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]> 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. 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