Czernowitzers... A new edition of "Die Stimme", the monthly newspaper for the Bukovinians, was published on 01-NOV-1958. Let's take a journey into the past together to comprehend what moved our ancestors, their relatives and friends back then!
When it comes to the Kula family, I wrote in 2017 to all of you: "Today I have the privilege to share with all of you Robert Burton's story (see below). From Bukovina via Ellis Island to Toronto, with side trips to Paris, Bucharest, Stockholm, but also to Cyprus, Palestine and even to Iran, what a thirilling family history! Thank you, dear Bob, and we are looking forward to reading more from you!" Given this background, the article PRESIDENT OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN CARACAS—A BUKOVINER, published in the November 1958 issue of "Die Stimme," is all the more striking. "One feels a certain sense of satisfaction upon hearing that some survivors of the catastrophe that befell European Jewry—after years of persecution and torment—finally managed to establish themselves economically in a foreign country and attain a notable social standing. Some of these fortunate individuals, thanks to their strong sense of community and their aptitude for representing public interests, were able to gain the trust of broader Jewish communities in their new countries of residence. News has come from Caracas that, a few weeks ago, Samuel Kula was elected president of the Union Israelita de Caracas (Ashkenazi Jewish Community) there. Mr. Samuel Kula had already been a member of this community’s council for about five years, and it must be regarded as a sign of special esteem that the community’s voters awarded him, of all people, the highest honor they have to bestow in the most recent elections. The result of this election is all the more significant given that only a very small portion of the Jewish Community of Caracas consists of Mr. Kula’s immediate compatriots. The new President of the Union Israelita de Caracas was born in 1912 in Rarancze (near Czernowitz) as the son of the landowner Josef Kula. Samuel Kula’s parents were murdered in 1941 by Romanian Nazis in the small town of Czudyn—near which his father owned an estate—immediately after the Romanian reoccupation of Northern Bukovina. After completing his studies in Czernowitz, Samuel Kula worked in the banking sector. For a number of years, he worked at Ostbank and at Banca Comercială Națională, serving at the latter as secretary to Director Edmund Luttinger, who also served as the Dutch Honorary Consul. The new President of the Jewish Community of Caracas has lived in that city for about ten years. Thanks to his business expertise and work enthusiasm, Samuel Kula succeeded in establishing a major company in the gold and jewelry industry, which he manages together with his brother Leo Kula. The Kula brothers are the owners of the wholesale business “Distribuidora de Joyerias C. A.” We extend our warmest congratulations to the new President of the Cultural Association of Caracas on the occasion of his election." https://czernowitz.ehpes.com/czernowitz12/testfile2017-1/0655.html http://czernowitz.blogspot.com/2014/05/jewish-taxpayers-in-bukovina-at-end-of.html https://difmoe.eu/uuid/uuid:8c9c7a13-7139-44f9-b719-d21cf504a554 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]>. To remove your address from this e-list follow these directions. https://it.cornell.edu/simplelists/manage-subscriptions To receive assistance for this e-list send an e-mail message to: [email protected]
