Friday, September 11, 2015

Rosh Hashanah greetings, 1913

Private ads in Czernowitzer Allgemeine Zeitung, October 2, 1913 (1 Tishrei 5674)

Monday, August 31, 2015

Archduke Karl Franz Joseph addresses Czernowitz Jews

Translation of the German text (printed using two alphabets): "Your coreligionists greatly suffered under Russian reign because of their patriotism. The Jewish population is very patriotic. We will never forget it."

(Source: http://studiolum.com/wang/ww1/lemberg/iv-karoly-csernovicban.jpg)

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Bad Lopuszna, 1870


Franz Xavier Knapp, Bad Lopuszna (1870)
Litho H.Wolf, Vienna

Source: The Romanian Academy Library

Volksgarten,1867


 

 

 
Franz Xavier Knapp, Volksgarten in Czernowitz (1867)
Litho H.Wolf, Vienna

Source: The Romanian Academy Library

Bad Haus, 1867


Franz Xavier Knapp, Bad Haus (1867)
Litho H.Wolf, Vienna

Source: The Romanian Academy Library

Hauptstrasse, 1870


Franz Xavier Knapp, Hauptstrasse in Czernowitz (1870)
Litho H.Wolf, Vienna

Source: The Romanian Academy Library

Monday, March 25, 2013

Haggadah from Czernowitz



Haggadah with the imprint of Czernowitz publisher Sholom Zilber masked by the imprint of a Przemysl publisher.

Source

Friday, March 15, 2013

"Borokhov" kindergarten and sports club


Poale Tzion kindergarten in Cernăuţi, ca.1920 (photo from the YIVO archives)
Ber Borokhov's portrait stands on the cabinet in the background.



Borokhov sports and tourism club, Cernăuţi,1930

Photos from the Ghetto Fighters House Archives

Thursday, March 14, 2013