1. Pre-WW2
Czernowitz documents and WW2 documents,
identity
cards, lists, and related items with explanations and
translations from Miriam (Mimi) Reifer Taylor.
1a. A
Brief History
of Bukovina
by Miriam
(Mimi) Reifer Taylor
2. Story submitted by Nicholas Martin, written by his cousin Sali Glaubach Regenstreif, who was three years old when sent to the Czernowitz ghetto.
3. Ingrid Stamatson's translation from Nach Galizien. Describes travel through Czernowitz during the first decade of the 20th century.
4. A collection of documents related to Robert Gutherz from the Romanian period submitted by his daughter, Mariette Gutherz.
5. Narrative and pictures about the Yiddish poet and author Hirshel Bloshtein who lived and worked in Czernowitz from 1932 to 1978 -- submitted by Monte Starr
6. Practical advice for travellers to Bukovina/Czernowitz from Miriam (Mimi) Reifer Taylor (updated July, 2004).
7. Lecture given by Florence Heymann in Jerusalem (1994). The work is a collection of oral histories and commentary which tries to re-create what life was like for the Jewish community of Czernowitz. Submitted by Mariette Gutherz.
8. History of the Bucoviner Memorial Monument Kehal Jeshurin section, Baron de Hirsch Cemeteries, de la Savane, Montreal, Canada. Produced by Mrs. S. Honig and Merle Kastner.
9. Warren Brown's history of his grandfather Max Zuckerman (Brown) from Bukovina/Czernowitz.
10. Miriam Suss's account of her trip to Czernowitz/Bukovina and the placing of a memorial to the Jews in a mass grave at Bershad.
11. Thomas Weggemann's report of his May 2004 trip to Siret and Czernowitz.
12. Melita Fuhrman Vickter's 2002 trip to Czernowitz and Sadgora
13. Arthur
Rindner's Czernowitz related history plus 33 photographs
13a. Transnistria
- 5
Short Stories
by Arthur Rindner
14. Gabriel (Gaby) Rinzler's ghetto ID card from the Romanian period
15. English Translation by Mimi Taylor from Hedwig Brenner's Book "Leas Fluch"
16. Part of Mosche
Rosner's Bukovina Memories translated by Miriam
Lava
17. The story of the 'Finaly
Affair' as
told by Miriam Lava
18. The story (and picture) of the 'borrowed' Herrengasse
Cobblestone by Arthur Rindner
19. A research paper/essay regarding Mr. Nathan
Klipper and his incredible
uderground efforts to aid the Jews of Bukovina and those deported to
Transnistria during WWII. This document is presented with permission,
courtesy of Zeev (Walter) Ellenbogen. The document is in Adobe pdf
format.
20. Jane Rostos' facinating
account of the trip to the Poras Sanatorium in Solka Romania,
where the great grandson of the founder would later (much later) be
received by the mayor of Solka. Be sure to follow the link in the text
of Jane's account!
20a. Three
days in Czernowitz - May
3-5 2006 by Jane Rostos (pdf format)
21. Dr. Robert
Rosner's
paper on Scientists and Mathematicians at Czernowitz University during
the era of the Habsburg
Empire. Robert
Rosner was born in Vienna in 1924 and
emigrated to England in 1939. After his return to Austria he studied
chemistry at the University of Vienna and worked in industry. Following
his retirement he studied political science and the history of
science. This paper is in PDF format.
22. This is the story of Militta
Seiler,
born in Czernowitz in 1929 as told by herself in an inteview for
the Centropa project (Witness to a Jewish Century). Perhaps some
of you knew her? For me, her story paints a most vivid picture of
life in Cernauti between the wars; during the war in Transnistria; and
back to Romainia. She recounts briefly going to the 'big Temple'
and also going to the Yiddish theatre with her mother to see Sidi Tal.
23. In summer 2006, Asya Vaisman delivered a paper entitled "Sidi
Tal and Yiddish Culture in Czernowitz in the1940s-1980s" at a Moscow
conference on Yiddish in the Soviet Union. Asya is a PhD. student in
Harvard's Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. Click
HERE
to read this most interesting
paper.
23a. A collection of Sidi
Thal's Playbills
in an album (22 pages sheet
music, photos, etc.).
24. Gerta Wingerd and Audrey Kim provides us with the list of
names of the Jews deported from Romania to Transnistria as documented
by Yakob Druker, a young accountant who was one of the 27 gravediggers
at the time. Along with the list, known as 'Druker's
list', there is commentary
wich explains the list.
25. In case you've been wondering about the 'Czernowitz
District',
and what towns comprise
it, this abstract of conversations along with a list of the towns in
three languages will satisfy.
26. Czernowitzer Gerhard Schreiber's memoirs - A
Tale of Survival
(in pdf format - 42 pages).
27. A memorial to Leibu
Levin,
famous Yiddishist, reciter, interpreter, composer, and singer by his
daughter Ruth Levin. If you're interested in Yiddish literature,
poetry, and song, this biography is a very interesting read.
