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ROM-SIG NEWS

ROM-SIG NEWS
A Special Interest Group Journal for
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ROMANIAN JEWISH GENEALOGY
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
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Back to Bukovina - a Trip to my Roots in Radauti and Sadagura .......................................... 3
An E-Mail from Ziv .................................................................................................................. 10
In The Killing Fields of Moldova and Transnistria ................................................................ 12
From our Readers .................................................................................................................... 13
The Archives of Sub carpathian Ruthenia ............................................................................... 16
The Romanian Jewish Yearbook (1937) ................................................................................. 17
Records from 1877-1878: Jewish Graduates from Romanian Universities,
Jewish Professsionals who Graduated from Foreign Universities,
Noted Businessmen, Jewish Army Officers and Combatants, Noted Authors,
Jewish Army deaths in the 1870s, Enlisted Jews who were "reformed" .................... 28
IVolume 7, Number 1
Fall 1998
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ROM-SIG NEWS, Vol. 7 , No. 1, Fall 1998
Adm in istration
Coordinator.. Rick Bercuvitz
Secretary ....... Don Solomon
Treasurer. ...... Peter Genter
Trustees ...... .Joyce Field
Ruth Gav is
Rom-SIG, Inc.
293 Brook line SI.
Cambridge, MA 02 139
Bruno Segal
Membership ... Rae Barent
Newsletter. ...... lrving Oppman
Adv isorv Board
Irwin Kaufman
Nat Abra mow itz
Rosanne
Leeson
Rae Barent
Gary
Palgon
Joyce Field
Ruth Gavis
Peter Genter
Paul Pascal
Irene Saunders Goldstein
Don Solomon
Gene Starn
Carl Ulrich
Marlene Zaka i
Mark Heckman
Joe ll ves
Bruno Segal
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A message from the Rom-SIG coordinator:
Dear members:
We all owe a debt of gratitude to Gene Stam for stepping in fo llowing Sam Elpern 's sudden death . Gene
efficiently organized the large volume of materials that Sam had left behind and lined up volunteers to help keep
Rom-SIG running. Our new administration is now in place and functioning. Rom-SIG has fi nally incorporated
and has applied to the IRS for 501 (c)(3) status. Trustees of the new corporation are Joyce Field, Ruth Gavis,
Bruno Segal, Rick Bercuvitz (President), Don Solomon (Secretary) and Peter Genter (Treasurer). There is one
vacant trustee spot. There is also an advisory council which serves as a de facto board. The advisory council
di scusses, via a closed e-mail list, organizational business. Ifyou are interested in participating in the advisory
council or in becoming the seventh trustee, pl ease contact me.
Our family finder continues to grow. It now contains over 3800 names submitted by over 920 researchers,
covering 430 towns. If you know someone who is listed as a fan1i ly find er researcher but is not a Rom-SIG
member, please encourage them to consider membership in Rom-SIG.
Several new projects are presentl y underway or being considered. First among these is a Romanian Jewish
genealogy email listserv, which will be moderated by Bess Selevan and Cyril Gryfe. We need another couple of
volunteer moderators for the listserv. Please contact me if you are interested in helping out. Instructi ons for
joining the listserv will be posted on the Rom-SIG website. Another new initiative is the MoldovaiBessarabia
working group, which will be coordinated by Carol Shkolnik Caro ls8600@ao l.com. A third new and exciting
project will involve transcription of Romanian censuses and creation of a searchable database of names from the
censuses. We are presently working with Prof Gyemant in planning this multi-year project and will report on
tllis in the next issue of the newsletter. Another project will involve creating a master database of cemeteries and
burial infol111ation.
We will be printing a Rom-sig CD-ROM with complete back issues ofthe newsletter. We are also planning on
creating a master database with searchable index of names and towns, based upon materials that have previously been publi shed in Rom-SIG news. We need a volunteer to help coordinate thi s project. Those of you who
regularl y visit the Rom-SIG website will notice that last year's newsletters were not posted on the site. Instead,
we will from now on be posting only one or two human interest pieces on the public Jewishgen site and posting
the full text of the newsletter on another website known onl y to Rom-sig members. The site address is: http://
www.ine.om/romsigJrshome.htm l .
From now on, we will be offering the news letter in electronic fo m1at, in addition to paper (hard copy). The
newsletter will automatically be sent to your email address as a winzip file in the fOl111at of your choice, including
Adobe Acrobat, Word97, Access97, or other custom fo rmats by request. Thank you to the 55 members who
have already volunteered to receive the newsletter electronically. We invite you to share your reactions with our
other readers. Your decision to forego the printed newsletter will save Rom-SIG about $ 15 of dues each,
,
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making these funds available to finance the census research
project and other Rom-SIG initiatives. If you have not already
volunteered to receive the newsletter electronically, please
consider doing so. To subscribe to the electronic newsletter,
send a message to [email protected] .
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A Special Interest Group Journal of
Romanian Area Jewish Genealogy
ROM-SIG NEWS
Rom-SIG News is published quarterly by
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In creating a more efficient family finder and membership dataRomanian Jewish genealogy. Rom-SIG is a
base system, we accidentally lost a small number of family fmder
membership-based organization run entirely
records. A few of you will notice that your family finder data has
by volunteers. Our purpose is to aid individumysteriously disappeared from the latest family finder. If this is
the case, and if you have not otherwise already done so, please als researching their Romanian Jewish roots
by providing them with information, analysis
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and documents relating to Romanian Jewish
While visiting Romania last year, I was struck by the plight ofthe genealogy and Romanian Jewish history.
last remnants of Romanian Jewry, numbering some 18,000Annual dues are $25.00 for U.S., $28.00 all
20,000 people. Many of these people are living on as little as
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covering 1992-1998 are available on CDfrom the organized world Jewish community was not reaching
ROM for $15. All communication regarding
these people. During the five weeks that I spent in Romania, I
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payments, should be sent to:
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Levavos, purchases, transports, and delivers medicine and food Rom-SIG Inc.
to Romanian Jews, and is working to establish a clinic, soup
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Cover: Jewish cemetery, Radauti, Romania with many stones in
[email protected]
good condition and only about 10% toppled. Photo by Bruce Reisch
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Back to Bukovina - a Trip to my Roots in Radauti and Sadagura
Bruce I. Reisch, Copy right © 1998 [email protected]
Bukovina beckoned as plans for a business trip to
Budapest developed. TIus was close enough, I felt, to plan
a 10 day side trip into Bukovina. TIus region had been an
integral part of Moldavia (1490-1775) and Ulen, Bum 1775
lUlti11918, became the eastemmost outpost of the AustroHungarian Empire. Between the two World Wars,
Bukovina was govemed by Romania, and following World
War II it \-vas divided between Romania and Ule Ukraine.
Bukovina was the birtllplace of my patemal grandparents.
Though iliey met in New York City, Rose Schachter and
Morris Reisch were bom 30 miles apart, in the 1890s.
Today's Sada"oura, birtllplaceofGrandfather Monis, is now
a suburb ofule Bukovina capital ofCzemowitz(Chemivtsi
in Ukrainian, see article in ROM-SIG Spring '98 issue,
Volume 6, No. 3 by RUUl Gavis), in Ule Ukraine. Radauti
(Radautz, Radowitz),
home of my Gra ndmother Rose, is a small
town in present day Romallla
Istarted planning my trip
to Romani a and the
Ukrai ne by seeking advice 6"Om the JewishGen
discussion group,
soc.genealogy.jewish.
Invariably, I was told to
go with a tour group,
and not to by to brave
th is trip alone. So, of
course, I decided to go alone.
.. but wiUllots ofcareful planning. I hoped my knowledge
of French and a sprinkling ofGerrnan would help me out,
and it sure did. My JewishGen and ROM-SIG mends led
me to Dr. Gabriel Rinzler, a native ofCzemowitz, who had
recently visited his hometown. Dr. Rinzler advised me on
travel routes to Ule Ukraine and provided me an excellent
contact in UleJe\\~sh Community. He wrote to Mrs. Evgenia
Finkel, Secretaryofule Chenuvtsi Society of Yiddish Culture "E. Shtainbarg" (named afterUle famous Yiddish writer
ofCzemowitz by that name), and asked her to help me if
she could. The travel advice in the article by Ruth Gavis
was also invaluable to my planning - and as luck would
havc it, RUUl and her husband Jeny were at the same hotel
in Czemo\\~tz this SWllIller for the same exact four nights
that I stayed Ulere. TIlere was nothing like having a pair of
seasoned Jewish genea logists as on-site resources and
friend s' With their help, I was better ab le to navigate the
bureaucracy ofthe Ukrainian archive system.
TIle Ukraine portion ofmy fiip began auspiciously \viUl Ule
company ofa delightful and attractive English-speaking 25
year-old Ukrainian woman who shared my sleeping compaltment on the train trom Budapest to Temopil, followed
by a guided tourofthe Jewish sites ofSadagura with ProfessorGligori Chervenyuk ofChemivtsi State University, a
native ofSadagura.
In Ule monUlS before departure, I planned with intensity the
detail s of my travel
-'l'
; ; arrangements and
• goals uponanival. I
,,
had been told by reliable so urces that
there we re few if
any vital records rema inin g
from
Sadagura. So I set
my sights low and
planned only to see
the s ig ht s of
Sadagura, such as
Ule great synagogue,
and the cemetely. I
knew these still ex isted,
since I had seen recent photos from fellow traveler Irene
Silfin, whose husband was related to the Rinzlers of
Sadagura. A photo orthe great Temple in better times can
be seen in Ule section on Sadagma in Encyclopedia Judaica.
I reall y jllst wanted to walk the streets of a town I had
heard ofby nanle but knew little else about.
\
On my arrival in Czemowitz (where the Cheremosh hotel
for tourists is located), I phoned the Yiddi sh writer, Mr.
Joseph Burg, from my hotel room. Mr. Burg was recommended as a contact in the article by Ruth Gavis, and I
knew Umt he spoke a little English. He immediately invited
me to his apartment for a visit, where, by chance, another
Jewish man helped me to find the right apartment as I wandered about the desolate street. Mr. Burg was wonderfully
hospitable, and phoned Mrs. Finkel right away forme. Mrs.
Finkel had been expecting me since receiving the letter from
Dr. Rinzler. Though I knew she had agreed to help me, I
didn't know what sort ofassistance she would be able to
provide. She spoke no English, so we had language barriers to overcome. On my arrival, I found that she had
already arranged for a translator, the very friendly Inna
Zeltser, a Jewish woman who teaches English at a local
college. Inna never asked for any type ofcompensation
(though I left her with a generous gift), and she stayed by
my side for three days straight, 8 hours per day, in lUlpleasant heat and humidity. After several hours ofdiscussion
and planning, Inna, Evgenia, Alex Traci (a local friend of
Dr. Rinzler' s) and I headed by taxi to Sadagura.
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a nice reward ofinformation and photos for Dr. Rinzler. A
few moments later, 1struck gold with a REISCH stone,
followed q.uickly by two more.
I returned alone to the cemetery the next morning. I now
knew the way, and negotiated my own taxi ride, despite the
language difficulties. We found the cemetery, and 1had the
taxi wait 2 hours while 1walked systematically among the
stones. This wasn't easy as the weather was warm and
humid, the grass wet, and the plant life around the stones
terribly over-grown. Each step taken might go down into a
hole, or land on a hidden stone. On this visit, on a warm
and humid morning, I found additional REISCH monuments, and others with the names KERNER and BENDIT,
other family names from this area. Though 1haven't as yet
connected any ofthese Reisches with my own family, 1at
least learned that the family REISCH must have been very
In the years prior to World War I, Sadagura was a market large to have so many stones (a total of 10 found!) still
town with population under 12,000, 80% Jewish, about 3 standing with the name REISCH.
miles from the centerofCzemowitz. It was the home ofthe
Later that afternoon, I returned to Sadagura with Professor
SadaguraRebbe, Rabbi Israel Friedmann ofRuzhin, who
Chervenyuk ofChernivtsi State University and a native of
settled in Sadagura in the mid 19th century and established
Sadagura, and with Inna and Alex. He is the process of
a Hassidic dynasty which is still active to this day. Not all
writing ahistoty ofthe ethnic groups ofhis home village and
residents ofSadagura were followers ofthe Hassidic Rebbe.
was glad to meet with me when Mrs. Finkel phoned him
My great-grandfather Hersh Reisch emigrated from
from her office. The Professor showed me the remaining
Sadagura to the United States about 1914, and though he
Jewish homes and Jewish sites. The great Temple stands in
was orthodox, he was not Hassidic to my knowledge.
ruins,just an intact shell which is now abandoned but had
On our arrival in Sadagura, we stopped at the house of been a machine shop under the Soviet era. The Rebbe' s
Mayer Yosefovich Kaushansky, one ofthe five remaining house next door, which had been a municipal office until at
Jews still living in Sadagura. Mayer is a retired doctor and least 1995, now stands abandoned as well, and is deterioa very cheerful spirit with a warm smile. He hopped in the rating from accelerating water damage. A sign on the rear
now very crowded taxi and showed us the way to the cem- door says "Synagogue Sadagora Center ofChernovtsy,
etery. My entourage and I ambled through a field full of Str. Marissa Theresa 192" in English, Russian, and Hebroken tombstones to see the grave of the Sadagura brew. But this office is obviously not in use. These and
Hassidic Rebbe. The gates surrounding the Hassidic other sights of the small shteH houses, and the active
dynasty's burial plot had been recently vandalized and lay bazaar type market in the town center, shed some light
on the ground. It hadn't been like this the last time Mayer on how things used to be in the difficult times at the turn
had been here. The group was ready to leave when I ne- of the century. Life even now is very difficult in the
gotiated a few extra minutes (perhaps 30?) to walk through Ukraine - I saw abundant signs of poverty and heard
the areas with intact stones. I couldn't come all this way, stories of unemployment and unpaid back wages everyand not look for a few Reisch stones, could I? While the where.
group sat in the shade, 1took my camera in hand and walked
Professor Chervenyuk showed me a large old house
through areas adjacent to a school yard and a military inwhich he remembered had been a Reisch family house
stallation looking for readable names. Ofall the stones with
years ago. Chaskell Reisch the shoemaker had lived
Hebrew letters, perhaps 10% also had writing in German.
here, practicing the same profession as that of my great
Ofthose in German I found two by the name RINZLERgrandfather. Though 1 can't be sure, this was a likely
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ancestral home for my family, and I took lots of photos.
Mayer Kaushansky gave me the names and addresses
ofa Reisch family which had emigrated from Sadagura
to Israel about 8 years ago. I've written to them and
perhaps they will know more about my family.
Community Office ofRadauti. She directed me to Hotel Azur (a new hotel on the main road to Radauti from
Czernowitz via Dornesti). Once I settled into this hotel
($17/night for a pleasant room with some shortcoming
like an exposed electrical outlet, and a missing toilet seat),
I found my way with the help of a local policeman, to
At the urging of fellow travelers and genealogists, the
her office. She welcomed me very warmly, and was a
Gavises, I also decided to try a visit to the Z.A.G.S.
constant source for information throughout my visit. My
Archives for the City ofChernivtsi. Though I had been
knowledge of French and German was very useful in
lead to believe there would be nothing there for Sadagura,
Radauti.
