Hi I spoke with my father about this (he is younger was born at the end of 1937) he also says he had nonformal learning during the war , only a bit of henrew letters and reading hebrew from a traveling teacher.
On Fri, 2 Oct 2026, 17:10 Ben - benbeut at icloud.com (via CZERNOWITZ-L list), <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you; one point that we in my family have been speculating about / > debating is whether this indicates that he was a student in that school > (versus just taking a test). He had always told us that he had no formal > education during the war and the paper’s lines for ‘attendance’ are empty, > but on the other hand it ranks him against a class of 107. > > So if anyone has heard any other stores that might help illuminate what > was happening in or around the school it’d be very appreciated. > > Thanks! > Benjamin > > > > > On Sep 29, 2026, at 5:43 PM, Leonid Kats <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Benjamin, > > > > As I read the header, it is a certificate of the Jewish community > > schools of Czernowitz, issued under two authorisations: the Governor > > of Bukovina, No. 7556 of 11 October 1943, and the Education > > Directorate, No. 44733/43/II of 23 November 1943 — for a "difference > > examination" for the 4th grade at an extraordinary session of 1943/44. > > > > That fits what I have seen in the Bukovina Governorate files (USHMM > > RG-31.006M): a police note of 31 December 1943 reports that the city > > hall had approved a building at Wilson Street 8 "for a Jewish primary > > school" (reel 12, frame 748), while reports from spring 1943 still > > describe private teachers going from house to house (reel 18, frames > > 945–946). So it seems Jewish schooling was allowed again, in a limited > > way, only in late 1943 — until the Soviets returned in March 1944. > > That is my reading, not a document; the orders themselves are probably > > in the Education Directorate files in the Chernivtsi archive. > > > > Best regards, > > Leonid Katz > > > > 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] > > 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] 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]
