Dear Edgar and Everyone Else Out There, Your post about the 1956 first edition of Die Stimme, and the article about Samuel Flor and his wife Gertrude Granierer, brought back some memories more than 20 years old. I got to know Gertrude through the course of several phone calls in the late 90s, early 2000s, and read on to learn more!
2011 email: While we await some word from Ihor (I anticipate waiting at least 4 weeks), let me tantalize you with an update on our famous Reisch relative, Walter Reisch (1903-1983). According to biographies, he was said to have been born in Vienna, but some of our Sadagura contact like Gertrude Flor of Pennsylvania said that Walter's family was from Sadagora. "All the Sadagorans used to talk about him." 2015 email . . . : Dear Edgar, Ruth, Hedwig, > > I had the pleasure of getting to know Gertrude Flor (nee Granierer) > through the course of several phone calls. Here’s a copy of my report to > the “Sadagorans United” group in January 1999: > > ***** > I had an interesting talk with Gertrude Flor tonight (Pearl Fichman gave > me her name). She was born in Sadagura in the late 1920s and has many > great memories of growing up there. She went to school next to the Jewish > cemetery, and I told her there is still a school there. She was anxious > to know what Sadgura looked like now, but said that it would be too > difficult for her to return. She was even emotional as I described to her > what I saw. > > When I called, she was just reading Pearl's book and said that it was so > accurate - it was just like she remembered. > > On the "name game" side of things, she remembered some Reisch's like a > Sophie Reisch who lived (you'll never guess) right across from the home > and palace of the Wunder Rebbe. She was a secretary in a pharmacy run by > her father. Her Grandfather's surname was GRANIERIER. I didn't get her > maiden name (can't pry too much on first phone call). Continuing the name > game, she also remembered a GLAUBACH (listening Nicko?), perhaps it was > Mollie Glaubach who was studying to be a hairdresser, no Kreisbergs, and a > Mollie KORNER (hear that Sig?) who went to school with her. The Korner > girl was a good friend of the TANNENZAPF family. > > Gertrude gave me names of two Tannenzapf brothers from Sadagura to contact > when I'm in Israel. I enjoyed our chat; and it is obvious that Bukoviners > are a proud bunch. > > One little story about a relative coming to visit was interesting - this > young lady coming to visit was from Czernowitz, the big city, and Gertrude > was from Sadagura. Gertrude said that the visitor left them with quite an > impression as she was all dressed up in fine clothes and they were just in > very plain clothes as they were from the village. The city folks had a > different way about them. > ***** > > Warmest wishes, > > Bruce > > > > On 12/17/15, 3:08, > "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > on behalf of > Edgar Hauster" > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > on behalf of > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >>Dear Ruth, Dear Hedwig, >> >>Thank you both for sharing your stories on Jasha Bronstein, Prof. Samuel >>Flor and others with all of us. On behalf of the USHMM Randy M. Goldmann >>conducted an interview with Prof. Samuel Flor in July 1994: >> >>http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504791 >> >>Interview summary as per USHMM: "Samuel Flor, born on February 22, 1908 >>in Gura Humorului, Romania, describes growing up in a religious family >>and community; joining a music conservatory in Vienna to study the violin >>at the age of 17; establishing the Flor String Quartet in Chernivtsi , >>Romania (now Ukraine) and teaching at the music conservatory there; >>meeting Gertrude Granirer in Chernivtsi and marrying her in 1940; being >>forced into the ghetto with Gertrude in 1942; his deportation to a labor >>site in the Ladyzhyn ghetto in Romania (now Ukraine); claiming to be a >>dentist; moving to Tul’chyn, Ukraine, where they successfully pretended >>to be dentists for two years; joining the Czech Army after the war and >>playing first violin in the Czech Army band; immigrating to the United >>States with his wife; and playing the violin in Minneapolis, MN." >> >>Don't miss part 6/6 of the interview, where Prof. Samuel Flor plays his >>violin! >> >> >>Edgar Hauster <MacBookAir> >> >> >>---------------------------------------- >>> From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >>> Subject: [Cz-L] Professor Samuel Flor >>> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 21:31:58 -0500 >>> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >>> >>> Hedwig mentioned that Jasha Bronstein studied violin in Czernowitz with >>>Professor