I was handsomely rewarded for my efforts with the fmding of the exact 1885 wedding date for the marriage of Prof. Grinberg offered to open the doors of the Great
great grandfather Hersh Reisch and Sussel Feuerstein. Temple for me - a stunning sight in the center of the
There was nothing more in this register than the names village. The building was in surprising good condition
and date, but it gave me a warm feeling to see this > 100 with gold ornamentation highlighting its architectural feayear-old record with my own eyes. If you go to the tures. I later learned that it had been renovated about
archives to research records for Sadagura and surround- 17 years ago. The interior was stunning as well, and I
ing communities (Rohozna, Neu-Zuckza, etc.) the fol- photographed it extensively. My cousin Mendel helped
lowing two ledgers of records are available: Marriages to re-build the Bima and benches after WW2, so I phoin the SadaguraIRohozna region for 1877-1890, and tographed these areas in particular. This was a moving
death records for 1885-1904. I was told they did not experience to be in the Great Temple, which I kne\vto
have a ledger for births in this period. There may also be just down the street from a family home. Today, it is
be additional records available for the post 1900 pe- the only remaining Temple in Radauti, serving a commuriod. Officially, the policy is to charge 20 griven (about nity ofjust 94 people, mostly elderly. I went to Shabbat
$10) for each record, and they may not be photocop- services on Saturday morning, held in a prayer room
ied. Only a Ukrainian transcript of the record may be just inside the main doors. I was one ofonly five men in
provided. Before I left, though, they had softened their attendance. They were quite friendly and curious about
policy and the polite young woman in the office showed me. I took photographs of Mr. Benyamin, Mr. David
me 50 Reisch birth records, of which I bought 3 which and his son, and Mr. Koffler and sent them copies for
were transcribed from German into very good English the New Year.
forme.
I mentioned to Prof. Grinberg the name of my cousin
With all the detailed planning for my trip to Sadagura, I Mendel's friend, Shike Stenzler. She recognized his
had done relatively little planning for my trip to Radauti. name immediately. It was a real thrill to find a living
In the years prior to WWl, Radauti was about 35% connection to my family. Though now 90 years-old and
Jewish, and the town had large numbers of Germans blind, Shike could remember my great-grandmother
and Romanians as well. However, my 88 year old cousin Hinde Brucker Schachter, and others in the family of my
who grew up in Radauti, Mendel Halpern (see http:// Radauti great-grandfather Leiser Schachter. I now have
wwwjewishgen.orglYizkor/transnistra.hlm£), gave me Israeli addresses for these families (given to me later in
the name ofa friend of his whom he hoped might still be the trip by Prof. Grinberg), from whom I am certain to
alive. From other JewishGenners, I had the address leammore.
and phone number of the Jewish Community Office in
Shike's son Daniel spoke English quite well and agreed
Radauti, and the addresses for three synagogues, into interpret for me the following day. In Radauti, I planned
cluding the Great Temple ofRadauti, a gift ofthe Kaiser
to visit the archives and cemetery, and to try to find anto the Jewish residents of this town, built in the 1880s.
cestral homes. With Daniel's help on day 2 in Radauti,
The morning before my departure from Czernowitz, I my visit was successful in all these objectives. Since the
spoke by phone with Prof. Tania Grinberg ofthe Jewish archives were busy on a Friday morning, they advised
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to return in the aftemoon. Daniel then took me to find for their parents. Perhaps they died at another location
the cemetery caretaker. He took us into the apparentl y dw·ing WWI? Most ofUle records found were in Gemlan,
unlocked cemetery on the eastern edge of town. The and the post WW I records were in Romanian. I was not
cemetery was in fa irl y good condition, not ruinous like permitted to photocopy the records; instead, I hand copthe one in Sadagura. Tania checks on the cemetery each ied Ule Gennan records, and Daniel copied the Romanian
month and tell s the caretaker what needs doingl With records. There was no charge for any of this work and I
the help of photos of my great grandparents' graves, Ulanked them wannly.
given to me by a relative about 3 weeks before I left, the
caretaker found these two graves ites within about 30 On my last day in Radauti, I braved another visit to the
minutes. They were both in amazi ngly good condition. archives \\~thout a translator for one more record. Usinga
My camera was clicking
bit ofGel1llan to
away, as I photographed
communicatewiUl
these stones and many
the archiv ist, I
ot hers with the names
fou nd a dea th
SC H ACHTER,
record which led
BRUCKER,
a nd
me to the exact
KASTNER (for a dear
street address of a
cous in). Even Daniel
family home. I had
found his grandparents'
suspected which
monuments as we wanhome it was earlier
de red abo ut. The
in the trip, but the
domed Temple at the
archi va l record
entrance to the cemetelY
confirmed this for
is now a storage area for odds
me. I went back to the
and ends li ke old iron fences and bales of hay. The location, and asked in Gel1llan fo r access to the courtyard.
monWllent to the victims ofthe Transnistrian holocaust is -nle woman in tile storefront remembered that it had been a
found to the right as yo u enter the cemetery. It is a bakery many years ago, and this was the profession of
striking and beautiful structure.
Mendel's father - this was surely the house where Mendel
My visit to the archi ves later that day was unexpectedly and some of my other family members grew up. Despite
successful. [n January 1998, I hired a professional ge- the presence of two very concerned dogs, I persisted in
nealogist, Prof. L. Gyemant <[email protected]>ofCluj entering the cOlutyard. After a few photographs, I turned
Napoca Un iversity in Transylvania, to research the pre- around and left with great sati sfaction at having fOWld the
1890 records housed in the regional archives ofSuceava, house which I had heard so much about. Another fanlily
near Radauti. Prof. Gyemant provided me with a report in house around the corner had been demoli shed long ago,
early June, 1998, prior to my departure. Since the post however. A neighbor could describe it, but aliI could see
1890 records are found only in the archives in Radauti, I was a vacant lot. llle homes on the street were likely simiplanned to research these records on my own. For each lar to this family home, so I took pictures ofthose as well.
record, I requested, the look-up process was somewhat llle Bukovinascenery was enchanting: Beautifi.~ rolling hilltedious, and it was apparent that the Radauti city hall archive sides, horse drawn carts, cows grazing on the roadside,
was not accustomed to receiving visitors interested in their and sometimes in tile middle of the road, and then tilestlUl(;1Jnily histOlY. It was clear, though, that they had many of ning beech and spruce fi lled mountains to the west. llle
the pre-and post-I 890 records of the Jewish community architecture was also very pleasant, and the water wells of
in this archive. I fOWld birth records for my grandmother Bukovina were the ornate types offairy tales. My great
and most of her siblings but I failed to find two ofthe mar- Almt once told me storiesofGwlI Hwnorului, a town SOUUl
riage records I sought. I also found the death records for ofRadauti but on Uleothersideofa range ofthe Carpatilian
my great grandparents, but failed to find any death records mountains. Suspecting that it mi ght be the home of my
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Schachter great-grandfather, I paid a visit. I was lucky
enough to meet two of the remaining seven Jews of this
town, Mr. Hescovici and Mr. hUll, the Community President. Mr. Hescovici showed me the cemetery which was
in relatively good condition, in a stunning setting above the
river on a gorgeous pasture and forest-filled hillside. Most
ofthe stones have numbers stenciled on the sides, indicating that someone has been here surveying or indexing the
site. Here too, I found and photographed many Schachter
monuments. I cannot yet find a link with my family and any
of these burials, but this side trip to one ofthe very stunningly beautiful villages ofBukovina, and my chance meeting with two elderly Jewish residents, was well worth the
visit
Should I ever have the chance to once again visit the
Bukovina region, I'll still have lots to do. I am sure that the
archives and cemeteries ofthe region still harbor much more
infonnation about my family history. But this one visit, even
if it turns out to be my only opportunity, will forever be
etched in my mind.
274017 Chemivtsi
Ukraine
Tel Country code 380 city code 37224-75-18 or
4-75-39 Fax: 38037224-13-14
Ask for an English speaking guide ifcalling by phone. The
Cheremosh only started to use credit cards (Visa) in July
98, so check before you go. The Tourist Bureau in the
Cheremosh can help with plane and train tickets. They will
also arrange for drivers and interpreters (Approx. $71hr.
for a driver with car within the city or $81hr. outside city
limits, $61hr for an interpreter/guide). I fOW1d it much less
expensive to take a cab and I managed to communicate
somehow with the drivers. A map ofthe city and the region
(in Russian) is available for purchase at the front desk.
NOTES FOR VISITORS TO SADAGURA:
For interaction with the Jewish Community:
Mr. Joseph Burg
Sheptyzki S11'. 13/9
274000 Chernivtsi
IF YOU GO TO BUKOVINA:
Tel and Fax: 38037222-06-01
Bring lots ofcash as credit cards are very rarely used, ATMs It is best to write in Russian or Gennan. He will reply ifyou
are non existent, and traveler's checks are hard to cash. I send two international reply coupons. Mr. Burg is an active
recommend that cash be carried in a secwity pouch.
Yiddish writer and a gem ofa person.
Another important contact:
HOW TO GET YOUR VISA:
Visas are required for U.S. citizens entering the Ukraine. Mrs. EvgeniaFinkel, Secretary (Mr. Burg is President)
Romania only requires a passport for entry. For your visa Chemivtsi Society ofJewish Culture "E. Shtainbarg"
application, you will need an invitation orconfinnation ofa TeatralnaiaPI. 5 Room 30
hotel reservation which the Cheremosh can fax to you. Chernivtsi 274000
Contact the Consulate ofthe Ukraine well in advance for phone 380 3722 24170 or home 21258
information on Visas. Costs and requirements vary from Mrs. Finkel was expecting me and did so much for me it
was unbelievable. She even lined up a young Jewish women
year to year.
who teaches English to translate for me.
Consulate General ofUkraine in New York
For research on Jewish vital records in Sadagura and sur240 East 49 Street
l'OlU1ding communities, go to:
New York, NY 10017
Z.A.O.S. Archives
Tel: 212-371-5690
Kobilyanska S11'. 31
Fax: 212-371-5547
274000 Chemivtsi Ukraine
or
Tel.: 38037222-52-25
Ukrainian Embassy
Enter the building courtyard, and climb the stairs in the wing
3350 M. Street, NW
to your left to reach the Archives office.
Washington, CD 20007
Ifyou go to Sadagura, you must see the Great Temple and
phone 202-333-7507 (08, 09)
castle ofthe Sadagura Rebbe at Str. Marissa Theresa 192
Fax: 2023337510
Look for it behind the trees and shrub along the street.
LODGING NEAR SADAGURA:
The cemetery is near a school on Nalepky Str. For inforHotel Cheremosh
mation on the history ofSad~ contact:
KomarovaBlv.13-a
Professor Grigori Ivanovich ChelVenyuk
Chemivtsi State University
(address available from author, in Cyrillic)
Prof. Chetvenyuk is writing a history ofthe ethnic groups
ofSadagura. He will appreciate your photos and information on your ancestors.
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Vital records for the Jewish community are kept in the
City Hall archives division:
Primaria Municipiului Radauti
Str. Piata Unirii nr. 2
Jud. Suceava
cod. 5875 Romania
ON THE WEB:
Facing the main entrance, the archives are on the first floor,
For infornlation on Sadagura, visit http:// make a left tum and it is the last door on the left. Theycan
wwwjewishgen. org/ShtetLinks/sadgura/sadgura.html "translate" old street names and numbers into their current
street addresses.
LODGING IN RADAUTI:
In Radauti, I stayed at Tribute to Sam Elpern:
HotelAzur
Sam Elpem was my good friend. I met him
Str. Cemauti, Nr. 29
twice when he lived in Connecticut. We had lunch
Radauti, 5875 Romania
together
in Hamden and then in my house, we talked
Tel.lFax: country code 40 city code 30 464718
Reasonable rooms forunder$20 night, with TV, bathroom about our families, about Romania, Bucecea, his
family's place of origin, about Dorohoi, my place, no
down hall.
more than 15 Km apart. I had relatives in Bucecea,
In Suceava, there is an English speaking tourist agency when his family came over to the U.S.A. and I am
which can reselVe Suceava hotels, book train tickets, etc.: sure, they knew each other. We talked about our
similar diseases, and suddenly we became very good
Ask for Christien Janos or "Teddy" at
friends, sharing our thoughts, our difficulties in life, our
BukovinaEstur
achievements and our plans for the future. I remember
Strada Stefan cel Mare 24
telling him, that at his age, with his cardiac condition,
Suceava
he doesn't have to jog, to walk is enough, but he
Tel 40 302 223259
didn't pay too much attention. Maybe this advice will
Fax 40 302 520223
It is possible to stay in Suceava (where, for about the same help others, who will read these lines. We called each
price, Hotel Alice has much nicer accommodations than other maybe 50 times, (I don't have e-mail), in matters
Hotel Azur in Radauti). It is only a 45 minute drive to related with Rom-Sig.
Radauti from Suceava; train and bus service are available
If we are born we have to die. Any flower,
as well.
any flame, anything on our planet, has the same fate.
But Sam died too early. He left unfinished business as
NOTES FOR VISITORS TO RADAUTI:
a restless activist for pushing forward the Rom-Sig
To contact the Jewish community in Radauti:
Prof. Tania Grinberg (speaks some French and Gennan) activity, always with new ideas and new realization in
the field of genealogy, concerning the Romanian Jews.
Comunitatea Evreilor(Jewish Community Office)
But his big quality was his human nature, trying to help
Aleea Primaverii 11 Block 14, Apt. 1
his pals and to hear others' opinions. I am very sorry
Radauti 5875
losing a very good friend and a superior human being.
office 40 30461333
My deep sympathy for the family.
home 40 30462713
Great Synagogue ofRadauti: Str. Uno Mai 2 (must not
be missed!)
Marcel Bratu MD
707 Mix Ave. #35
Hamden, Ct.06514
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An E-Mail from Ziv
by Polly Craighill
One Sunday afternoon in December of 1997, I was at the
Isaac Franck Jewish Public Library in Rockville. A
friend, knowing ofmy special interest in Romania, asked
if I had checked the indexes to the Dorohoi Yizkor
Books. She took me to a file cabinet in the back of the
Library and pulled out 2 old issues ofROM-SI G NEWS.
The 2 issues contained an English index to Volume II of
the Yizkor books published by the Jews From the
Dorohoi District, a group of Romanian Jews living in
Israel.
I began to look through the indexes and 10 and behold
there were my 2 family names: "Maimon" and Dines"
and page references to articles where those names appeared. I had been searching every data base I could
think of for months - and couldn't fmd any mention of
either "Dines" or "Maimon".
My elation, quickly turned to defeat when I remembered
that Volumes I and II of the Dorohoi memorial books
were out of print.
a family history and would send it to him. It had been
my hope that someone in their Organization might know
something about my family. Steli gave me an E-mail address which I filed away.
I had given myselfan arbitrary deadline of December to
get my family history together. I had no more information than I had had 10 months earlier. But now in December I did know the Eugenui Dines existed in the
Dorohoi District in 1953. He had to be related.
I sent Steli the little information I had. My mother's
father (my grandfather), Froim, had 2 brothers, Itzak
and Laib-we thought their names were. My great
grandfather died of appendicitis while my great grandmother was pregnant with my grandfather. So, my grandfather had been named Froim after his father. My great
grandmother's name was Dina. The 3 boys, Froim, Itzak,
and Laib became known in the little village of Romania
(Saveni, we thought) as "Dina's Boys". Hence the name
"Dines".
After several false starts, I fmally got copies of the pages
mentioning the "Dines" and "Maimons". It then took
several months to get a translation, and then it wasn't
really a translation, but a broad brush summary of the
articles.
I sent this sparse information back to Steli-hoping that
the e-mail address I had written down several months
earlier was correct. Did anyone in the Dorohoi Group
know of the "Dines Family"? And, by the way, there
was a "Eugenui Dines" mentioned in one oftheir Yizkor
One article had references to school classes. It men- books. Surely, someone knew him if they wrote about
tioned a "Eugenui Dines" in "ClasaA XI-aB" in 1953. It him.
was my first concrete proofthat any Dines survived the Steli wrote back saying my information was too late for
Holocaust and was living in the Dorohoi District after Volume IV ofthe Yizkor books, but maybe it would get
the War. I was told that "Clasa XI" would make into Volume V. He then told me how I could get Vol"Eugenui" about 17 years old in 1953.
umes III and IV. That e-mail sat on top of my desk for
6
weeks. I tried to fi&ure out how I could communicate
I was familiar with the Organization of the Jews From
the Dorohoi District. In fact I had tried to reach them to the Jews of the Dorohoi District how important it was
about 10 months earlier, after I found their website. Then to me for them to contact everyone in their Organizaone Friday afternoon in September of 1997, the phone tion. Someone must know the Dines family. Ijust didn't
rang in my office with a call from Israel. It was Steli know how to get that point across.
