Fascinating and sad, Edgar. Thank you!
Minor question: do you know about the Greif family you mention there? Jim On 4/1/25 16:03, Edgar Hauster wrote: > Czernowitzers... > > A new edition of “Die Stimme”, the monthly Newsletter for the Bukovinians, > was published on 01-AUG-1946. Let's take a journey into the past together to > comprehend what moved our ancestors, their relatives and friends back then! > > In its „NEWS FROM ROMANIA“, “Die Stimme” reports: “The situation of the > Bukovinian repatriates is still bleak. The private letters which we were able > to inspect, and which we will reproduce in excerpts in the next issue, can be > summarized in the statement that the external aid is far from sufficient to > relieve the affected families of the terrible hardship they are suffering.” > > A cry for help from my grandparents in Radutz dated 10-JUN-1946 to my father > Julius Hauster, who was in Bucharest at the time, documents just how > desperate the situation really was: > > "Dear children, dear Julius! > Unfortunately, we have to approach you again to help us out with a > telegraphic transfer. Mother's accident has cost us 1/4 million, the rent > payment for 2 months, the breadless weeks [...] and the non-payment of the > pension arrears for 1945 (no money available) have completely drained us, my > heart is torn, not being able to buy a hundred grams of butter for mother, > who has deteriorated terribly - I too am undernourished. We eat 1/2 egg each > for lunch to save on meat, and the same in the evening. [...] Where is the > firewood? Heating oil 350 Lei (1/2 liter) a day, add it up! [...] Transfer by > telegraph, rent payment is urgent, everything else too! Your old people! We > are starving! Ask you to do something for us. We eat 1/4 bread per head per > day and are starving like never before in our lives. Help us quickly! Kind > regards!" http://radautz.blogspot.com > https://radautz.blogspot.com/2007/11/100646-elias-hauster-julius-und-rachel.html > > https://www.difmoe.eu/uuid/uuid:54963340-f0a2-4733-85ab-0c5cf8a4f1a7 > 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 athttp://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]>. > > To remove your address from this e-list follow the directions at > https://it.cornell.edu/lyris/leave-e-lists-lyris > > To receive assistance for this e-list send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ******************************************************************************* 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]>. To remove your address from this e-list follow the directions at https://it.cornell.edu/lyris/leave-e-lists-lyris To receive assistance for this e-list send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
