

Dear all, my name is Yakov Felikman and I was born to Bernhard (Boris)
Falikman in Chernovits in 1960, immigrated to Israel in 1973.
Chernovits was and is a cultural and architectural spot of interest.

Please see the Links (on the left)section where you can find some links
I have added today.
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From: Joe Poras <joe@...>
Date: Wed Feb 22, 2006  3:59 pm
Subject: Re: [czernowitz2006] Cz.
Personal introductions.
jcporas

Greetings All,

1. Joseph Poras, born 1941 in the suburbs of Boston, MA USA and still
living there.  My wife, Linda, and our 2 adult children will joint us in
this reunion adventure.   I am a practicing dentist and my wife is art
curator and appraiser.

2. Whenever, as a child or young adult, I asked my father or uncle about
where the Poras family was from,(They were both born in Vienna)   all I
got was  " a  town that  is now behind the iron curtain and we will
never be able to visit it!"   Four years ago I started my roots quest
and find I have  Czernowitz connections dating back to the 1840's. In
1870 my Great grandfather was elected representative from Czernowitz to
the State parliament.   My grandfather and family lived in
SchlangeGasse, from 1904 to the outbreak of the WW1 when they then took
up residence in Vienna.

3. USA

     My German is zehr Schlecht!   I am saving these introductions in a
file to print and take with us on our trip to help make connections.
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From: "Hugo" <hugo@...>
Date: Sat Feb 25, 2006  8:19 pm
Subject: DEAR CZERNOWITZERS
hugo@...

My name is Hugo Nospreis.I was born in Cz. on June 04 1938.My fathers name was
Otto Nospreis and he was born on July 15 1907 in Gura Humorului.My mothers name
was Mina Meilen born in Colomea on May10 1915.My parents owned a large factory
and home,located in  #10Franziosgasse (Strada Petre Liciu) We left Cz in 1945
and relocated in Bucharest and later in Oradea.We emigrated to Israel in 1964.I
came to Canada in 1967.I am maried and my wifes name is Emily.I had a succesful
business from which i retired in 2005.We live in Richmond Hill Ontario(a suburb
of Toronto) I am looking forward to meet all of you! If it is not to late i
would like a room at the hotel.
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From: "dharaindublin" <AvaTom@...>
Date: Sun Nov 13, 2005  9:51 am
Subject: Romanian-Israeli website
dharaindublin

As a new member of this group, I am just learning about my Czernowitz roots.
Though I don't speak or even read Romanian, I do remember much of my
high school French and was able to get the general meaning of what was
available on this website. I  realized  that my family went to Montreal from
Bukawina because they felt more comfortable with the French language than
they did with English. I found this website useful because of the links it
provided to Romanian cemetaries etc. and I believe that I may have found a
link to my Grandmother's cousin, Refael Hammer, in Bukawina. Further
research will be needed to verify this connection but what a wonderful start. I
think including this website was totally appropriate. Ava Cohn
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From: "cornel fleming"
<cornel.fleming@...>
Date: Sun Feb 26, 2006  6:23 am
Subject: Re: [czernowitz2006]
Introducing myself and questions
cornelfleming

hi gerhard.  as bertie already said they were antirussian ukrainians but
theywere also anti communist russians ,sometimes called banderovci  after one
ofthe commanders, gen. bandera  who as far as i know was an ethnic ukrainian.
these people had scattered units in the bukowina forests many trying to escape
to the west, others remaining local. i believe the last of them were finally
destroyed by the red army some years after the war  officially ended.
cornel fleming
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