Loznen, the Secretary ofthe Organization. He was call- On Monday, April 20, 1998, I turned on my computer
ing to apologize for the Organization not answering me and saw I had an e-mail message from "sdines"
sooner. He explained that I had been writing to someone who didn't speak English and it just took time to get
a response. I told Steli that I was trying to put together
in Israel. I sat and looked at the screen for several minutes-not believing my eyes. I opened the message. It
wasane-mailfromZiv.
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write more details about my family and I wish you to
write me details about your family as you know it
(some of their addresses.. .) so we couldfind each
other and be in touch. "
Having chased every lead on "Dines" or "Dynes", every
phone book in every city, every Dines mentioned by a What followed was a barrage of photographs ofZiv,
friend, anyone saying that they knew someone named Shlomi, and Monica-my gorgeous family-smiling at
"Dines"-there it was in front of me. The tears rolled me from my computer screen.
down my cheeks as I read the e-mail from Ziv Dines:
Several days later, I received a letter from another
cousin, Silviu, Eugeniu' s son. Silviu told me that his
"Dear Mrs. Polly Craighill,
grandfather, Solomon, and Solomon's wife, Sendla, and
"I got your letter from the Dorohoi Organization.
their son, Eugeniu, were deported to Lagar ConcentraFinding our family history was very important for
tion Camp in the Ukraine in 1941-1943. Eugeniu was 7
me too, and as you will see I have almost found the
or 8 years old at the time. Only Eugeniu and his father
whole family history - but only some children of
returned to Dorohoi. They had emigrated to Israel in
Itzhak, your grandfathers' brother.
1975 and Eugeniu had died at age 63 in November of
"My name is Dines Ziv, I'm 13.5 years old, and I 1997--one month before I found him in the index to the
live in Haifa, Israel. I have one brother, Dines Yizkor books. Silviu went on to say: "I regret my father
Shlomo, he is 25 years old, and he is a student in the is not alive to read your letter since he was always very
proud of the Dines family name." And, I thought how
Technion, Haifa, and he is married to Monica.
much I regret my mother is not alive to know that I will
liMy father is Dines Itzhak, and my mother is Dines
soon be reunited with the children and grandchildren of
Sarina. My father Itzhak is Dines Solomon's son (my
the cousins she knew and loved in Romania
grandfather). My grandfather (Solomon) had 3 children: Jeniu, Fredi, and Itzhak. Solomon (my grand- On April 22, 1998, the evening before the Day ofRefather) is Itzhak's son (my great grandfather). My membrance, (Yom Hashoah), I said a prayer for my famgreat grandfather is Itzhak, your Grandfather's ily that perished in the Holocaust and for my family that
brother. Itzhak married Frida, and had 9 children suffered through and after the Holocaust. Then I wrote
the names and addresses of my living family in my adthat survived the second Ww, and they are:
dress book and said a prayer of thanks for bringing us
"Sheindlafrom Dorohoi, Froimfrom Botoshani, Sura
back together again.
from Hertza, Anna from Viznitz, Ethel from
Darabani, Zalmanfrom Iasi, Solomon (my grandfa- A special thanks to the Organization ofJews Born in
ther) from Dorohoi, Mothel from Dorohoi, and an- the Dorohoi District. Their website is: ''http://
www.accordnet.comljewish-dorohoi ". The President
other son I don't know his name.
is Shlomo David His address is: P. O. Box 134, Kiryat
"She india had 4 children (Liza, Leizer" Solomon,
Bialik 27101, Israel. The 2 indexes for Volume II of
Haim), Froim had 2 children (Itzhak, Malani), Sura
the Yizkor Books appear in Vol. 4, No. f, Summer
or Saly had 2 children (Coca and Henrieta), Anna
1996 and Vol. 5, No.2, Winter 1996-1997 ofthe ROMhad 3 children (Itzhak, Yosel, Fritz), Ethel had 2 chilSIG NEWS. Monica Talmor (God bless her) comdren (Bubi and Dina), Zalman had one son (Itzhak),
piled the English index ofnames from the 640 page
Solomon had 3 children (Itzhak-my father, Fredi,
memory book, second in a series, published in Israel
Jeniu), Mothel had one son (Hermanica).
in 1993 by survivors of the Dorohoi region. The
"Coca is now in Romania, Henrieta is in-Brazil, names extracted from Volume I by Elaine Starn apDina and the Rappaport family (I don't know ex- pear in the Autumn 1993 issue of the ROM-SIG
actly how but they are with our family too) are in NEWS. Also a special thanks to Marlene Zakai.
Canada. "Some of these I can tell their address if
you want. "If you want further information, I can
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(The following article was sent to us by Baruch Cohen from the Canadian Institute for Jewish Research)
In The Killing Fields of Moldova and Transitria
they preserve the memory offransnistria, in an area which is
During a briefvisit to Moldova in August-September 1998 on
very rarely visited by outsiders. My hosts were very excited
the invitation ofULIM, a very dynamic, relatively new private
when I told them about the Trnnsnistriamemorial group so acuniversity inKishinev, the capital ofMoldova, I hadachanceto
tive in Montreal, Toronto and other places. They were surtake a briefglimpse into the Jewish present and relics ofthe past
prised and almost did not believe that yearly commemorations
in the area.
take place in Montreal,.and that anyone, besides them is enMy guide to the diminishing Jewish world was Prof. Belous gaged in keeping the memory ofthe past. In a sense, my hosts
Josef, who teaches economy, and serves as Vice President to felt that they are the last guardian angels ofthe mass graves,
the~onofJews-fonnerPllionersofGhettoandCampi, which in a sense they really are.
a small group ofdedicated people who are detennined, with
Transnistria, has an almost exotic presence, a no-man ' s land,
verymeagerresomcesto keep alive the memory ofthe camps
which no one recognizes, and as you cross the Dniester, as
in Transnistriaandrevive Jewish sites wherever possible.
dozens ofthousands ofJews have done, and you cross amid
The highlight ofthe visit was inDupasari, Transnistria, where roadblocks manned by Russian, Ukminian, Moldovan soldiers,
some 18,000 Jews were killed by Antonescu's troops in Sep- and you seethe camouflaged annored carriers near the recent
tember 1941. I missed by several days a very emotional cer- battlefront, you have a strange eerie feeling that the past is still
emonywhenrecentlyfotmd, tmidentifiedskeletonson the 00nks here.
ofthe Dniester (Nistru) were to be reburied in September at
Back in Kishinev, the capital of the 4,4 million Republic of
the memorial site in Dupasari. The city ofDupasari today is
Moldova, which declared independence from the collapsing
locatedinthe breakaway self-decIared republic ofTransdniester,
"Soviet Union in 1991, Jewish life is very evident among the
a small area- but one ofthe most tragic ones in modem Jewish
dwindling, and aging community. TheyolUlgergenerationis
histOlY. The area's RussiantruYority brokeawayviolently from
represented at the Jewish school, a state institution, where Isthe Republic ofMoldova, and today a peace keeping force is
raeli teachers, and support from various Jewish organizations
guarding the relative quiet, in an economically devastated area,
cater to the yOlUlg children. The opening ofthe school year,
which theworldcommtmity does not recognize as a political
with Hebrew songs was a marked contrast to the mass graves
entity. ThefewthousandJews in Transnistria(as Transdniester
ofDupasari visited a day before. AJewishlibrmy, part ofthe
is called in Romanian) suffer from the same economic dislocacity librruy netwotk, is staffed by energetic people, who collect
tions as the whole area. I met there several members of the
everything linked to the past ofthe rich Jewish life in Kishinev.
community, some ofthe post-war generation who took me
And also the other, Kishinev, which will always berememrered
and a colleague, with Prof. Belous, to the memorial site. It was
forthepogromofl903, the site ofthe most infamous pogroms
evident that the site, clean but in clear process ofslow decay, is
oITsaristRussia The synagogue -which also has a site on the
in urgent need of caretaking, such as a fence, and general
Internet -with the otheractivitiesofthe community, isa beautiful,
upkeeping ofthe area. My impression was ofa small commuyet sad one. Services are held on Fridays and Holidays, and
nity desperately struggling with the present daily problems, but
the few Jewish tourists are always welcomed wannly.
detennined to keepthe memory ofthe Holocaust alive, among
the local inhabitants, Russians and Moldovans who, it seems, The commWlity ischangingrapidiy, thousands have left for Ishave only a very vague idea ofthe events ofthe Holocaust. rael , and it seems that in Moldova there are today some 20The 18,000 Jews who were buried there, many ofthem iden- 25,000 Jews, more than halfofthem living in Kishinev, in a
tifiedbyname,arejustasma1l portion ofthe largekilling fields of COtn11Iy in which according to the govemmentsome 80010 ofthe
Transnistria Dupasari is symbolic for all the other memorial people live belowpoverty line, and the average mon1hly income
sites, which I was told are also in need ofrepair and preserva- is some 60 to 90 US $! Yet, the people were very friendly,
tion I was greatly impressed by the almost fanatic devotion of eager to describe their problems in the present, and among the
those good Jews, who are eager to present the ways in which YOlUlger generation ofMoldovan students I felt a hope for a
democmtic civil society.
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Brief Articles
Perhaps as a link between the present and the past, I was taken
by Gary Fitleberg
to visit the fonner Jewish Hospital, opened in 1828 (1), which
functions today as a hospital, but the Association ofJews - MS. MIRACLE
fonner Prisoners ofGhettos and Camps received back the site Miracles ..... Miracles ..... Miracles..... ! !! Genealogy has
as the Association's property as ofMarch 1998. The Associa- made me a true believer in Miracles. With respect to
tion, as I was told by my Prof. Belous, and Mr. Sabs Abram my maternal KASlNER family ofRadauti, Bukovina,
Roifthe President ofthe Association have plans to transfonn Romania, I have been blessed, Baruch HaShem, with
the decaying present site into a "real social-medical center for many many miracles.
needy Jews". In a circular letter given to me, and which I shall
forward to Montreal, the group's leaders wrote that "therecon- My latest KASlNER mishpocha miracle came as a restructed Jewish Hospital will become the monwnentforthe sult of the Internet, JEWISHGEN and the JGFF (Jew450,000 Jews who were killed by fascists during World War IT ish Genealogical Family Finder).
in Moldovaand Ukraine."
Marina Miclea found me while "surfing the net" for long
While Moldova is not on the usual tourist map ofEurope, the lost KASlNER relatives from Radauti. "Ms. Miracle"
govemmentisdoingmuchtoencouragevisito~andlfeltcom as I affectionately address her was born in Bucharest,
pletely at ease inKishinev, with severn! high-rise Sovieteraho- Romania She now lives in Saarbrucken, Germany where
tels, a busy main street, wherethefirstMcDonaIdsandBenetton she is a medical student.
boutique have made their appearance. There are good connecting flights to Central Europe and Western Europe.
Those wishing to contactthe Association ofthe Jews -Prisoners ofGhetto and Camps can do so by writing to:
Prof. I. Belous
Academy Str 8/1 fl.25
Kishinev, Moldova
Tel-3732736351
e-mail: [email protected]
Most of her branch of our mutual KASTNER family
tragically perished in Transnistria; the Romanian
Auschwitz. We never knew that there were any survivors from this branch ofthe family. We also never knew
that any ofthese individuals returned to their native Romania We surely never would have searched for family
members in either Bucharest or Saarbrucken.
Ms. Miracle's great-great grandfather, Jacob Joseph,
was the brother of my very own great-great grandfather
Meyer Moishe KASTNER. Thus far we know of two
other siblings; Aaron and Dora There were many more
siblings who we don't presently know anything about.
Dr. Raphael Vago
The Cummings Center for Russian and East European Miracles..... Miracles ..... Miracles. We hope to find all
KASTNER siblings (and their descendants); children of
Studies
our
great-great-great grandparents David and Esther;
Tel-Aviv Universiy
our patriarch and matriarch respectively.
I also learned that Marina's father Avraham Wolf still
lives in Bucharest. He is a retired construction engineer.
I am looking forward to having a direct source ofinformation in Romania who will be willing to help with the
KASTNER family history/genealogy project. Ifhe
agrees he'll even receive an official title "Bucharest
KASlNER Foreign Correspondent."
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Moral of the story: Take advantage of the technology call number is *ZAN-*P72I . The unique NYPL cataof the Internet, JEWISHGEN , and the JGFF. Don' t log system predates the widespread use of the Dewey
procrastinate! I I Enter all of your fa mil y surnames so Decimal and Library of Congress systems. The asteryour long lost relatives can find yo u. It's the cheapest, isks in the call number are velY significant in the system.
fastest, most effective research tool available to you. Best
ORODEA AND PLOESTI
of all maybe a "Ms. Miracle" will discover you toOl! !
The .Jewish community in Ploesti has asked authorities to
investigate the site of a suspected mass grave neal' the city
RO~TOMBSTONESPHOTOGRAPHED
railway station thought to be tile blU'ial place of tile 40 .Jews
who died in 1941 while be ing deported to concentration
Lajos Erdelyi, a Hungarian Jewish press photographer
camps 5'om Romania. Dlu'ing World War IJ, tens ofthounow living in Budapest, has spent a lifetime recording
sands of Jews in Romania were deported; only 14,000
the beauty of intricately carved Jewish tombstones in
mostly elderly Jews Live tilere today.
many remote regions ofBukovina, Translyvani a, and
other parts of Romania.
Thieves have plundered a synagogue in Orodea, in
Northwestern Romania, smashing benches and wi ndow
In 1994, some of his photographs were displayed in an
panes and stealing 14 candelabra of great sentimental
exhibit at the Library of Congress. I-lis book, "AzElok
value to the small Jewish commwuty. There are 29 synaHaza" (The House of the Living) displays photographs
gogues in Orodea; only two of which are currently in
from the Jewi sh cemeteries in Bartfa, Bozodujfalu,
use in what was once a thriving comm unity before the
Bucharest, Cimpulung Moldovenesc, Dezs, Falticen i,
Holocaust.
Gura Nagymuzsaly, Nagyszolos, Naznanfalva, Oltheviz,
Piatra Neamt, Radauti , Siret, Siret-Regitemeto, Siret- Rom-sig news, Vo l 6 No.5, Fall 1998
Ujemeto, Suceava, Szalpl onca, Szatmar, Termesvar
MOURNING LETTERS FOR SAM ELPERN
Szafard Temeto, Tirgu-Neamt, Tovis and Ungvar.
People are writing to us about Sam Elpern and we should
Erdelyi can arrange for searches of specific tombstones
let everyone know how they feel. We recently received
in these cemeteries and others ofthe region. To inquire
thi s letter from .Judith Joseph ofInternational.Jewish
abo ut fees , write detail s to ; Erdelyi in care of Lajos
Genealogical Resources (UK):
Hamos, 79 County Road, Demarest, New Jersey 07627
or directly to Erdelyi at Hegyalja ut. 170. 111 2 Budapest, Rom-Sig News SunUller 1998 mTived today and with it
the shock ofleanung of Sam Elpern's untimely death.
Hlmgary. His telephone number is (36-1 ) 185-9446.