28. A children's book "Granny
Girl as a Child" about surviving the Holocaust in Transnistria by
Susanna Raweh & Dafna Shonwald (in Hebrew and English).
29. A concise biography of the famous Czernowitzer (born in
Novoselitsa) Lord Roll of
Ipsden -- a
very interesting read.
30. The Mayer
Ebner
memorial albums - 4 albums + biography 1890's - 1955
31. 2009 Montreal Transnistria
Memorial programme and PowerPoint presentaion of the event (from
Baruch Cohen by way of Merle Kastenr)
32. The Biography, Writings, Documents and Photographs of Herschl
Jaslowitz a.k.a. Dr.
Harry Jarvis
33. Chapter 1 "Childhood" of Prof. Richard
M. Weiner's book 'Analogies in Physics and life - a Scientific
Autobiography'. Born in 1930 in Czernowitz, his story brings us
back to the events in Cz. since then and until 1945-46 when he left Cz.
to Bucharest.
34. The Russian Occupation of Czernowitz as recalled by Anny
Matar.
35. The German Occupation of Czernowitz as recalled by Anny
Matar
35a. My arrival in Israel -- memories of my trip by Anny Matar
36. Dow
Friedman's Transnistria story:
The Unknown Holocaust
36a. Dow Friedman's Family
History
37. Alfred
Schneider's tribute
to Joseph Schmidt
37a. Alfred (Fred) Schnieder's letter to his son George about wearing
the Yellow Star of David in
Czernowitz
38. From
Oded Blaustien -
signatures of many activists from Czernowitz who nominated delegates to
the 21st. Zionist congress in 1939.
38a. NARA Index of Gestapo
documents (12 MB pdf) pertaining to operations in occupied eastern
Europe - by way of Oded Blaustein
38b. Nazi Documents sent by NARA to Oded Blaustein regarding his GF, Kalman
Gronich
39. Eliezer Steinbarg's original (1921) Yiddish Primer "Alef Beys" in
five parts. Artwork by Arthur Kolnik, Rubin Zelekowitsch (Reuven
Rubin), and Salomon Learner. The original was printed at Buchdrukeray
'Orient' Czernowitz, Nr.5, Schillergasse. Web preperation by
Edgar Hauster. These are large pdf documents and may take a while
to load: Part-1
Part-2
Part-3
Part-4
Part-5
.
40. Julian
Rubin's August 2010 trip to Czernowitz and Family History
41. A short biography of Dr. Salomon
Kassner - Czernowitz journalist, lawyer, poet and politician by
Sidi Kassner
41a. Sidi Kassner's book 'From
Czernowitz Deported to Siberia'
(Siberian Memories) the complete amazing story with photos.
42. Survivors of the Viitorul - A list of the survivors of the wreck of
the Viitorul in 1942 with
background material - Irene Fishler and Oded Blaustien
43. Ruth
Glasberg Gold's story: How Transnistria was added to
the map of concentration camps at the U.S. Holocuast Museum in
Washington D.C. (photos and documents).
44. From Peter Elbau -- A poem from the first Jewish poet in Bukovina, Moritz Amster.
This is your chance to test your Gothic script and poetic
interpretation skills on this short work.
45. The Popovici
Memorial project.
46. From Noemi Eshet: Spreadsheets
- 600+ records (xls & html) keyed to original document photos
of 1942 deportees to Transnistria - List is incomplete.
46a. Six Romanian era documents
from Noemi Eshet concerning textile businesses in Czernowitz.
47. From Yossi Yagur, an article he wrote for Sharheret Hadorot
Vol. 26 No 3, December 2011: "Genealogical Data in the Archives
of South Bukovina". The article
is used with permission of the Israel Genealogical Society.
48. Contributions from Natasha Pechenkina: Several important
pieces of research by Natasha were lost when I reorganized parts of the
website several years ago. These have been re-posted. As well Natasha
has recently put together a Czernowitz Street Name Translator of her
own. See it all by clicking here
49. Irene
Fishler's account of
visiting her great grandfather's grave: 'A Czernowitzer in the
Jewish Cemetery in Bern Switzerland'.
50. A most interesting 1996 account of a 'Cousins Roots Trip' to
Czernowitz by Jerry
Lapides - this is the presentation that was distributed in booklet
form to the participants upon their return.
51. This document is Chapter 5 of the report of the "INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE HOLOCAUST IN ROMANIA", presented to the President of Romania, Ion Iliescu, in 2004. The Commission was chaired by Elie Wiesel. The report
in its entirety can be viewed on the website of the US Holocaust Memorial
Museum: Here
52. A manuscript in two parts, 'Childhood Memories' Part !: was written by Dr. Moses Zwecker in 1972, edited by his daughter, Erika Shaffer, and later translated into English by his granddaughter Hava Oren. It describes firsthand Jewish life in Bukovina in the 19th century. A charming narrative that provides a detailed glimpse of what it was like for Jews at the turn of the 20th century in the hamlets of Bukovina. Part 2: updated, expanded and finished by Moses' granddaughter, Hava. 16 Photos.
