Dear Scott, Thank you so much for your message and, yes, that is a fascinating video, very meaningful and professionally shot, rightly included in the USHMM archives: https://youtu.be/-A3LRP0GVCg
Your letter and the video motivate me to complete a project that I have been putting off for years. In 2011, my friend and historian Liviu Cărare published an article that describes the conditions in the Czernowitz ghetto like no other and documents the life-saving work of Dr. Traian Popovici: “The conclusions of the investigations Commission for “Research of the irregularities made for the evacuation of the Jews from Cernăuţi” (1941)” https://old.historica-cluj.ro/menu/Anuar2011.php?lang=en#carare I had the article published in Romanian in the Yearbook Series Historica of the “George Baritiu” Institute of History, Cluj-Napoca, translated into English at the time - before there were good online translators - but I haven't had the time to cross-check the translation and correct the numerous errors, especially for the (Jewish) names, that are already contained in the original document. Now, after your contribution, I will look at the original and the English translation again and hopefully share them with you all soon. As you can see, your message was inspiring, and certainly not only for me...! Warmest wishes! Edgar ________________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 21:48 To: 'Edgar Hauster'; 'Ilana Gordon' Cc: 'Czernowitz Discussion Group'; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: [czernowitz-l] In 1946 in "Die Stimme" [The Voice]: DR. TRAIAN POPOVICI Dear Edgar, Thank you so much for your tireless work on behalf of the CZ Discussion Group. Because of you and others we know more about our ancestry than most Jews in America. Coincidentally, my wife Ilana and my ancestors were both from Czernowitz! Albert Einstein said that "A coincidence is G*d's way of remain anonymous". Ilana and I, and her sister and nephew, (a film maker) went to the Popovici Plaque unveiling in 2009. I later interviewed Mimi at her home in America. This short video (5 mins.) has been vetted, approved, and included among the archive of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. If you haven't seen it, please enjoy it now. https://youtu.be/-A3LRP0GVCg With current events in a world raging with war and antisemitism it is more relevant than ever. If it weren't for the courageous actions of Dr. Popovici, neither my wife nor my children or grandchildren would have ever been born. So, to publicize his deeds is very personal with me. Thanks again for all that you do. Best regards - Scott Gordon Scott L. Gordon, CFO Word Wizards, Inc. 8609 2nd Ave. Ste. 406-B Silver Spring, MD 20910 301-986-0808 www.wordwizardsinc.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Edgar Hauster Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 1:00 PM To: Ilana Gordon <[email protected]> Cc: Czernowitz Discussion Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [czernowitz-l] In 1946 in "Die Stimme" [The Voice]: DR. TRAIAN POPOVICI Dear Ilana, Thank you so much for your feedback. You are referring to the obituary of Dr. Traian Popovici, which can be found on pages 4-5 of “Die Stimme”. I have only quoted a small paragraph from it as an appetizer, as I can't do more at this point. BUT, you can get a translation of this - and every other - article from "Die Stimme" by taking a small detour: 1. This is the link to the newspaper edition: https://www.difmoe.eu/uuid/uuid:41d6e602-ef65-436c-8675-7a2a55976063 2. These are the links to pages 4 and 5: https://www.difmoe.eu/uuid/uuid:6ca16ccc-621e-4fc1-aa0a-20f25b767680 https://www.difmoe.eu/uuid/uuid:82e7b754-3996-4115-8d92-0c2574ff3a4b 3. At the top left there is a photo button (mountains). Click on it and download the photos. 4. Google Translate is not only able to translate texts BUT ALSO photos. Upload the photos to Google Translate and have them translated. The result is amazingly good. It sounds a little complicated at first, but it's not really and the results are worth it. Check it out. Warmest wishes as always! Edgar Hauster [MacBook] ________________________________________ From: Ilana Gordon <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 15:56 To: Edgar Hauster Cc: Czernowitz Discussion Group Subject: Re: [czernowitz-l] In 1946 in "Die Stimme" [The Voice]: DR. TRAIAN POPOVICI Hi Edgar, Thanks again for these emails. Is there a translated version of this? As I am here as well because of his heroic actions, I am most interested in reading about this. My grandfather was friends with him as well but was arrested in late 1944 and sent to Siberia having survived the Ghetto and so many other life uprooting events. Thanks, Ilana On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM Edgar Hauster <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Czernowitzers... A new edition of “Die Stimme”, the monthly Newsletter for the Bukovinians, was published on 01-JUN-1946. Let's take a journey into the past together to comprehend what moved our ancestors, their relatives and friends back then! In an obituary of DR. TRAIAN POPOVICI, the former Mayor of Czernowitz, who went down in history as the Righteous Among the Nations, we read about the hidden activities in his law office: “This office was subsequently the refuge of the political commission of the illegal Zionist Organization on days when serious measures threatened our brothers and us. Here we made our secret plans aimed at establishing a connection with Jerusalem, from here we made attempts to inform the Red Cross and the Vatican about our situation, with the Catholic prelate effectively assisting us. Here, together with Ing. Wronsky and Eisenberg, the leading members of the Jewish-Polish Committee, we prepared the defence and rescue of the refugees from neighbouring Poland who had been summoned before the military court - the office of Dr. Trajan Popovici was our asylum in the bitterest hours.” Like thousands and thousands of other Jews from Czernowitz, my grandparents Elias and Marjem Hauster survived the Holocaust thanks to the initiative of Traian Popovici and several other courageous Romanian political leaders, such as Minister Dr. Dori Popovici, Inspector General Mihai Paun and General Dumitru Petruc. This is well documented, but the underground activities that took place in Traian Popovici's law office were completely new and most interesting to me and probably to many others. https://www.yadvashem.org/righteous/stories/popovici.html https://www.difmoe.eu/uuid/uuid:41d6e602-ef65-436c-8675-7a2a55976063 Dr. Manfred Reifer founded the Chug Olej Bukovina [Association of Immigrants from Bukovina] and decided to publish “Die Stimme”. He entrusted with this task Dr. Elias Weinstein, the former editor of the renowned daily newspaper “Czernowitzer Morgenblatt”. I will try to let “Die Stimme” continue to resound in the future and invite you to follow me on this journey. Your comments are highly welcome! Edgar Hauster [MacBook] P.S.: By courtesy of the Digital Forum Central and Eastern Europe (DiFMOE) "Jewish-German Bukovina 1918+" Digitization Project: https://www.difmoe.eu Edgar Hauster [MacBook] ******************************************************************************* This moderated discussion group is for information exchange on the subject of Czernowitz and Sadagora Jewish History and Genealogy. The opinions expressed in these posts are the opinions of the original poster only and not necessarily the opinions of the List Owner, the Webmaster or any other members or entities connected with this mailing list. The Czernowitz-L list has an associated web site at http://czernowitz.ehpes.com that includes a searchable archive of all messages posted to this list. Beginning in 2021, archived messages can be found at: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To send mail to the list, address it to <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>. 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