Introduction
For those who spent part
or all of their youth in pre-war Czernowitz, their memories are most
likely bittersweet. They can remember some of their teachers whom
they might have admired and learned well from, as well as their
fellow students and friends with whom they once attended school. It
is often difficult for them, however, to look back on these times
with only fond, nostalgic memories that might somehow comfort them,
as so many of us do as we get older when we reflect back on our
youth. So many of their classmates perished in Czernowitz and the
surrounding towns, or in ghettos, or were deported to Transnistria
or a number of concentration camps scattered throughout Europe.
Many, though, were fortunate to either have emigrated before the
war, or were blessed and somehow survived the Holocaust.
Whatever the fate of the students who
attended these
dear schools, after some sixty five years or more since the Russians
marched brazenly into Czernowitz, it is not only nice, but is a
mitzvah, to honor their memory by remembering them. In this series
of pages, there exist many school photos that cover the spectrum of
ages and grades of the Czernowitz youth, from kindergarten to university level.
For those of you who
may have attended school in Czernowitz, you might remember the
good times you had with your classmates. Certainly, if
you happen to remember the names of anyone in these photos currently
unidentified, please contact the
Museum of Family History at the website e-mail address
postmaster@museumoffamilyhistory.com with the information needed,
i.e. from which photo you are making the identification, the location of the student (or teacher)
in the photo whom you wish to
identify. For those of you not from Czernowitz, you may only be able
to gaze at the visages of these fine, young people, and imagine what
kind of souls they might have been during these times, and what
might have become of them.
Below
is a partial list of schools that Jewish students may have
attended in Czernowitz. You can click on any active
(underlined) links to
reach a page about that particular school. Not all schools
listed below have photos represented here within this
exhibition, but they would be most welcome additions. For
those of you who might have them, please
send the photos to the Museum in their original size. Also, do send to the museum any corrections and
omissions. The list of schools are as follows:
1. Liceul Marele Voivod Mihai (LMVM)
2. Liceul Emanuel Grigorovitza (Hodel Privatlyzeum)(LEG) -
private, boys only
3.
High School "L3" (Liceul
No. 3)
4.
High School
"LF2" (Liceul de Fete No. 2)
5.
Safah Ivriyah
(Hebrew elementary school)
6. Seminariul Pedagogic Universitar (SPU) (high school)
-boys
7. Volksschulle in der
Schulgasse
(elementary school)
8.
Elite School -
private, mixed
9. Meisler School
-
private, mixed
10.
Komenius School
-
mixed
11.
Teacher's Seminarion
12. Yiddish Middle
School No. 3
13. Yiddish
Middle School No. 18
There are some class photographs that
cannot be assigned a school name.
If you can identify the school, please contact the Museum:
14.
Girls Elementary
School
No class photographs are available for the following
schools:
15. Liceul Mihai Eminescu (LME) - (high school) -
private, boys;
16. Liceul Miron Costin - boys
17. Liceul Carmen Sylvia (LCS) - private, girls
18. Liceul Iulia Hashdeu (LIH) - private, girls
19. Liceul
Oltea Doamna (LOD) - public, girls (see LF2)
20. Liceul Aron Pumnul (LAP) - public, boys
21. Liceul Ortodox de Baietzi - public, boys
22. Liceul
Iuliu Valori - boys
23. Miron Costin - middle school, boys
24. Scoala primara Gheorghe Tofan-
unknown
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