We had spoken several times on the telephone and written
occasionally,loo. Always tile exchange was pleasant and wann,
Sighet was a shtetl which was fOlmerly in the Hlmgarian
helpful and supportive, sometimes amusing -as when Iseemed
county of Marmoros. It is now located in Romania.
to haveatlObsession Witil paying fees for more yeru"S tilatl tile
The following are three excellent genealogical sources
jownal had beelmumingatlCldidn't know it wOl~d be numing...
for Sighet.
SIGHET SOURCES
Those whose steps were directed by me to Samfor enlight-
Israel has two excellent sources. The first is the Sighet
enment orfor a possible inclusion in the Newslelfer 's memMamarosh Land smanshaftn. Co ntact: Baryehuda
bershiporjusl into the pages C!/ihe Newslelfer, were never
Moled lavni, 45 Moshe Sharett Street, Tel Aviv, Israe l.
disappointed We have all benefi led.
The second is a Sighet Yizkor Book located at Yad
The sentiments come therefore not just/i'om me as
Vashem. The call number T742.
an individual researcher, bllt alsoli-om the research!
Last but not least, a source right here in the United States.
resource office we run. Gllr sincerest condolences to
"Oyfgang" a Yiddish periodical once published in Sighet
Joy and Elizabeth and thelamily and may they have
is now available on micro fiche for the period 1933-1 936
only good Inemories of how it all IVas.
at the New York Public Library Jewish Di vision. The
l
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Kind regards/or Rosh HaShonah and 5759, may it
be a healthy and happy year.
ShtetLinksofinteresttomembersofROMSIGthathavebeen
setup are:
Judith Joseph, 25 Westboume Road Edgbaston Binningham B153TX England Fax: 0121-4549758
In Romania:
for From Our Readers column)
And in the Ukraine:
New Shtetl Links Site
Czernowitz, Kalush, Sadgura, Stanislau, Sniatyn, IvanoFrankivsk, Odessa, and Zabolotov.
A group ofROMSIG members who have ancestors
from Sadgura have just developed a Sadgura Site on
the Shtetl Links web page. The address is:
To access any ofthese go to http://www.jewishgen.org/
ShtetLinksI.
Kishinev, Ploesti, and one is under construction for
Radauti.
If the village for your ancestors is not included in the list
above, check with the JewishGen Family Finder at http:/
/www.jewishgen.orgljgff7
or the ROMSIG Family Finder
It was developed by Bruce Reisch (birl@
nysaes.comell.edu) with some help from Nick Martin at http://www.jewishgen.org/romsig/fi7 and fmdothers
and Carl Ulrich. The three of us have been working for who are researching the village of your ancestors.
about a year now on Sadgura research and have been This can be an excellent way of finding relevant rejoined by four others. Bruce has included some links to sources and contacts for your ancestral town. The way
ROMSIG there. You might find some items there for this developed was that a group of three individuals,
future Newsletters.
each with an interest in Sadgura, connected from posts
http://wwwJewishgen.orglshtetlinkslsadgurahtml
***
Carl Ulrich - Peers, Alberta
<[email protected]>
Carl says that an excellent way to find leads in one's genealogical research is to connect up with others with ancestors
from the same village or city that you are researching.
that we saw on the JewishGen discussion group. We
decided to begin sharing e-mails with cc' s to each other.
We have now grown to seven people. One from our
group, Bruce Reisch, has pooled some of the resources
of the group to develop the Sadgura website.
With the power of the internet, it is possible for a small
group from around the world to pool their knowledge
ShtetLinksonJewishGen is one place to check to see ifothers and resources for their own benefit as well as the benefit
areworkingona Shtetl ofinterest to you To date,
ofthe wider Jewish Genealogical Community.
There is no commercial angle to this venture. I will not
***
be able to proceed without sufficient consent from all
concerned.
STRUMA PROJECT 2001
Greg Buxton
(Project leader - Struma 2001)
Flat 6, 52 Russell Road
Moseley, Binningham B 13 8RF England
Home: +44 (0) 121 4495371
Work: +44 (0) 121 5554518
Fax: +44 (0) 121 555466
I am currently researching the Struma tragedy [1942][article in ROM-SIG NEWS Volume 5, Number 3, Spring
1997] in which my grandparents died. The objectives
are:
a) To obtain pennission from families and relevant authorities in order to locate, dive and video the wreck in
the Black Sea.
b) To provide a book and film detailing the politics and
people that were involved before, during and after the
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events surrounding this disaster.
I am hoping to be ready for the diving research project
in the summer of200 1. Most of the victims were either
Romanian or Turkish.
Are there any members or friends ofROMSIG who
could suggest a method for contacting anyone with connections to the Ship or its victims.
The Archives of Sub carpathian Ruthenia
Tllis area is at d,e peripllery ofROM-SIG's "Domain" hut-at its widest dejinition-includes some towns tllat are
or were in Romania. For tllat reason, we offer IIere some comments recendy posted to tile Hungarian SIG onlhle
forum.
As forthe research in the Ukraine generally, I have to tell you to do research for her in that region several years ago. She
that this region is one ofthe worst parts ofthe fonner Austro- usually charges a minimum of$l ,000 per day and one reaHungarianmonmchy intenns ofresearch; most ofthe time we son for that is she uses that money to buy fax machines,
can only guess what remained. The majority ofthe records are photocopiers and other "gifts" for the archivists in order to
collectedinthe_ovoarchives, where one can gain entry. She was able to retrieve some records using
get in only with a special pennit Obtaining this pennit seems those methods, but she told her client afterwards that she
impossible for foreigners and even for locals. Consequently, will never travel to that region bearing gifts and gelt. Your
we cannot do any research in the registers.
best bet for getting infonnation from that region is to contact the Ukrairtian Embassy in Washington, D. C. and ask
What we can, and usually do, is search the cemeteries for for their fonn( s) for birth, marriage and death certificates.
family tombstones and photograph them. They can pro- Ifyou know someone on the Appropriations Committee in
vide us with the required infonnation on the given family Congress, perhaps they might convince the powers-thatmember. We can conduct local history research along with be over there to comply with what I believe is international
photographs ofthe village. This is all we can do under the law or at least international civility. Any further infonnation
above mentioned conditions. Our fees for this cemetery about obtaining metrical records from that region would be
and local history research in the area are $400 U.S., in- appreciated. There are hundreds ofus waiting to fmd the
cluding all expenses: travel costs, accommodation, photo- access key to unlock the records there. In the meantime,
graphs, library and archives fees, photocopies, p. and p. we will have to wait and share infonnation as it becomes
[packing and postage].
available.
Anita Monori, Account Director
Louis Schonfeld<[email protected]>
FAMILY TREE Ltd.
Genealogical Research Bureau
I visited that area ofthe Ukraine this summer and I'd have
<[email protected]>
to agree with Family Tree's conclusion. Hopefully, one day
metrical records for the towns in Subcarpathian Ruthenia
Anyone who tells you that they can get you records from
will be found.
the archives ofSubcarpathian Ruthenia will be leading you
on. I was there recently and tried to negotiate with both the Roberta Solit<[email protected]>
head ofthe Berehova archives as well as his boss, the chief
archivist for Subcarpatbian Ruthenia. All to no avail. I did
speak to someone recently who had hired Miriam Weiner
.
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Part 20/2
The Romanian Jewish Yearbook (1937)
translated and summarized by Dr. Marcel Bratu
This very special article, which has appeared in two parts in ROM-SJG NEWS, is ours solely by chance:
member Sandi Goldsmith came upon Annurul Evreilor Dinjlomania 1937 (5698), in a bookstore in
Bucharest. Recognizing its potential interest, she mentioned it in our Winter 1996-97 issue; Dr. Bratu
noticed her suggestion that this "/ittle book" (actually 192 pages) might interest our readers and he
prepared a summary for us. Part 1 appeared in our Fall 1997 issue.
I will continue with the chapter containing Jewish institutions, boards of directors, committees or other leading
organizations, mentioned in the Anuar (1937). To save
time and paper, I will use abbreviations such as: president - pres., vice-president - v.p., secretary - seer., general secretary - gen. secr., auditors - aud., cashier - cash.
Doctor - dr., engineer - ing., lawyer - avo (for avocat);
pharmacist - pharm. If the professional abbrevation
appears after a lady's first name, her husband has that
profession. Only ifit appears before the first name (no
matter the gender), the person has that profession. In
general, the doctors are physicians, rabbis, or lawyers,
with a doctorate degree. Other personal comments will
appear in the description, for the readers interested not
only in names but in social structures as well.
I}
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The Jewish Community from Bucuresti
President:
Sigm M. Birman, Fr. Michelsohn
Vice pres.:
Lazar Eckstein, Dr. Birman Bera
ChiefRabbi: Dr. I. Niemirower
Treasurer:
lancu Grumberg
Gen. secr.:
Horia Carp
Members:
A. Axenfeld, Dr. M. Leon, Micu Spiner,
Oscar Alpern, M. Sarateanu, Jaques Cohen, Michel
Leiba, Leon Blanarlu, Hami Schwartz, Enrico Erlich,
Pascu Braunstein, losefAbramovici, Alfred Wissner, M.
Melickson, Leo Mihail, H. Rottenberg
Samuely, Sofie S. Birman, Berta Michelson and Rose
dr. Leon (members ofthe hospitals Committee), Hermine
Eisenhandler (pres., the Social Assistance Committee),
Betty ing. Gross (pres., the Schools ' Camps), Charlotte
M. Efraim (pres., the Mitigation section), Paulina Popper (pres., "Elisabethen," the convalescent home for the
elderly), Aurica Rothenberg (pres., the Schools' cafeterias) and Charlotte Rosen, member in various committees.
Ladies' Committee for the Schools' Camps: Pres.
Mrs. Betty ing. Gross; v.p.: Mrs Beline Braunstein,
Aurica Rothenberg, Jenly Schonfeld, Rosa dr. Leon and
C. Rosen; secr, Mrs. Clairette Axenfeld; treas.,Mrs.
Ghesela dr. Marcus and Niny Popper; members:
Mrs. Engler, Lampl, Kaffeman, Grunberg, Henriette dr.
Stein, Erna ing. Weinfeld, Florica Adelstein, Gherda
Solavici, Didina Refael and Silvia Wolff.
Committee for the Comfort and Assistance of the
Patients with Tuberculosis. Pres., Mrs. Charlotte M.
Efraim; v.p., Mrs. Pauline Popper, Hermine Eisenhandler,
Wanda Billig and Ernestine Salamovitz; treas. Mrs. Charlotte Rosen and Amelie Walzman, assisted by another
ladies' committee.
The Board of Trustees: Sigmund Birman, pres.; Fr.
Michelson, Lazar Birman and Dr. Birman Bera, v.p.;
Iancu Gruenberg, treas.
Committee of the "Malca & Ghidale Brayer"
School Cafeteria
Pres., Mrs. Aurica Rothenberg; members, Mrs. Rebecas
Haimovici, Helene Grunberg, Stella Lampl, Kaffeman,
Goldenberg and Miss. Tischler and Iosupp.
Board of Trustees of Ladies' Social Affairs of the
Community:
Mrs. Pauline Zentler (pres. of the Ladies' Committee
ofthe Bucharestlewish Community's Hospitals), Valery
Committee for "Elisabetheu," convalescent home
for the elderly
Pres., Mrs. Pauline Popper; v.p., Mrs. E. Salamovici,
members, Valeanu lavitz, Mina Tailler, M. Catulescu,
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Charlotte Rosen, Aurica Rothenberg, Charlotte M. Commtmities.
Efraim, Marie Lazarovici, Mr. I. L. Steinbach, dr. G.
Zahareanu, av. I. Catulescu, Ad. Lobel, dr. Leon S. Translator's note: Tekirghiol is a spa in Dobrodgea
Poplien and P. Braunstein
with a lake containing a mud with radioactive substances
and minerals, used for the treatment ofarthritic illnesses
"Caritas and the New Maternity" Hospital. The and bone tuberculosis in children and adults. The pahospital was set up in 1847 and the new maternity in tients are smeared with this mud for a few hours and
1932, both located at 28 Traian Street, with the follow- exposed to the sun. Then, they are bathed in the lake's
ing seIVices:
water. Around this lake are many sanatoriums and a
Surgery: director Prof. dr. Hortolomei; senior attend- whole medical industry known in Europe, like Abano in
ing physician (S. A.), drs. A. Toff and F. Gotlieb
Italy. The place is very close to the Black Sea (a few
Urology: S. A. dr. I. Mihalovici
hundred feet), combining this therapy with seawater and
Internal Medicine: S. A. drs. I. Grossman and Z. Iagnov sun baths. Also very specialised physiotherapy services
Obstetrics and Gynecology: S. A. drs. S. Cohl, O. are offered. Is it helpful? As a pediatrician in Constanta,
Alfandary and I. Perietianu
perhaps 10 miles north from this place, I saw patients
Laryngologly: S. A. docent (University lecturer) dr. transported on a stretcher into this place and, after a
BirmanBera
few months of treatment, running to the train station.
Dermatology: S. A. dr. F. Blumenthal
Certainly there are cases in which this treatment does
Chest diseases: S. A. dr. M. Popper, Associate Professor.
not help.
Neurology: Docent, dr. M. Goldstein
Pediatrics: . A. dr. B. Mendelsohn
"Malca and Ghedale Brayer" school cafeteria.
Outpatient services only: Laryngology (dr. L. Founded in 1890, distributes daily lunch to 400-500
Mayersohn); Nutrition disorders (dr. Daniel); Clinical Jewish Community school children. (Six other cafeteLaboratory (dr. Adelsberg); Pharmacy (ChiefPharm.1. rias for school children, located in schools, are menDavidescu)
tioned).
The Hospital's Nursing School. Director: dr. S. Cohl;
Professors: drs. Adelsberg (Bacteriology), Cohl (Gy- Elementary schools "etatizate" (after graduation, the
necology and Obstr.), F. Gotlieb (Surgical diseases and students could go to state high schools).
Orthopedics), J. Grossman (Therapeutics [treatments]
and Dietetics), Z. Iagnov (Medical Pathology), Menkes Translator's note: The mandatory teaching in Roma(Anatomy and Physiology), A. Toff(Small Surgery).
nia in 1937 started with Scoala Primara (the elementary school), which had the first four grades, for the chilChildren's Hospital "Sofie Solomon" Foundation. dren 7-11 years old. Next, was the high school with 8
Built in 1915 on 51 Pine Street (Strada bradului). grades, which was not mandatory; therefore, admission
Pediatricians: S. A.: Cajal, O. Milialn and H. Elias; dr. was granted by passing an examination, and paying a
Issersohn, pediatric radiologist
minimal tax. Graduates of the "etatizate" (elementary
Jewish schools) were granted the same rights as those
"Princess Elisabeta" Eye Hospital. Same location. from the state elementary school, to go further to state
ChiefOpthalmologist: dr. A. Lobel.
schools, and had the same curriculum as the stae elementary schools. In addition to high school, there were
"Elisabetbeu"-Convalescent Home for the Elderly also "gymnaziu, " with only four high school grades.
Founded in 1875 and shelters permanently 130 old Some ofthem specialised in certain fields, such as compeople.
merce, a special industry, etc., enough to obtain ajob.
Also, there were vocational schools. The difficulty for
The Sanatorium in Tekirghiel
the Jews in gaining admission to these schools, and furBuilt in 1919, annually hospitalizes 400 poor school ther, is described by I. Ludo, in an article summarized
children from all the schools of the country's Jewish on page 29 of ROM-SIG NEWS, Fall, 1997. After
"~I
graduation from high school (8 years), based on a very
difficult examination, the bacalaureat, with a lot of bias
toward the Jewish students, you were able to enter a
"University," also based on an examination (very difficult for Jews), and located in a big city ofthe country: in
1937, only in lasi, Bucuresti, Cemauti, Timisoara and
Cluj.
