I believe my father worked for Berthold Klinghofer before the war -?at a Ford agency in Czernowitz. He was very fond of him. I am familiar with his wonderful art work
Stephen Winters Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 31, 2026, at 9:38 AM, Edgar Hauster <[email protected]> wrote: > > Czernowitzers... > > A new edition of "Die Stimme", the monthly newspaper for the Bukovinians, was > published on 01-MAY-1959. Let's take a journey into the past together to > comprehend what moved our ancestors, their relatives and friends back then! > > It was only after I read about the "MEETING OF THREE PEOPLE SAID TO BE DEATH > AFTER 18 YEARS" in the May 1959 issue of "Die Stimme" that I came across the > fascinating article by our fellow member Mark Auslander. In "City of Life, > City of Death: Two Paintings by Berthold Klinghofer" (see Related Links), > Mark—a distant relative of Berthold Klinghofer—has succeeded in building a > bridge from the time of the Holocaust, through the postwar period of 1959, to > our own time. This is of significant importance to us, the later generations, > and I recommend Mark’s article at least as enthusiastically as the original > article. > > "On July 16, 1941, in Czernowitz, on the orders of the SS command unit > stationed there at the time, attorney Sascha Pinkensohn, Prof. Berthold > Klinghoffer, and Dr. Elias Weinstein were arrested. At the gendarmerie > headquarters, to which they were immediately transferred, they learned that > they were to be executed the following night. Shortly thereafter, they were > escorted by a heavy military patrol to the village of Rewna, located 7 > kilometers from Czernowitz, to be handed over to the gendarmerie post there. > Already on the way, Klinghoffer attempted suicide by poisoning himself. > Miraculously, these three prisoners escaped the cruel fate of being shot: > Klinghoffer, who was brought back to Czernowitz by a patrol shortly > thereafter, managed to flee with his family to Bucharest. There, he was > captured by military authorities and, after horrific torture, brought back to > Czernowitz, only to be deported from there to a penal camp in Transnistria. > After the war ended, Klinghoffer fled with his family to the free world and, > via a detour through Canada, arrived in Milan, where he settled permanently > with his wife and son. Sascha Pinkensohn and Dr. Weinstein were added to a > group of Jews from Northern Bukovina on August 1, 1941, and deported with > them via the industrial town of Luzan to Transnistria. Amid dramatic > circumstances, the two subsequently managed to flee to Czernowitz. Shortly > thereafter, attorney Pinkensohn continued his flee to Bucharest with his wife > and son. He was imprisoned by the communist regime and, after regaining his > freedom, was able to make aliyah to Israel a few weeks ago. Berthold > Klinghoffer is currently visiting the country as a tourist with his wife. The > three friends, who had shared moments of great hardship, were able to see > each other again for the first time in Tel Aviv after 18 years." > > > Related Links: > > https://markauslander.com/2020/11/22/city-of-life-city-of-death-two-paintings-by-berthold-klinghofer/ > https://ehpes.com/blog1/?p=10364 > https://difmoe.eu/uuid/uuid:919ff374-4aea-49b5-bb75-c3adb4d3df41 > > > 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. 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