Edgar, This sounds fascinating, as well as being a monumental piece of work! Thank you once again for sharing. Leah Snider
Sent from AOL on Android On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 6:01 AM, Czernowitz Genealogy and History digest<[email protected]> wrote: Subject: czernowitz-l digest: May 25, 2026 From: "Czernowitz Genealogy and History digest" <[email protected]> Reply-To: "Czernowitz Genealogy and History" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 00:01:17 -0400 CZERNOWITZ-L Digest for Monday, May 25, 2026. 1. A Snippet from "Die Stimme" [The Voice] in 1957: THE GREAT JEWISH NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY ******************************************************************************* 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, message are archived at: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To send mail to the list, address it to <[email protected]>. 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: [email protected] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Czernowitzers... A new edition of “Die Stimme”, the monthly Newsletter for the Bukovinians, was published on 01-AUG-1957. Let's take a journey into the past together to comprehend what moved our ancestors, their relatives and friends back then! Fortunately, Salomon Wininger, who was born in Gura Humora in Bukovina, completed his life’s work and, with THE GREAT JEWISH NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY, he created a monumental encyclopedia of the Jewish people. We can be grateful that his entire work, in seven volumes, published in Czernowitz between 1925 and 1936, is available to us online (see link). In his work, Salomon Wininger compiled more than 14,000 biographies, but—of course—not his own. Dr. Fränkel fills this gap in the August 1957 issue of “Die Stimme,” and we do so here today as well: “Schlomo Wininger was and remains one of the great biographers of the Jewish people. His name will always be counted among the small number of recognized Jewish historians and biographers. More than fifty years ago, still in Theodor Herzl’s time, he set himself the life’s work of documenting what Jews have accomplished in all fields and contributed to the advancement of culture and civilization. Wininger lived and worked in Czernowitz. Inspired by the movement for the national rebirth of the Jewish people, he worked tirelessly for several decades to complete his ‘Great Jewish National Biography.’ This standard work on the Jewish people was published in seven volumes between 1925 and 1936, containing biographical data, descriptions, and details about the lives and works of some 14,000 figures. Individuals—men and women of all eras and all countries—who have been immortalized in Jewish history, literature, philosophy, and science, as well as Jewish artists, actors, politicians, musicians, and philanthropists of the past and present, are profiled in detail here. Many of these became victims of Nazism, and Wininger’s work is the only reference source where one can find biographical information about Jewish figures who were subsequently murdered by Hitler and Himmler. Wininger never rested; even after the publication of his magnum opus, he continued his important work to make additions and improvements. He was in contact with people all over the world and collected further material. Then came the War of Hitler, which also destroyed Wininger’s home along with his library, irreplaceable materials, manuscripts, and biographical notes. Fortunately, he was able to save himself and has been living in Israel, in Ramat Gan, since 1951. […] Dr. Fränkel (London)” https://sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/freimann/content/titleinfo/6487687 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomon_Wininger https://difmoe.eu/uuid/uuid:afd2311b-71c5-4129-9b78-257842c35366 Dr. Manfred Reifer founded the Chug Olej Bukovina [Association of Immigrants from Bukovina] and decided to publish “Die Stimme”. He entrusted with this task Dr. Elias Weinstein, the former editor of the renowned daily newspaper “Czernowitzer Morgenblatt”. I will try to let “Die Stimme” continue to resound in the future and invite you to follow me on this journey. Your comments are highly welcome! Edgar Hauster [MacBook] P.S.: By courtesy of the Digital Forum Central and Eastern Europe (DiFMOE) "Jewish-German Bukovina 1918+" Digitization Project: https://www.difmoe.eu ******************************************************************************* This moderated discussion group is for information exchange on the subject of Czernowitz and Sadagora Jewish History and Genealogy. The opinions expressed in these posts are the opinions of the original poster only and not necessarily the opinions of the List Owner, the Webmaster or any other members or entities connected with this mailing list. 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/[email protected]/ To send mail to the list, address it to <[email protected]>. 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