The curriculum for the primary and secondary school
was the same allover the country. If a high school student in lasi, in the second year learned American geography, the second-year high school children in Bucuresti,
Dorohoi or Cluj studied the same material. Certainly,
however, there were Jewish schools that were not
"etatizate": those with religious curriculums or those
speaking only Yiddish.
A university had a medical school, law school, school of
liberal Arts, School of Pharmacy,etc. The school for
engineers was separate, known as the Institutul
Politehnic. Every Superior school required a different
number of years of studies in order to graduate. Therefore in Romania, as in the other European countries (except the British Isles) there were no middle schools or
colleges. For a physician, the studies required 4 years
in elementary school, 8 in high school and 6 in medical
school, a total of 18 years (before specialization).
Elementary Boys' School
Name
President
Prinicipal
lacob & Carolina Loebel
Moria - A. Gaster
T. T. Malbim
The United Schools
Max Azie-Cultura
Ronetti Roman
M. Schonberg
AI. Solomon
Max Bercovici
Leon Wolf
Ing. A. Rozenzweig
M.Gluckman
Leon Gheldman
Dr.A.Beck
Leopold Nedler
Samuel Koritzer
Leon Gross
Em. Beldner
H.Tudic
M.Pisam
Mrs. dr. Luwish
Sigm. Goldfarb
Leon Wittner
Lazar Eckstein
Mrs. Charlotte Weintraub
Miss Mina Cuzin
Mrs. Anna Bacovescu
Mrs. Victoria de Hahn
Mixta Vointa
(mixed boys and girls Willpower)
Elementary Girls' Schools
Fraternity-Zion
Goldfarb
Progress ofthe Culture
Samuel Eckstein
Kindergartens (not mandatory)
Goldfarb
Ialdei Iesurun
Samuel Eckstein
Dudesti
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The same as the Girls' school
10sefSutrin
Lazar Eckstein
Mrs. Marianne Schapira
Aparatorii Patriei (defenders of the homeland)
B. Herscovici
A, C. F. E. - B
Mrs. Marianne Schapira
Miss Roza Gross
Mrs. Victoria de Hahn
Mrs. Cecilia Ciuraru
Mrs. Julietta Schwartzen
Miss Sabina Kerpel
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Institutions and Clubs (literary, political, medi- Weiss.
cal, etc.)
"The Union of the Romanian Jews (U.RJ.)": pres.,
"Liberty," pres., dr. W. Filderman
The Medical Club," pres., dr. Gotfried; v.p., drs.
Nissim, Lazarovici; director, dr. Bomchis; secr., dr.
Gotlieb.
The Students' Zionist Club - Hashmonca"
"The Lobelians - dr. M. Beck," pres., Moritz
Schonberg
Libraries
"The historical archives and library of the central
synogogue (Templu Coral)":
Pres., Micu S. Zender; chief librarian, dr. M. A.
Halevy. "Dr. Isidor Bauberger": pres., Milu H. Alter;
gen. secr. Emil Bernstein; librarian, Miss Nutzy
Leibovici. "Dr. Mauriciu Singer"
Sports clubs
"Macabi": pres., avo Robert Weinberg-Verea
"Aurora": pres., I. Mihail
Political Parties
"The Jewish Romanian Party (J .R.P. )"Central Committee: pres., dr. Theodor Fisher; v.p., avo Misu
Weissman; gen. secr., avo Misu Benvenisti; members,
dr. S. Singer, avo Leon Mizrachi, Philippe Rosenstein,
av. Mayer Segall and Wilhelm Fisher.
"The Youth of the IR.P.": pres., avo Misu Benvenisti;
v.p., ing. S. Iakerkaner; gen.secr., Milu H. Alter.
Capital's organization J.R.P.: pres., Philippe
Rosenstein; v.p., Mayer Segall and ing. M.
Mayersohn.
Other Institutions and Societies
"The Society for Jewish Studies": pres., Chief Rabbi
dr. I. Niemirower.
"Help" (philantropic): pres., Marcel Iacobsohn.
"Cantors' Association": pres., cantor Rafael Ruwinsky
(very famous)
"The Sacred Society for Charity and Funerals": pres.,
I. L. Sternbach; v .. p., Micu S. Zentler and pharm.
AI. Solomon. It maintains the cemeteries: Sevastopol,
Col. M. Ghica and Giurgiului.
"Zion B 'nei Brith ": Grand pres., Dr. I. Niemirower.
"The New Fraternity" (B'nai Brith): pres., avo Aureliu
Dr. W. Filderman; v.p., Horia Carp, Dr. L.
Mayersohn, Kiva Ornstein, Dr. S. Kassner (for
Cernauti), I. Popper (for Iasi), and Dr. Iacobi (for
Cluj); gen. secr., M. Zeltner-Sarateanu. (translater's
note: What a team!)
"The Youth of the U.R.J.": pres., avo J. Bacalu
"The Zionist Organization": pres., Ph. Rosenstein
"The Jewish National Fund": pres., Dr. S. Singer
"Keren Hayesod": pres., Adolf Bernhardt
"Palestinian Office": pres., ing. I. Siegler
"Asociatia Culturala a Femei/or Evree (A.C.F.E.)
from Romania, has the mission to spread and develop
the Jewish culture and to contribute to the reconstruction of Palestine. Thely publish their own periodical,
"The Jewish Woman.": pres., Mrs. Selma
Marguerritte Margulies; v.p., Mrs. Marianne Schapira
and Ella Balan.
"Credinta (Faithfulness)": pres., Leon Wechsler; v.p.,
Eliade Iliescu and Elias Feuerstein. This association
has the mission to take care of a very religious synagogue and its convalescent home for the elderly.
"The Home of the Children, Lobel and Sarah
Berkowitz Foundation.": An orphanage. pres., Adolf
Bercowitz, ephors dr. I. Niemirower, L. Sternberg,
dr. J. Bercowitz, Mrs. Charlotte M. Ephraim and
Hermine dr. Iaslowitz.
"The orphanage of the Jewish women's union":
founded in 1904, by the efforts of the late Stephanie
Istecescu and the Jewish Women's Union. Pres.,
Mrs. Estelle Stern.
"Crinul" (Lily): philanthropic society. They provide clothing for 700-800 students (yearly) of the
Jewish Community. Pres., Mrs. Silvia Feder.
"Society for protection of adolescent girls and young
women" pres., Mrs. Pauline Popper. The society has
a shelter for the girls without familial protection, and
shops where these girls work and earn a living.
"Asociatia Generala a Studenti/or Evrei din
Bucuresti" (no translation necessary). A.G.S.E. The
association offers to the students: a big library, lecture rooms, cafeteria and shelter, medical offices,
barber shop, tailor, shoemakers, sport facilities, 30
bedrooms for 220 students and many other facilities.
Its name is "Caminul (home, house) of the Jewish Stu-
dents, Mina and Aron Schuler Foundation."
Translator's note: It is difficult for me to explain the
role of the Caminul Shuler during the pre-war anrisemitic period, when the state slogan was "Numerus
Nul/us" (Le., "no Jews allowed"). Later, during the
war, its limited activitly helped the poor to learn in
Jewish superior schools. After the war, the Caminul
Schuler encountered the hate and the fights with Romanian students, who didn't want the Kikes to reinfect
the halls of the University in Bucuresti (as they had
first infected them before the war). I was one of those
kikes, suffering the verbal and physical insults form
the leaders of their "immaculate" citadel, Caminul
Societatii Studentilor in Medicina, a model of extreme chauvinistic-racial attitude, inspired by their
second bible, Mein Kampf. Caminul Shuler helped
the Jewish students to succeed in this period.
"Talmud Tora": a philanthropic society, to take care
of the kindergarten with the same name, for poor children. Pres., H. Jacobsohn; v.p., H. Korner and I.
Becker; treas., S. Jacobsohn; gen. secr. ing. A. Segall.
"The House for Girl Students-A.G.S.E.-(Asociatia
Generala a Studentelor Evreice)": 10 dormitories
for 80 students, lecture rooms and baths.
"The House for Zionist Students": dormitories for 30
students.
"Ghemiluth Chasidim": a society lending money
without interest to poor people. Pres., pharm. AI.
Solomon.
"Sp italullubirea de Oameni" (Hospital "love for
people"): Director dr. L. Ghelerter. Dr. Ghelerter,
known first in Iasi for his activity for the Jewish people,
was the founder of the Jewish Childrens' Hospital in
IasL He was also the leader in founding the banks
known as "Creditul Marunt, " spread in all town and
cities with a large Jewish population, in need for small
credit, short period and low interest rate (helped by
the American Joint Distribution Committee). He then
moved to B ucuresti where he founded a second hospital, a non-profit organization like the first one in Iasi.
He was another important Jewish personality in Romania in the 20th century.
In this hospital,I had most of my medical education
as an extern and intern, between 1943 and 1949. My
memories of this place are very dear and, with great
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humility and love, I want to mention in Memoriam
some of my teachers from this great hospital: the chief
of the Hospital and of Internal Medicine, Dr. Julius
(Nae) Ghelerter, chief of Surgery; Dr. Rantzer, chief
ofPediatrics;Dr. A Fruchter, chief ofUrologly, Dr.
M. Streja and other doctors and collegues, many of
them still alive: Drs. Sulem (Sulica) Segal, Mihai
Pascu, Simon (Zica) Rosentzweig, George Fruhling,
Dan Foglu, Dan Mayersohn, Jean Guttman, Harry
Grunberg, IosifZilberman and so many more.
"Dr. Iuliu Barasch Polyclinic"
"Chevra Somrei Habrith Society": to help postpartum poor women and to facilitate the Brith Mila
for the boys. Pres., Adolf Braunstein.
"ORT Society": under the leadership of Dr. W.
Filderman and avo Aureliu Weiss, with the purpose of
setting the Jewish popUlation toward manual work in
industry and agronomy.
"The Central Committee to help the Jewish refugees"
"H.I.A.S.": a society to help Jews in need of emigration (an American association).
"U .E.R. (Uniunea Evreilor Romani) Institute," with
the purpose of professional qualification andjob finding for the young women. Leader, Mrs. ing. Carnio!.
Temples and Synagogues
I will mention only the names, and perhaps some rabbis.
A. B. Zissu synagogue; Abduth Kodes temple, known
as Mamulari: rabbi Dr. M. Halevy; Asreil Gastersynagogue; Baron de Hirsch synagogue; Beth EI synagogue;
Beth Hamidras synagogue: rabbi H. Guttman; Beth
HamidrasZichronJacob synagogue; Chesed sel Emes synagogue; Chevra lbiulimsynagogue; Craiower Rufsynagogue;
Cultural Poradim synagogue; Eisig Hie synagogue;
Elizabetheu synagogue; Faith synagogue; Fratema Union
synagogue; Fraternity and Peace synagogue; Goldfarb
Instructiunea School synagogue; Holy Sefer synagogue;
Mazmiah Esua synagogue; Mogosoaia temple (name of
the quarter); Moria School synagogue; OrChudosh temple;
Poalei Zedek synagogue; Rabbi Malbim synagogue; Resith
Daat synagogue; Shoemakers' synagogue; T. Malbim
School synagogue; Temple Coral (central temple): rabbi
Dr. I. Niemirower; Thalmud Thorasynagoglue; The United
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School synagogue; Tinkers synagogue; Vointa(willpower)
synagogue.
A total of32 orthodox temples and synagogues are mentioned. In Romania, there are no reform or conservative
temples. Ifa reader is interested in the address ofthe synagogues, the rabbis or the committees ofthese holy places
(as of 1937), I can provide the information.
At the end of 1936, the leading supervisory committee
had the following members: Micu Spiner, Moritz Reiter,
Lazar Solomon, M. Blum and Iacob Leibovici.
Bernard Locker a lelaUlor (old clothing merchants): pres,
AdolfGoldenfeld; v.p. 10sifFinkelstein, Milo Sloimovici;
gen. secr. Bucur Maltinescu, Filip Berman; aud. Aron
Moscovici; treas. Sofie Locker; assist. 1reas. Herman Feller;
advisors: Haim Goldirer, Simon Wachsman, Carol Frenkel,
The Spanish (Sephardic) Jewish Community
Natan Moscovici, Herman Seltzer, David Leibovici; saniThis community organization was fOWlded in 1730, with its tary inspector, Bercu Weissman; master ofCeremony, Hie
quarters in Negru Voda Street. Its president is 10sefCohen Wachsman; tlagbearer, avram Finkelstein, (?); trustee, Filip
and the grand rabbi, Sabetay Djaen. The COWlcil ofRep- Schwartz; aud. Solomon Goldstein, Marcu Schweitzer,
resentatives: Honorary Pres. Halfon S. Raphael; Pres. losif Rubin Wachsman, P. Dumitrescu and David Klein.
S. Cohen; Honorary Members: Halfon S. Manole, Pincas
M. 10sif,ArieB. Napoleon; V.P., CalefA., Corneal. losif, Can you imagine what happened when all these people
Alfandari Ovidiu, Almuly Jaques, Bally Benjamin; Mem- participated in a meeting? An unusual "Pleiade" of 2nd
hand or 3rd hand clothing merchants handled a budget
bers: Mazliah Gabriel, MWlteanu Elias, Presente Marco.
of almost 50,000 lei, at that time representing a good
The institutions ofthis Community are: the Big Temple, the annual salary of a high school principal, but a very miSmall Temple, the convalescent home for the elderly, a kin- croscopic budget for a society with such a large numdergarten, an elementaIy school for boys and one for girls, ber of officers. It is true that in Bucuresti there were
a school camp in Tekirghiol, a Policlinic, a school cafeteria, many such Jewish merchants going from house to house,
a cemetery (known as the Spanish cemetery), the Jewish bargaining incessantly with the housewives for a pair of
Spanish Womens' Union, "Hesed V'emetArmony,"the used shoes or filthy stockings. It was a big Jewish industry!
Progress, Gan Eden, Esra Bezaroth, etc.
The Union ofthe Spanish Jewish Communities includes aU
the Spanish Communities in the whole COWl1Iy. The president ofthe Union is Moritz S. Atias. Almost aU the Spanish
institutions are located in Negru Voda Street (though not
the cemetery nor the sanatorium). It was a very Jewish
quarter.
Secondary schools ("etatizate")
Commercial school and Cultura Gimnazium: pres.
Mrs. dr. Grossman, principal F. Faion.
Girls' Gymnasium and Vocational school "Filip and
Rashela Focseneanu": pres. M. Zentler, principal Mrs.
Elena Kanner Commercial School and Vocational School
"Instructiunea Goldfarb ": pres. Sigm. Goldfarb, principal Miss Mina Cuziner Industrial Gymnasium
"Ciocanul (the hammeI)": pres. ing. Fildennan.
Societies of mutual help
The federation of these societies was founded in 1923.
Name of other Societies
Achdes Israel
Aesculap
Ajutorul (Help)
Amicitia (Friendship)
Benevolence
Be2alel ToelesHamachow
(Healing ofillnesses)
The Butchers Fraternity
Caritatea (Charity)
Doctor Hart
Doctor IosefWeissberg
Doctor Iuliu Barasch
Doctor Rubin Stein
Doctor W. Filderman
EmileZola
Fncouragementand
GoodWill
Fraterna
Fraternity
Fraternity and Peace
Fraternity Union
The Future ofthe Tinkers
Ghewurath Israel
The Goodwill
The Graphic Solidarity
Health
Holy Duties
Hwnanity
Hygeia
Hygeia Reconstituted
Independence
The Israelite Union
The Joiners
Love your neighbor
Marphe Lenefes
The Mutual
The New Fraternity
The New Life
The New Union
The Progress
Sacred Duties
Saslvarea (the rescue)
Salve (Latin for Hi!)