Samuel Flor, who was my late brother’s teacher as well. I had >>>the privilege of meeting Professor Flor and his pianist wife Gertie Flor >>>in New York. During our visit, Professor Flor handed me a folder with a >>>few newspaper pages of reviews of his students’ concerts, and one about >>>my brother’s recital at Radio Chisinau, which I wish to share with you. >>> >>> . Die Lokalzeitung Morgenblatt schrieb die folgende Kritik: >>>(Morgenblatt, 10. Mai 1940) >>> >>> “Radiokonzert M. Glasberg. Beim Anhören des Geigers Glasberg Manasse >>>hatte ich das stolze Empfinden, er ist ein Czernowitzer, der zum Ruhm >>>unserer Stadt sein Künstlertum durch das Radio verbreitet. Ein kaum >>>17jähriger Geiger, welcher, unbeirrt, in aller Stille seinen >>>vorgezeichneten Weg geht, wurde vom Radio Kishiniev berufen, dort das >>>Violinkonzert von Bach A-Moll zu spielen. Sein Ton scheint für’s >>>Mikrophon besonders geeignet zu sein und ist oft von blühender Fülle. >>>Die Interpretation war klar, einwandfrei und echter Klassizismus. Wenn >>>ihm auch vorläufig noch sein Lehrer, Professor S. Flor, den Weg ebnet >>>und ihm über die ersten Hindernisse des öffentlichen Auftretens >>>hinweghilft, so ist diesem Talent doch gewiss eine Zukunft, die über den >>>Durchschnitt hinausgeht, vorauszusagen.“ >>> >>> The local Morgenblatt newspaper wrote the following review: >>>(Morgenblatt, May 10, 1940) >>> >>> "Radioconcert M. Glasberg. The violinist Manasse Glasberg is a >>>Czernowitzer whose artistic genius and fame have spread throughout our >>>town. Barely seventeen years old, steadfast and serene, he follows his >>>artistic path. He was invited by Radio Kishiniev to play the Bach Violin >>>concerto in A minor. His tone appeared to be especially appropriate for >>>the microphone, often of blooming fullness. His interpretation was >>>clear, faultless and of genuine classicism. If his teacher, Professor S. >>>Flor, helps him to pave his road and to overcome his first obstacles to >>>a public appearance, this talent certainly has a predictable future that >>>will surpass the average." (my translation) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Ruth >>> >>> Ruth Glasberg Gold ***** Thank you for reading this far! Cheers, Bruce From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Edgar Hauster <[email protected]> Date: Monday, January 19, 2026 at 06:56 To: CZERNOWITZ-L <[email protected]> Subject: [czernowitz-l] A Snippet from "Die Stimme" [The Voice] in 1956: THEATER AND ART - SAMUEL FLOR Czernowitzers… A new edition of “Die Stimme”, the monthly Newsletter for the Bukovinians, was published on 01-JAN-1956. Let's take a journey into the past together to comprehend what moved our ancestors, their relatives and friends back then! The first issue of “Die Stimme” in 1956 is marked by the obituary for Dr. Mayer Ebner, who shaped Jewish life in Bukovina and beyond for decades; he died on December 12, 1955, in Givʿatajim, Israel. In the “THEATER AND ART” section, we learn about the success story of “SAMUEL FLOR” in the USA. Let's read the article, enjoy his virtuoso violin playing, and watch his fascinating interview he gave to the USHMM at the age of 86. “Samuel Flor, who was already one of the most promising young artists in Czernowitz, has, as we hear, enjoyed a successful and well-deserved career in the United States. The violinist, who is well respected and popular in Bukovina music circles and is married to Gertrude Granierer, a pianist from Sadagura, came to the US after surviving Transnistria and Russian military service and was hired by Mitropoulos, probably the most famous conductor today, for the Minneapolis Symphony, one of America's leading orchestras. For six years, Flor has been conducting chamber music evenings at Macalester College with his Flor String Quartet, where he also teaches. During the summer, Flor works as assistant concertmaster of the festival orchestra at the Aspen Festival. The significance of this festival can best be seen in the fact that the first season in 1949, when Flor already appeared in this role, began as a Goethe Festival by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra with the participation of Albert Schweitzer. This news will certainly bring much joy and satisfaction to the music-loving Bukovinians, who have fond memories of Flor.” https://youtu.be/5VHxFpANkps?si=JB2wTT4jC5lZyuaw https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504791 https://www.difmoe.eu/uuid/uuid:ef86d57a-bf79-4921-a53f-f1c5ce0407f7 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 ******************************************************************************* 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. 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