My mother, Blanka, told me the same with her brother and parents. Only she returned by foot as well. The others perished
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 23, 2022, at 10:18 PM, Peggy <peg...@tpg.com.au> wrote: > > Hi Mark > > I can confirm they were indeed cattle cars. > > My mother, her sister, father and mother were forced to travel on one to > Transnistria where they stayed for 3 years until they were liberated by the > Russians soldiers who told them "we can't believe any of you Jews are still > alive". My grandfather did not survive the cap and died from Typhoid. A > group of survivors walked back to Romania on foot taking several weeks, > staying in farms along the way home. > > ******************************************************************************* > This moderated discussion group is for information exchange on the subject of > Czernowitz and Sadagora Jewish History and Genealogy. The opinions expressed > in these posts are the opinions of the original poster only and not > necessarily > the opinions of the List Owner, the Webmaster or any other members > or entities connected with this mailing list. The Czernowitz-L list has an > associated web site at http://czernowitz.ehpes.com that includes a > searchable archive of all messages posted to this list. Beginning in 2021, > archived messages can be found at: > https://www.mail-archive.com/czernowitz-l@list.cornell.edu/ > > To send mail to the list, address it to <czernowit...@cornell.edu>. > > To remove your address from this e-list follow the directions at > https://it.cornell.edu/lyris/leave-e-lists-lyris > > To receive assistance for this e-list send an e-mail message to: > owner-czernowit...@list.cornell.edu > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ******************************************************************************* This moderated discussion group is for information exchange on the subject of Czernowitz and Sadagora Jewish History and Genealogy. The opinions expressed in these posts are the opinions of the original poster only and not necessarily the opinions of the List Owner, the Webmaster or any other members or entities connected with this mailing list. The Czernowitz-L list has an associated web site at http://czernowitz.ehpes.com that includes a searchable archive of all messages posted to this list. Beginning in 2021, archived messages can be found at: https://www.mail-archive.com/czernowitz-l@list.cornell.edu/ To send mail to the list, address it to <czernowit...@cornell.edu>. To remove your address from this e-list follow the directions at https://it.cornell.edu/lyris/leave-e-lists-lyris To receive assistance for this e-list send an e-mail message to: owner-czernowit...@list.cornell.edu -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