The Tailors Fraternity
Union and Progress
The Universal Progress
Zichron Jacob
President
IosifIosif
Wilhelm Kahane
Manole Zandkern
H. L.Korn
AdolfMoscovici
Osias Singer
Solomon Rosenberg
I. Lauferman
M. I. Blum
M.Eigheles
JaqueCohen
Anton Schwartz
I. Reinhom
? Herscovici
IosefBlum
Elias Catulescu
Lazar Margulies
Bernard Herscovici
AronMayer
Florian Goldenberg
G. Blumenfeld
Lazar Eckstein
(printers)
Samuil Blimenfeld
L. Goldstein
Iancu Lempacher
Tu1yRevici
S. Klein
Pascu Grunberg
PincuSegal
M. Reiter
M.Melicksohn
Heinrich Thau
S. Gutnick
V. G. Gorescu
I. Albini
dr. M. Neuschatz
1. Feyns
S. Reischer
Nicu Goldman
MicuSpiner
M. Pollak
Lazar Solomon
Iancu Landman
Marcel Solomon
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Jewish Communities in "provincie"
(all of Romania but the capital)
Town (founded), President and comments
Adjud (1855)
Daniel Weissman; v.p. Faibis Lazarovici; rabbi M.
Landman. It maintains two schools, a convalescent
home for the elderly (azil in Romanian, let's abbreviate
abbreviate it as az.); a body-washing place, usually with
a Turkish steam room, maybe a few bathtubs, and/or a
pool (let's call this "w.p.").
Bacau
Avram I. Avram; rabbis: dr. S. Safran and M. Blanck.
3 schools, 1 az. The former chief rabbi of Romania,
during World War II, was from this town.
Babadag
Avram Rund; a small town in Dobrodgea. in the north
near the Danube's delta.
Barlad (1866)
Henry Grunberg; rabbi, dr. M. Taubes; 3 schools, a
hospital, an az. and a w. p.
Bacesti
Hascal Haimovici; gen. secr. Lupu Herscovici, a school,
a w.p.; 30 Ian southeast of Roman.
Braila
Leopold Rosenberg; v.p. Leon Abramovici, Sol. Fradis,
Samy Solomonidis, Iacob Witzling; secr. gen. Isidor
Rosenberg and William Schreiber; cashier Mihail
Brociner; aud. Emil Bercovici, Pincu Groswald; members, David Abramovici, Solomon Berger, Leon
Buegeleisen, Teofil Bernstein, Max Kahane, Isac Cohen,
ing. Hack Corbu, Iancu Cosma, pharm. A. Finck, dr.
S. Gabe, ing. Is. Ghelber, Leon Gutman, dr. S. Israel,
Filip Leibovici, ing. Ely Marcovici, IosefMargulies,
Leopold Margulies, Mendel Oberman, Heinrich Pach,
S. Scharaga, Z. Scheinberg, dr. S. Scoor, Rudolf
Schreiber; avo Ferdinand Schwartz, Ionas Schwartz, arh.
S. Simsinovici, Friederich Segall, Isac Smilovici, Isidor
Solomonidis, Herman Weiss, dent. Jacques Zoxmer,
chiefrabbi dr. M. Thenen.
The Communty maintains: H. L. and Nelly Schaffer
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Boys' Gymnasium, the Brothers Avram and David
Schwartzman Elementary Boys' School, Zion Baron de
Hirsch Girls' Elementary School and a Kindergarten
(Gan leladim). Also: the "Ana and Nedelcu P. Chercea"
medical dispensary for any sick patient, regardless of
race or religion. The Community also maintains all the
religious personell and the synagogues, the newly-constructed w.p. with a ritual mikwah named "The Lazar
Predinger Foundation." Also, the Community distributes cash to the poor students, clothing and firewood
for winter, free matzot for Pesah, monthly pensions to
the poor, elderly and handicapped Jews. The budget of
the Community is in 1937, 4,662,300 lei (abig sum for
1937).
Bivolari (1896)
Strul G. Hersdu; v.p. Moise Militeanu, a school and a
w.p. Theshtetlisinlasicounty.
Botosani
see detail at end ofarticle
Buhusi (1860)
Carol Haimsohn; v.p., avo F. Lupescu, rabbi B. Roller. 2
schools, a w.p. This town with a famous religious tradition is halfway between Piatra Neamt and Bacau. The
late chief rabbi of Romania, dr. Mozes Rosen is from
this area.
Burdujeni
H. Alpern; v.p., P. Rapaport and L. Segal; cash. E.
Epure; secr.1. Rabinovici. Maintains a school. At the
border with Bucovina, southwest of Botosani.
Buzau
Marcu Rosenstein; v.p. Marcu V. Schrayer and B.
Silbennan; rabbi, S. Bercovici. 2 schools, w.p.
Bucecea
Marcu Ghingold (also deputy mayor of the town). 5
synagogues, a Jewish school, a kindergarten and a cemetery, 120 years old. There are 250 Jewish families.
The town is 10 km west of Botosani.
Calarasi
Dr. Silviu Diner; v.p., H. Goldenberg; cash. R. Fainaru;
secr. L. Goldstein. Town is situated in Wallachia, on the
Danube, southeast ofBucuresti.
Codaesti
Avram Sacagiu. School and a w.p. Town is located 20
km east of Roman.
Campina
Ing. O. Gross; secr. M. Herscovici.
Caracal
S. Schwalb; secr. A. Saltzberger. The town is in Oltenia,
southeast of Craiova.
Constanta
Albert Theiler; cash. M. Diner, gen. secr.1. Serer; rabbi,
Ch. Schechter.
Craiova
H. Rollstein; cash., M. Staureanu, rabbis, L.
Morgenstern, M. Goldenberg; 2 schools.
Darabani
A. Poplingher. A school, a w.p. and an az. The town is
about 20 km north ofDorohoi.
Dorohoi
Hoisie Moscovici; gen. secr. Mayer Herscovici; rabbi,
D. Schechter. A hospital, 3 schools, a w.p. and an az. I
have to mention that the hospital and the az. were
founded before 1930 with the enthusiastic activity ofmy
father, avo Solomon Zalman, pres. ofthe Community and
vice mayor of the town. Also I have to mention that
Dorohoi is my hometown.
Falticeni
Dr. M. Weiselberg; v.p., I. Brecher, M. Segall; cash. H.
Herscovici; secr. H. Leibovici;l rabbi Rosen. 3 schools
and a hospital.
Focsani
Dr. B. Flitmasn; v.p., J. Brecher and M. Segall; secr.,
Lupu Schwartz; rabbi, M. Kofler. 3 schools and an az.
Frumusica
Dr. A. Grunberg; secr. Burah A. Leib. A school and an
orphanage (!). Shtetl near Botosani.
Gaesti
M. Moscovici; secr. M. Leibovici; rabbi, O. Weistein.
The town is northwest of Bucharest and is famous for a
terrible labor camp for Jews, during WW II.
Galati (1846)
1. Steuerman; v.p., dr. I. Bizamcer, gen. cash. AI.
Bucholtz; gen. secr. avo S. Smilovici; members: losef
Ornstein, Jack Braunstein, M. L. Klein; secr. Phoebus
Lazar; rabbis, L. Margulies and Senck.1. Shapira. Nine
schools, a hospital, a w.p. and an orphanage.
Giusrgiu
Leon Abramovici; v.p., Isac Carp; cash. Moritz Kreisel;
rabbi, Aron Brezus. This is a port on the Danube, south
ofBucuresti.
Harlau (1751)
Arthur Rosner; v.p., Is. Blumenfeld, IosefIngel; cash I.
I. Halpern; rabbi, M. Rabinovici. 2 schools, an az. and a
w.p. About 30 km northwest ofIasi.
Herta (now Gherta, in Ukraine) A. B. Rosin; rabbi, M.
Lauter. 2 schools. 30 km north of Dorohoi.
Husi
Dr. C. Singer; v.p., H. B. Herscovici and phar,. Brand;
rabbi N. Schechteer. A w.p. and a school.
Iasi (1467)
Hie A. Mendelsohn; v.p., Isac Popper and dr. B. Kelpner.
Section presidents: S. Petsrusca, ing. G. Buchman and
dr. D. Fruhling. Chiefrabbis, Ch. Rabinovici and M.
Ianover; rabbis, O. Rabinovici, 1.1. Landman, G. M.
Reines, and I. Askenazy. 9 schools, 1 hospital, 2 az.
and an orphanage.
Ivesti (1844)
Aizig Avra,; v.p., CaIman Goldenberg; secr.
S.Colenberg; cash. Ed. Kahane. Maintains a bath. The
shtetl is 10 km south ofTecuci.
Lespezi
Sloim Solomon; v.p., B. Zissu; cash. CaIman Schwartz;
seer. L. Rabinovici; maintains an az. and a w.p. The town
is 20 km northwest oflasi.
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Mihaileni (1897)
Moise Steiner; secr., Mrs. Herscovici. A school and a
w.p. Situated 15 k, northwest ofIasi.
Moinesti (1885)
Menase Haimsohn; v.p., A. M. Rothenberg; cash. I.
Cozin; secr., B. Haimzohn. They maintain 2 schools.
Located 20 km southwest ofBacau.
Negresti
R. Sharf; v.p., M. Meerovitz. Situated 25 km south of
lasi.
Odobesti (1874)
Natan Beck; rabbi, S. Sigler. They maintain 2 schools.
Known viticultlure center, is situated 15 km northwest
ofFocsani.
Panciu
Haim Pascal; v.p., Moritz Brener and Jean Pascal; cash.,
M. Zissu; rabbi, M. Rivel. A school, an az. and a w.p.
Located near Odobesti.
Pascani
Herman Simon; rabbi, 1. Hager. A school and a w.p.
The town is 30-40 km south ofSuccava.
Piatra Neamt (1766)
Elias Herscovici; v.p., Iulius Gartenberg and Beris
Haimovici; secr., Tuly Feinstein. 2 schools.
Ploiesti
M. S. Cioara; members, dr. Kramer, M. Holman, D.
Emanuel, S. Singer, M. Weissler, I. Wexler, P. Raxs, M.
Sigler and N. Braun; secr., M. Eskenazy. They maintain
2 schools.
Podu I10aei
I. Schor; v.p., M. Schor; cash. I. Dechtiar. A school.
Located near Iasi (northwest).
Podu Turcului (1835)
L. Rosenbaum; v.p., secr. and cash. I. Cohn. Located
20 km southwest of BarIad. This is the shtetl oforigin of
my father's family.
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Radauti
Avram Lindenbaum; secr., S. Rabinovici. Small shtetl
northwest ofDorohoi. Known as Radauti-Dorohoi, not
to be mistaken with Radauti-Bucovina, a much larger
town.
Raducaneni
A. Ciuraru; v.p., Smil Moise; cash. M. Leibovici. They
maintain a w.p. Located near the Pmt River, 25-30 km
south oflasi.
Ramnicul Sarat (1870)
dr. H. Ornstein; v.p., Is. Finkelstein; cash., Mandy
Iacovici; seer. I. Klein. A school and a w.p. In Wallachia,
not far from the border with Moldavia.
Targul Sulita (the javelin)
Herman Iticovici; v. p., Pincu Schwartz and Ioina Bacal;
cash., User Goldman; secr., Nathan P. Schwartz; board
of education, Adolf Akerman, M. Blumer, A.
Calmanovici, M. A. Cohn, H. I. Schwartz, I. Cahane;
board of religious affairs, M. Sapunar, H. Ciurar, I.
Rotaru, I. Rotman and I. B. Nuta; auditors, Paul
Meirovici, Smil Talick and M. Saiovici. This town is a
small shtetl, located maybe 15 kIn south of Botosani,
having however, over 2,000 Jews in 1937.
After a year of intense activity, the newly elected committee succeeded in:
Ramnicul Valcea
M. Lobel; v.p., L. Taubman; cash., I. Saraga; secr., I.
Adler; rabbi, I. Rocah; member, S. Segall. Located
near the Olt River, in northeast Oltenia.
Roman (1792)
avo A. Cramer; v.p., I. Stein, S. Schuler, cash., I.
Leibovici; gen. secr., M. Rinzler; rabbis, S. Isacsohn
and M. Frankel. 3 schools, a hospital and an az.
2. Paying ther salary of the clerk, fonnerly unpaid;
Saveni
H.I. Butnam; rabbi, A. Landau; maintains a w.p. Located about 25 kIn southeast ofDorohoi.
Slatina
Leon Israelescu;p rabbi, S. Diamant. Located in Oltenia,
about 40 kIn northeast ofCraiova.
Stefanesti
Elias Schapira; v.p., I. Marcovici and L. Alterovici; cash.
A. Grisaru; rabbi, I. Brayer. 2 schoolls and a w.p. Famous for the Stefanester rebbes; located about 20 Ian
east of Botosani, near the Pmt River.
Sulina
S. Rivensohn; a school. At j unction of the Danube's
middle branch with the Black Sea in Dobrodgea.
1. Liquidating the clergymen conflicts;
3. Increasing the area ofthe cemetery, by buying neighboring land;
4. Repairing the school;
5. Starting reconstruction of the bath (something was
rotten in Tg. Sulita!).
Do not be confused by another shIell, Noua Sulita, located on the east bank of the Pmt River, in Bessarabia,
now in Ukraine, very close to Dorohoi and Botosani.
Certainly in 1937 it was in Romania, but not mentioned
in this volume.
Targu Jiu (1860)
dr. M. Balus; secr., AI. Farchy Flax; rabbi, M.
Goldenberg. The town is in northern Oltenia, now remembered for its concentration camp for Jews and Gypsies, one of the departure points for Trasnistrla.
Targul Ocna (1886)
Marcu Davidovici; v.p., Haim Toivi; cash., Jean
Comissioner; secr. Gen. lancu Jacobson; rabbi, Itic
Suchar. A school and w.p. About 30 kIn southwest of
Bacau.
Tecuci
Max V. Segall; cash., Avram Aronsohn; secr., Beno
Targovistea
HerSCOVlCl;
.. [no v.p...
?] Sch
00,I
az.d
an w.p.
I. Heiman; v.p., I Braunstein; cash., S. lacobsohn; secr., Tulcea
1. Friedman; rabbi N. Strulovici. A school. In Wallachia
(the first of its capitals).
Iacob Zeidler; secr., Th. Radovici; rabbi, Isac A. Isac.
School. Danubian port in north Dobrodgea.
TarguNeamt
Turnul Magurele (1860)
Bernard Froim; v.p., B. H. Beer; cash. M. Herscovici; M Z ·nfi Id D b·
. Wall hi b
km
secr., N. Silbennan; rabbi, F. Frisch. 2 schools and a
. el e . anu Ian port In
ac a, a out 100
southwest ofBucuresti.
w.p. Located about 20 kIn west ofIasi.
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kingdom" was accomplished, but it is not reflected in
this list. Even Jewish communities from the "old kingdom" are omitted: Pitesti, Corabia, Wallachian and
Moldavian Campulung, Reni, etc. Dr. I. Niemerower's
title was "chiefofthe Mosaic cult ofRomania," not only
Vaslui (1805)
D. Zuckerman; v.p., S. Gotlieb and 10sifHaberman; of Wallachia and Moldavia.
cash., I. Fliss; secr. gen. S. Haberman; rabbi Efraim
I wi II be very happy if at least a few readers find some
Landau. 2 schools, a hospital, an az. and a w.p.
help in the names of these multitudes of presidents, viceThe Rabbis' Union from the Old presidents, etc. from 1937. I found a few from my own
family. I tried to add some geographic information for
Kingdom(Moldavia and Wallachia)
Pres., Chief rabbi dr. I. Niemirower, representative of small shtetlach, and I reviewed my childhood and adothe Mosaic Cult in the Senate; seer., rabbi Efraim Landau. lescence in the names and places mentioned in this yearbook. Sometimes, this was with terrible memories:
pograms
in Dorohoi, Bucuresti and lasi (where thouThe list ofJewish Communities ends with a detailed description of the Botosani Community, omitted in the al- sands were killed), Targu Frumos (where a train was
phabeticallist and included in Part 1 ofmy translation, in opened and hundreds of asphyxiated Jewish corpses
the Fall 1997 issue ofROM-SIG NEWS. Here is the dropped lifeless in front of the railroad station), Tg. Jiu
(the Romanian concentration camp), and others.
list ofofficials:
Turnul Severin
Leopold Bach; v.p., Zissu Davidovici; secr., A.
Lowenstein; cash., Solomo Davidovici.
Botosani
Doctor Emil Tauber; v.p., Carol Spodheim [my uncle];
gen. cash., Neuman Mises; gen. secr., Joseph Segall;
board ofeducation: pres., dr. S. Lusgarten; v.p., dr. Henry
Salter; secr., Joseph Schwartz; members Joseph Segall,
Nathan Leibovici, Isac Rosenwald, dr. Emil Tauber;
admin. section: pres., AdolfMoscovici; v.p., Louis Adler;
secr., Marcu Gropper; members, dr. I. Goldhamer, Carol
Spodheim, Nathan losipovici, lancu Goldenberg; religious section: chiefrabbi ofthe community, Ber Berstein;
pres., Inass Miller; v.p., David Huttman; secr., Osias
Marcovici; members, Neuman Mises, Leon Silbennan,
Leib Abramovici, Haim Goldschlegher; delegate of the
synagogues, L. Santman; auditors committee ofthe community: pres, dr. I. Colin; secr., Bernard Kaufinan; members, David Ilovici, Marcu Halmer; delegates ofthe sectors: Pavel Fruchter, Nathan Finkelstein, Solomon
Rottenberg, H. Sternberg, S. Marcovici, S. Taubes, C.
Blumenfeld, Isac Cohn.
Translator's Conclusion and Observations
Thus at the end of this volume, we see the long list of
some of the Jewish communities in Romania in 1937.
But, where are those from Bessarabia, Bukovina and
Transylvania? More than 300,000 Jews from these areas are kept away from the big Romanian Jewish familly?
After World War I, the Romanian dream of the "big
Without any doubt, Bucharest is described with all the
Jewish details possible. We can read between the lines
that in Bucharest the names of some ladies, and even
men, lost their Judaic origin, for many reasons: to escape anti-Semitism, snobishness, the passion for French
names, like Clairette, Pauline, Valerie, Charlotte, Rose,
etc. However the last name remained Jewish or almost
Jewish. These names appeared in the rich Jewish aristocracy and the committees needed these people for
philanthropic reasons. The richness ofthe organizations,
many with philanthropic characters and schools, proved
that the Jews were not accepted in public schools and
many of them were poor, in need of many kinds of help,
especially in 1937. I was impressed by the existence in
Bucharest of an office ofH.I.A.S. In the other towns,
the description of the Jewish Communities are very short
if we compare with the Capital. In any case, I Hope
that the reading ofthis article, filled with names and institutions, will give a homeopathic dose of pleasure, as it
did forme.
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The Tables thatfollow were receivedfrom Profossor Singer ofEditura Hasefor. It is not certain where this information appeared; some ofthe data is incomplete. Individuals in these lists either participated as soldiers in the Romanian War ofIndependence (Russo-Turldsh War) in 1877-1878 or enlisted in the Romanian army or were eligible to
receive Romanian citizenship because they were industrialisls orpossessed higher degrees. Translated by Bruno Segal
TABLE 1: JEWS WHO OBTAINED DEGREES FROM ROMANIAN UNIVERSITIES
NAME
ROMANIAN-BORN
DISTRICf
OIY
COMMENTS
lacob Rozenzveig
Yes
Bacau
Bacau Baccalaureate from Iasi
Herman Erlih
Yes
"
"Finished studying at College in lasi
Yes"
With 7th Order from College Iasi
Isac Biremberg
Haim Jurist
Yes
"
"Followed College Studies in Iasi
Alter Lobel
Yes
"
" R a b b i in Bacau
Yes
Botosani
Botosani Professor of Romanian in Jewish School
Gottlieb Ghinter
Yes
Braila
Braila Assistant in Pharmacy; took part in 1877 War
Seil Moritz
Marcu Rosenfeld
Yes"
Romanian Professor in Jewish School in Braila
Yes
Putna
Focsani Doctor of Medicine
Arnold Grun
Yes
"
"same
Francisc Landau
Sache Alterescu
Yes
Roman
Roman Lawyer
Yes
Romanati
Caracal District Medic
Svartemberg Osias
Moses Goldstern
Yes
Suceva
Folticeni Pharmacist with Bac. Diploma from lasi
Yes
Prahova
Polesci Professor of Romanian in Jewish School in Polesci
Ignatz Ipcar
I. Herdian
Yes
lasi
lasi
Licensed in Medicine in Bucharest
Yes"
Jacques Lebell
Yes
"
Carol Steizingher
Yes
"
"Licensed in Medicine in Bucharest
Heinrich Hertimberg
Yes"
Baccalaureate from lasi
losef Brosner
Ozias Hute
Yes
"
"same
Leon Grasuvald
Yes
"
"same
Elias Fisler
Yes"
same
Leon Hand
Yes
"
"same
Benedict Lippe
Yes
"
"same
Elias Rosenstreich
Yes
"
"same
Osias Tailer
Yes"
same
Yes"
same
lacob Blumenthal
Yes"
same
Efriam Herdan
Yes"
same
Samuel Tailer
Berman Zamft
Yes
"
"same
Isac Last
Yes
"
"same
lacob Grosman
Yes
"
"same
Welhelm Svartzfeld
Yes
"
"same
lacob Goldner
Yes"
same
Aizic Margules
Yes"
same
Simon Moritz Lempart
Yes
Dentist with diploma from Paris;certified medical Counselor from Bucharest
David Lempart
Yes
Ilfov
Bucharest
Dentist with diploma from Paris
""
Dr. of Medicine from Paris; did studies in therapeutics
Moritz Roth
No
Sigismund Steiner
Yes
""
Dr. of Medicine from Vienna
Moritz Rosenthal
Yes
"
same
Solomon Mendelzon
Yes
""
Dr. of Medicine from Berlin
lacob Elias
Yes
"
Baccalaureate student in faculty of Science in Bucharest
Yes
same
Isac I. Uziel
Dr. Alexandru Cocin
1
""
completed medical studies in Romania.
Medical doctor in Paris; medic in ambulance corps in 1877 war; decorated with the Romanian Star.
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TABLE 2: JEWS WHO OBTAINED DIPLOMAS FROM FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES
AND WHO PRACTICED THEIR PROFESSION IN ROMANIA
NAME
ROMANIAN-BORN
Dr. Turcianer
Ernest Mauriciu
Emil Orenstein
Iacob Ingher
IosefPaliser
AdolfMondlih
Herman Iurim
losefLudvig Catianu
Isidor Birchental
Zahri Levi
LudvigHart
lsidor Altschul
Isiel Cohn
Moscovici Mauriciu
Gheler Volfu
Moritz Finchelstein
Meier Froiu
Isidor Focsaneanu
Morta Marcstein
Dr.Seizel
L. S. Steaua Muntena
Leon Feider
Vilhelm Finchelstein
David Almagen
Leon Rosental
Samuel Goldental
AdolfStem
Enric Iscovescu
Heinrich Rosenbec
Isac Davicion (I.D.Bally)
M. Blath
Steiner Pitar
A. Blumenfeld
Marcel Cohen
Ignat Seligman
Moritz Verteimer
A.M. Baly
Sigismund Steiner
scovescu Mauriciu
Emanoil David
Herman Lupus
Leopold Stem
Gabriel Focsener
lohan Aihinbaum Sigismund Aihinbaum
Marcu Farchy
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
DISTRICT
Bacau
CITY
COMMENTS
Bacau
Dr in Bacau 20 yrs
"
same
Dr in Bacau
same
Baccalaureate from Cernauti
"
same
MedDr
Botosani
BotosAni
Medic in Civil Guard
same
Dr in Botosoni
same
Doctor
Braila
Braila
Med Doctor
Covurului
Galati
Architect
Doljiu
Craiova
Has diploma in Rabbinate
Dorohoiu
Mihaileni
Surgeon and Obstetrician Moritz Gutman
same
same
Surgical supervisor at La Seveni
Go~iu
Tirgu-jin
ChiefMed Dr in the district
Neamtul
Neamtu
Licensed in Pharmacy
same
same
Med Dr received Romanian Star
Putna
Focsani
Medical Doctor
Suceava
Falticeni
Medical Doctor
same
same
Surgeon
same
same
Pharmacist with Dplma Munich
Tutova
Barlad
Medical Doctor
same
same
Doctor
Prahova
Ploesci
Medical Doctor
lasi
lasi
Aggregate Univ in Douai
same
same
City Doctor ofBscks for 30 yrs
same
same
Med Doctor
same
same
Med Doctor
same
same
Doctor in Law from Brussels
Ilfov
Bucharest
Doctor in Law
same
same
Licensed in Medicine
same
same
Math degree from Berlin
same
same
Math Professor
same
same
Doctor in Galicia
same
same
Dr of Medicine from Vienna and Berlin
same
Dr. of Medicine from Vienna
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
same
Med Dr from Paris; was a battalian Medic during war
same
same
Obstetrician
same
same
Degree in Law from Paris
same
same
Dr. in Scientific Math from Paris
same
Medical Doctor
same
same
same
Medical Doctor
same
same
Engineer
same
same
Dr of Medicine from Vienna
same
finished Med studies
same
Doctor of Philosophy and licensed in law from Paris; was state official
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ROM-SIG NEWS, Vol. 7, No.1, Fa111998
TABLE 3: JEWS WHO WERE ESTABLISHED IN COMMERCE OR INDUSTRY
Name
Romanian-Born District City
Leib H. Focsaneanu
Avram H. Focsaneanu
David Orenstein
Burah Carniol
Haim Hers Lack
Mendel EneEdelstein
David Grimberg
10sefTheiler
Zisu luster
Adolf Maisels
Faives Clain
LupuAvram
Marcu Avram
Isidor Schenck
Leibis Goldenberg
Marcu Sim
Strul Herman
8. Pomerant
Moise A. Mendel
Leopold Mendel
Ralian Samitca
Saul Samitca
Filip Lazar
Lupu Dusmarin
Lazar Fermu
Isac B. losef
Azer Eskinas
Gavriel Eskinas
Lazar Eskinas
Leon Melemet
Samuil Ionas
Marcu I. Orenstein
Berman Orenstein
I. M. Brenner
Solomon Sibalis
Frideric Sibalis
Albert Goldner
Zaba Moscoviel
Isdrul Naerman
Mendel Predingher
S. Isac Samuil
Isdrael Elias
Marcus Haim
Sentov Semo
Strul Haim Daniel
Leon Daniel
Aizic Daniel
David Vortman
Bernard Tfas
Herscu Goldner
Isidor Goldner
AIter Focar
IosefGoldental
Samuil Goldental
Herscu Buius
Smil Egher
OscarCarniol
Nasftulea Tucher
Berman Teiler
Lupu Axilrad
Moses Voserman
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Comments
Bacau Established Banker-family in Romania for many generations
same
same
same
Established Banker
Tergu-Ocni Blacksmith; Ironmonger
same
All four in Moinesci had established the first factory for gas and oil
same
same
in Moldovia; and also manufactured wax
same
Businessman; son lost in 1877 war.
same
Bacau Son of Dr. Maisels; Banker
Important merchant
same
Buzen Buzen Owner of [velnite]prob callie/arm
Owner of [ve In ite ]
same
"
Covurluiu Galati Printer
Commission Merchant
same
"
Manufacture of Beer
same
"
Roman Roman Establ a farm with a stable for good cows; donated 800 lei in wartime
Doljiu Craiova Had Mill run by steam; mfg bread
Jeweler; had Mill with horses
same
"
same
same
"
Most important printer in Craiova
same
"
same
same
same
Proprietor Print Shop
same
Owner Distillery and Raised best Cattle in Filias
same
Banker
same
Had Distillery and raised best cattle in Tatomiresci
Banker
same
same
Banker
same
Banker
same
In Wool business
Dorohoiu Dorohoiu Had Mill with steam
Putna Focsani Had Velnita; raised healthy cows and made lamp oil
same
same
"
same
same as above
"
same
same as above
Suceva Falticeni Owns Print Shop
"
same
Important Farmer
Dambovita
Tirgoviste
Manufactured gas with 3 Engines
same
Manufactured flax in Gaesci and Beverage Dealer
Prahova Ploesci Banker
same
Banker
same
Banker
same
Banker
same
Banker
Iasi
Iasi
Investor Family lived in Moldavia for many years
same
Investor
"
same
Banker
same
Pharmacist
same
Printer
same
Printer
same
Farmer and Cattle Raiser
"
same
Proprietor
same
Manufactured Matches
Farmer
same
same
Cheese Merchant
same
Commission Merchant
same
Tradesman
same
Tradesman
same
Tradesman Manufacturer
Banker
same
Bacau
31
Comments
Name
same
Investor
YesAron Goldental
same
Investor
Yes
Aron S. Goldental
same
Investor
Yes
Haim Marcu Daniel
same
Investor
Yes
Israil Singher
same
Investor
Yes
David Swartz
IIfov Bucharest Banker
Abr. Halfon
No
No
same
Investor
Sabbetay Abr. Halfon
same
Banker
YesSolomon losifHalfon
Yessame
Banker
Mose Nisim Halfon
Yessame
Banker
SolomonNisimHalfon
Investor
Yessame
Isidor 10sifHalton
same
Involved in building the railroad
Yes
Adolf Weinberg
same
Banker
Yes
Jacques M. Elias
Banker
Yes
same
Solomon Aser
same
Banker
Eliezer Aser
Yes
same
Investor
David Abr. Bally
Yes
same
Important Merchant
Yes
losefMayer
same
Banker
Solomon Elias Cohen
YesYes
same
Banker
Jacques Cohen
same
Banker
Emanuel Farhy
Yes
"
Yessame
Investor
Israel Isac Manoach
same
Banker
Elias 10sifCohen
Yes
same
Book Seller
Yes
Leon B. Alcalay
Yes
same
Merchant
Cociu I. Cohen
TABLE 4: JEWS WHO WROTE OR PRODUCED WORKS IN THE ROMANIAN LANGUAGE
Comments
Name
Published Judiasm and Science in Evolution based on Schleiden
Yes
LazarSein
Translated many foreign works into Romanian
Yes
Bernard V. Vermont
Architect who wrote on travel in Dobrogia
Ph. Muntureann
Yes
Born in lasi; translated the Countessa of Monte Cristo
Yes
I. Kohl
born in Botosani; published poetry
Yes
Ronetti Roman
Bucharest Degree from Bucharest; wrote about Romanian literature; chair
Yes
Dr Moses Gaster
person Romanian Language Dpt
I1fov
Published a novel and poetry "Dramele baraganuli"
S. Feitelsohn
Yes
Vaslui Vaslui Published History and Geography on Travel
Ludovig Calmar
Yes
Nemntu
Publ Romanian History
lacob Psantir
Yes
lasi
lasi
Pub an Annual andNovela
Elias Svartfeld
Yes
Bacau Bacau Published Poetry
Ricard Torocianu
Yes
Falciu Husi
Pub a Novel and was an actor in theater in lasi
Ion Ianolescu
Yes
Buzeu Buzeu Pub Poetry "Incercari" and was in the army
Herman Rainstein
Yes
TABLE 5: JEWISH OFFICERS IN THE ROMANIAN ARMY WHO SERVED FROM 1864
NAME
Nicolae Kerembach
Natan Davidescu
Pavel Kercmbach
loan Herdan
Lazar Fridman
MaxGrun
Abraham Bally
Hecht Nruman
Natan Gavrilwscu
Mauricin Braciner
RANK
Meet. R. Cl. 2
Med. BatCI. I
Med. Bat. Cl.2
Ad-torCI. I
Ad-torCI. 3
SecondLt.
UNIT
resigned
Reg. 3 Art.
Refonnat
Surgeon
Reg.3Unie
Serv. -Centro
In intendent
Reg.6Dor.
Reserve
DISTRICf
Tecuciu
Suceava
Rim-Sarat Focsani
lasi
IIfov
Focsani
Ilfov
Ilfov
Putna
Ilfov
CITY
Tecuciu
Salticcni
lasi
Bucharest
Focsani
Bucharest
Bucharest
Focsani
Bucharest
JOB
Red Cross
Medic
Medic
Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Head of Platoon
NOTES
Did not take part in war[I877-8]
Took part in camprugn
Did not take part in camprugn
Took Part in camp.
Took Part
Took Part
Took Part
Took Part
Took Part
Took Part
32
TABLE 6: JEWISH SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN BATTLE FROM 1870 AND AFTER
Name
Rank Unit
District Place City
Comments
Moritz Vaintrop Soldat Reg 5 line
Dorohoiu
Tergul Piatra Died in hosp contingent
ValerLupu
Reg 5 line
lassy Part IV lassy
"
Neamtu Tergului Neamtu "
" 5
Moritz Vaintrop
" 7
Tecuciu Tecuciu Tecuciu Died in Basttle 9/6/77
Feinberg lancu Moise Haim
" 8" Roman Moldova
Roman Died in hosp contingent
Strulovici Aron Moise
Reg 2 ros
lassy Copou lassy Died 1873
Fabias losef
" 6 dor
IIfov
Col Negru
Bucrest same
" 7
Prahova Sfimparati
Ploesci Died 6/8178
Leibu Alter
Avram Itic
" 13 dor
lassy Orasu lassy Died 8/27/?
Palet llie" 13 dor
"
Died 3/29/?
13 dor
Grunfeld Moise
Died 8/26/?
Bercu lancu
" 13 dor
Itic Israel
" 13 dor
Finchelstein Moise
" 13 dor
" 14 dor
Roman Roman Batran-esci
Died 9/6/?
Faibis Leiba
" 8 cal Bacau Bis de sus
Lucani Disappeared on the field
luster Aron
Fainaru Herscu
" 8 cal "
Bis de jos
Paicesci Died in his house
Moise Stoler
" 2 artilNeamtu Bis de sus
Buhus Died 12/11/?
Sgt
losefidier
" 5 line Botosani
Tergului Botosani
Died in hosp contingent
Opincaru Bewris Soldat " 71ine Neamtu "
Piatra Died of Typhus
44
44
44
44
TABLE 7: JEWISH SOLDIERS WHO WERE REFORMED IN THE ARMY FROM 1870
[ed's note: we have no idea what "reformed" means. Your guess is as good as ours]
Name
Rank Unit
District Place City
Comments
Golden Smil
Soldier Reg 5 line
Falciu Podoleni Raducani Contingent 1871
Goldenberg Bercu "
Reg 8 line
Botosani
Tergul Botosani
"
1877
Feldman Moscu
Bat 1 yen
Dolj
Ocolu Crajova" 1875
Herscu Leiba
Bat 3 yen
Neamtu Piasa de sus
Neamtu " 1874
Aizic Herscu
Bat 3 yen
Roman Bacesci Bacesci
1875
Leifer Avram
Reg 1 ros
Vasluiu
" 1871
Naftule Pinhas
"
Reg 1 ros
Botosani
" 1872
Rufel Adam
Reg 6 dor
IIfov
Col. Albas.
Bucarest" 1874
Marcu Melter
"
Reg 13dor
Dorohoiu
Berho-male
Milhaileni
" 1876
Croiteru M o i s e "
" 1876
Alter Noh
""
"Berham "
'4 1876
Freilat Nusam
lasi
Orasullasi
" 1877
Usir sin Zalman
Reg 14dor
Roman MoldovaRoman " 1877
Mendel A vram"
"
Bacau Tasl. de sus
Mainesci
" 1872
Petraru Haim Leiba
Reg 15dor
Neamtu Piatra Piatra "1876
Celie Sunan
Reg 6 cal
Vasluiu Stemnic Berdesci" 1877
Blumen Talic
"Dorohoiu
Cosula dorohoiu
" 1870
Cotingaru Moise"
Reg 8 cal
Suceava Samuzu Falticeni Reformat 12/10170
Lupu Marcu
"""
" 1871
Smil Idel"
Comp2jan
lasi
Despar. IV
lasi
Reformat contigentl875
" D i v p lasi
Despar. III
Reformat contigent 1878
Rubinstein Herscu
Covrigaru Ilie
Reg 2 line
Bacau Bacau Bacau Contingent 1869
Avram losef
Reg 4 line
Neamtu PI. de susNeamtu" 1868
Leizer Avram
"
"
Roman Sir de sus
Roman " 1868
Haim Bercu
Reg 7 cal
Iasi
Carligata T.-Frumos
" 1866
Leiba Haim
"
" " " " 1867
Ilie L e i z e r "
" 1868
Snul Aran
" " "
•• 1868
Leiba Avram
'4
" 1868
44
33
TABLE 7: JEWISH SOLDIERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN COMBAT, 1877-1878
[note: this list should contain 202 names, but was sent to us with one page missing and only 150 names]
District, Place and Town refer to the locality from which the individual was recruited.
Name
Abur Anton
M. Herdan
Mandelbaum Simon
Isac Marcus
Moise Alter
lancu Samoel
Tinghelstein losef
Simon Abram
Hercovici Herman
Benhea losef
Patrule David
lIuna Moise
Leibovici Abram
Bercovici Froim
Leibu Boiangiu
Abranovici Haim
Marcu lancu
Susel Hene
Avram Smilovici
Herscovici Leizer
Leiba Herscu
Herlih Alter
Cerzacu Moise
Herscu Zaharia
Avram lancu
Arbinel Mendel
Duma Antal
Avram Moise
Marcis Leiba
Lighider losef
Veesler Avram
Sin Avram Haiam
Simon Marcovici
Sin Aizic Marcu
Moretz Hefuer
Berman David
Strul Moise
Smil Aizic Marcu
Moise Fruct
Aron Strul
losef Moise
Adolf Hefner
Goldenberg Aizic
Brociner Moritz
Naiman Itic
Rank
Soldier
Assist.Surgeon
Corporal
Sergeant
Coml!!ny
Reg.4 dor.
Spit.mCr.
Reg.5linie
Reg. 8 Iinie
District
Arges
Arges
Braila
Braila
Town
Pitesci
C.-de-Arg.
Tergului Braila
Balta
Braila
Place
Pitesci
"
Soldier
"
Corporal
Soldier
Corporal
Sergeant
Soldier
Brigadier
Soldier
Combatant
Auxilliary
Reg.9dor.
S. pem. Br.
Reg. 8 dor.
Buzeu
Reg.5linie
Bacau
Reg. 8 linie
Reg. 2 roS.
Reg.14dor.
Soldier
Sergeant
Sergeant
Sergeant-Major Reg. 8 cal.
Sergeant
"
Sergeant
Reg. 2 artil.
Soldier
Reg. 3 artit.
Div. P.lasi
Reg.5linie
Buzeu
Tergului Bacau
Bistr de Sus Geosanii
Tasl.deSus Mainesci
Bacau Bacau
Auxilliary
Combatant
Combatant
"Musicant"
Bistr.deSus Bacau
Combatant
Auxilliary
Combatant
Combatant
Trotus. Tirgu Ocna
Tasl. de sus Podurile
Bacau
Botosani
Combatant
Bistrde Jos Clija
Scorteni
Bist.deSus Hamesi
Valea-Mare
Bacau
Milletin Sulita
Tergului Botosani
"
"
Auxilliary
Combatant
Auxilliary
Combatant
Reg.8linie
"
"
"
"
"
Brigadier
Sergeant
Soldier
Brigadier
Seargeant
Soldier
Seargeant
Soldier
Reg. 2 roS.
Reg.16dor.
Sc. fiil. mil.
Esc. 2g. lasi
Reg. 4 artil.
Reg. 5 cal.
Reg.8linie
Botosani Botosani
Tergului"
Covurlui
"
Bucega
Botosani
Horincea Beresci
Siretu Balati
Medic
"
"
Comp.Sanit.
"
"Musicant"
Combatant
"Tobosar"
Combatant
Siretu
missing next 52 names (all oflasi and most of Bucuresti)
)sac Uzel
Veimberg Adolf
Erodrech Herman
Vestfreid Filip
Aptecher Levy
Barach Mauriciu
TYUe of Service
Combatant
Combatant
Auxilliary
I1fov
Bucuresti
Combatant
Auxilliary
Combatant
Auxilliary
Combatant
34
Rank
Name
District
Place Town
Coml!!n):
Comp.sanit.
Medic
I1fov
Zarhi Leon
Bucuresti
Hasan losef
"
"
Goldenberg Mat
"
Fridman Isac
"
"
Cismaru Nitu
Sergeant
Reg. I art.
Mah.Dobr. Bucuresti
Soldier
Col.
Rosu
Rosenzveig Hennan
"
"
Reg. 2 art.
Dambovita
Chan(?) Davila
Sergeant
Sergeant
Cismaru Nitu
"
"
Reg.
I
cal.
Mehedinti
Aron Moise
Ocolu
Cemeti
"
"
Corp. flotil.
Istrael Adolf
Soldier
Severin
"
Nemtul
"Tam-Major"
Reg.5linie
Tergului Piatra
lancu Leon
Muntele Buhus
Soldier
Schvartz Itzig
De Sus Piatra
Capelovici Copel
"
Piatra Piatra
Reg. 15 Iinie
HobmanHaim
"
Bistrita Buhus
Itic Salaman
Moise Herscu
"
"
Reg. Scal.
BisdeSus Nemtu
Pincu Meer
"
Bat. Geniu
Piatra Girovu
Garcineanu David
"
Bat. 3 venat
De Sus Terg. Neamt
MaerLeibu
Corporal
"
Focsani
Reg.2linie
Putna
Soldier
Solaman Faibar
Racaciuni
Adjud
Corporal
Reg. 10. dor.
Iuclea Maer
Biliesci Focsani
Soldier
Cretu Meer
"
Racaciuni Adjud Nou
Reg. 6 cal.
Mihail Midel
"
"
Focsani
Reg. 3 art.
Brigadier
Moise losef
"
Racaciuni Adjud
Soldier
Leiba Lupa
"
"
Focsani
Corporal
Bat 3 ven
Avram lancu
"
Soldier
Garlele "
Marcu lancu
"
"
Prahova
St. Imper Ploesci
Sergeant
Ghisberg Aron
"
C.uvr.artil.
IticSamoel
"
"
Ram.deJos R-Sarat
Reg. S.lin.
R-Sarat
David lancu
Esc.detr.
Soldier
LazarAron
"
Ram-Sarat "
Sergeant
Reg. 3 art.
Solaman Papuc
Bat. geniu
LeibuRiven
Corporal
"
Bat 3 ven
Soldier
Herscu Ilie
"
LeibuHaim
"
"
"
"
"
MarcuAvram
"
"
RegS lin
Roman
Moldova Roman
SimsaLeiba
"
Zud Mihel
"
"
"
Leiba Moise
"
"
"
Simanesci
Bercu Lupu
"
"
"
Ser
de
Sus
Gadinta
RegS
lin
Bercu Herscu
"
"
Tergului
Roman
Bat 1 ven
Sergeant
Seinfeld David
Reg I_os
Anghel Gheorghe
"
"
[note: the preceding is not a Jewish name--probably an error on the part ofthe original clerical official]
Moldova Roman
Reg 14dor
Corporal
Avramovici lancu
I1_scu Itig
"
"
"
Soldier
Such- Herscu
"
"
Simon Haim
"
Moldova Roman
Reg.14dor.
Roman
Soldier
Itic Aron
Hoisic Vidgdier
"
"
"
"
T):~e of Service
Combatant
Combatant
Auxilliary
Combatant
Auxilliary
Combatant
"La infermer"
Combatant
"
"
"
Auxilliary
Combatant
"
"
"ca lucrator"
Auxilliary
"
Combatant
"
"
"
"
"
"
Auxilliary
Combatant
"Musicant"
"Int. Res. Spi."
Combatant
"
"
Combatant
"
Name
Leiba laneu
Grunberg Moise
Strul Leiba
Strul Ionia
losub Moise
Perit sin Smil
Mihel Mendel Moise
Tueherman Moise
Manaseu Stul
Finehelstein Bereu
Idem Leibu
Ghimpovici laneu
Caengiu Herseu
Herseu Leiba
Copala Itie
Flinter laneu
Peisie Leibu
MoiseOzie
losub laneu
Sulam Iosub
Boiangiu Izer
Horoduieeanu Maftule
Safer Avram
Bereu Peisik
Idisa Littman
Crestinu Mareu
Aizie Riven
Feredieru Faibis
Leibu losef
Grunberg Leizer
Orenstein Ilie
Salman Avraam
SmilSendel
Leiboviei Moise
Iteoviei Leibu
Avram Bereu
Ceaus Meer
laeob Sender
Frenkel Smil
Mareu David
Ceaus Itig
Moise losub
Moseoviei Daniel
Veesler Herseu
Caldararu David
Ciobotaru Meer
Barach Moritz
Sehvartenberg Osias
GrunAmold
Sigmund Alexandru
Rank
Comm!n~
District
Place
Town
35
T~ue of Service
"
CarJigul
Halaueesei
Roman
Fundu Rusii
T. Baeesei
Siretu-d-J Aniseani
Moldova Roman
dor.ehem.2
Soldier
"
Sergeant
Brigadier
Soldier
Corporal
Soldier
"
"
"
Reg8dor.
Reg 8 cal.
Reg I art
Reg 3 art
"Ca sanitar"
Auxilliary
Combatant
Reg 4 art.
Bat 3 venat.
Fundul Basesci
Bratistea
Moldova Roman
Auxilliary
"
Bate 51inie
Sueeva
"
"
Tergului Foltieeni
Siretul Piseani
"
"
Sergeant
Soldier
Bat. 15 dor.
Reg. 15 dor
Somuza Faltieeni
Faltieeni
"
"
Reg. 8 cal.
Corporal
Sergeant
Corporal
Soldat
Reg. 2 lin.
Reg. 2 ros.
Reg 12dor.
"
Reg.6.eal
Reg. 3 art.
Sergeant
Soldier
Bat 3 veu
Reg. 2 ros
Reg 13 dor
Brigadier
Soldier
Brigadier
Corporal
Soldier
Medie(?)
Siret
Tutova
Berlad
Vasluiu
Reg. 7 cal.
Com.u.art.
Reg. 2 art.
Serv. san it.
Botosani
Vasluiu
Putna
lasi
Dolhasea
Faltieeni
Berlad
"
Tutova Coradesci
Semila Bogdana
Avramesci
Berheeiu Comi
Zeletin Stanesei
Raeova Pungesei
Cra na Mun. de Sus
Stemnie Vasluiu
Raeova Pungesei
Stemnie Bardesci
Funduri Val.Statului
Stemnie Vasluiu
Raeova Pungesei
Vasluiu
Botosani
Vasluiu
Foesani
Iasi
Combatant
"Musieant"
Combatant
Auxilliary
Combatant
Auxilliary
Combatant
"
"
Auxilliary
"Ca luerator"
Combatant
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