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Maps
View SADGORA via MapQuest
(Lat 48° 21´, Long 25° 58´)
1882
Map of Bukowina/Galicia - See Bukowina in lower
right corner
Ethnic
Map of Bukowina, 1910 - > 600K
Map
of Sadgora, 1998 - in Russian, English caption
Bukowina
map page - old maps of Czernowitz and Bukowina
Current
Chernivtsi Street Map - (in Russian or Ukrainian), each section is clickable,
see Sadgora in upper right section
Another
Chernivtsi Street Map - (in Russian or Ukrainian), click on map on left,
enlargement appears on right; includes Sadgora
German
and Romanian Street Names in Chernivtsi
History
Sadgora
- in Pinkas Hakehillot (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities) Volume II:
Rumania, Publisher: Yad Vashem, 1980 (English translation).
Sadgora
chapter, by Dr. Leo Bruckenthal; English translation from "The
History of the Jews of the Bukowina," a landmark two-volume collection
edited by Hugo Gold.
Brief
History of Sadgora - from the Beth Hatefutsoth
database.
About
the Sadagora Rebbe - from the Beth Hatefutsoth web site
The
Russian Mint and the Founding of Sadgora - and an image of the
Sadgora
coinage of 1772.
Sadagora Yizkor book translation posted online, 2005/06: Der Judische Vatikan in Sadagora, 1850-1950
Volumes I and II 
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Pictures
Collection
of historic photographs of Sadgora
Historic
photos - Great Temple and Home of the Sadagora Rebbe - contributed by
Rabbi Schloime Scharf
Ruzhin
Hasidim pray inside their synagogue - Simon Wiesenthal Multimedia
Learning Center Online
Family
photos from Sadgora - early 1900's, revised and expanded!
Photos
of Sadgora, 1993 - Clifford Rees
Photos of Sadgora, 1998 - Bruce Reisch
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Trip Reports
An
Immigrant's Return - report of 1993 trip to Kiev and Sadgora,
with photos.
Back
to Bukovina - A Trip to My Roots in Radauti and Sadgora,
1998.
The
Jews of Chernivtsi - by Sue Ann Harding. Story based on a visit in August
2000, originally published in the Jewish Quarterly (London)
Searching
for Ancestral Memories -by Melita Fuhrman Vickter - trip report - Mogilev-Podolsky,
Czernowitz and Sadgora, 2002
Sadagora, My Place of Birth
- 2001 trip report by Natan Weissmann
Memoirs
The
recollections of Sol Miller, born Zrul Leib Reisch, of Sadagora
- 1974 oral history, by grandson Clifford Rees
The
unpublished autobiography of Jacob Nussen "Jack" Kreisberg of Sadagora
- ca. 1960
Interview
with Jack Becker, 1974 - Reminiscences of His Early Days - by Elizabeth
Becker Cooksey
Follow up to the Jack Becker story - Meeting My Cousin Bill Becker - by Elizabeth Becker Cooksey
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Background Information
The Bukovina
Jews World Union (Der Weltverband der Bukowiner Juden)
Bibliography:
Annotated list of references on Sadgora
Status
of the Jewish Cemetery in Sadgora
Information on Sadgora Landsmannschaften
Reminiscences of Transnistria - written
by Mendel Halpern, a survivor from Radauti.
Holocaust in Romania - by Matatias Carp (formerly known
as the "Black Book", this is a "pdf" file)
Memoirs
of Holocaust Survivors in Canada - Volume 3 by Nahum
Meir Halpern and Volume 5 by Markus Lecker discuss experiences in Bukowina.
My
Childhood in the Shadow of the Holocaust, translated from Yiddish, by
Mali Haimovitch.
After the Shoah: A
fundraising appeal from the Bukowina lansdmannschaft of Montreal, Canada
Archival
Holdings for Czernowitz at Yad Vashem - microfilm and print records,
victims and survivors.
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Preservation Efforts
Proposal
to Save the Jewish Historical Sites of Sadgora - A committee
has been formed and efforts are underway.
The Commission
to Preserve America's Heritage Abroad - The U.S. Commission assists
with preservation efforts.
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Searchable Databases
Resources
for Researching Jewish Bukowina - presentation by Bruce Reisch, from
Jewish Genealogy Conference, August, 2002
Jewish
Genealogy Family Finder (for Sadgora)
- An important database.
Search the Archives of the United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum
List
of Sadgora Landsmannschaft Burials - Mt. Zion Cemetery, Maspeth, Queens,
New York
List
of Sadgora Landsmannschaft Burials - Baron Hirsch Cemetery, Staten Island,
New York
List of
Business Owners in the Bukowina, 1914-15 - including Radauti
Lists of Students
in Czernowitz and Radauti Secondary Schools - for late 1800s
Jewish Farmers
Tolerated in the Bukowina - in 1808
List of
Graduates (1885-1896) from the Ober-Gymnasium of Radauti - and their
location in 1897
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Learn about Bukowina,
and its capital, Czernowitz
(Updated 7 Oct. 2005)
Premier web site for the History
and Genealogy of Jewish Czernowitz - by Jerome
Schatten
Join the Czernowitz-L discussion
group for Czernowitz and Sadagora History and Genealogy
Photographs of Czernowitz - a selection of images from July, 1998.
JewishGen
Family Finder (for Czernowitz) - an important
database for all.
ShtetLinks Site for Radauti/Radautz - Bukowina, Romania
ShtetLinks
Site for Gura Humorului - Bukowina, Romania
ShtetLinks
Site for Bukovina and Suceava County - a master list of links to genealogical
and historical information
Romanian
Jewish Genealogy Special Interest Group, includes Bukowina
Bukovina Society of the Americas
The Yiddish Shtetl, Czernowitz
Southern Bukowina Genealogy
Northern Bukowina Genealogy
Dizzy
Web, direct from Czernowitz
A
personal web page on Czernowitz
Information
on Bukovina (in German)
Jewish
Foundation of the Ukraine - click on "Directory of Jewish
Communities of the Ukraine", then click on "Chernivtsy".
City
of Chernivtsi - The Unofficial Home Page.
Before Memories Fade
- the memoirs of Pearl Fichman; life in Czernowitz before, during, and after
the Holocaust.
Die Jüdische Kulturmetropole Czernowitz - from
Berlin Radio web site (in German)
Bukowina history, picture
postcards, etc. - click on the link to "Views" for an excellent
online selection of old Bukowina postcards (in German). The "direct link"
to Radautz, Sadagora and Sereth will take you to a special collection of picture
postcards.
Historical Photographs of Czernowitz
Bukowina
- 1919 handbook of the Historical Section, British Foreign Office, donated for
public use to the JewishGen Yizkor Book Project.
History
of the Jews in the Bukowina - by Hugo Gold. Several English translations
are posted; more are in the works.
Bukowina
Landsmannschaften - Sources of information on the Landsmannschaften
of Bukowina.
Jewries
in Galicia and Bukowina, Lemberg and Czernowitz - A scholarly study
of Jewish life in this region in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Chernovtsy
Photo Gallery
City of Chernivtsi
- The official web site.
Virtual Chernovtsy
- for tourism information, images, etc.
The
Jews of Chernivtsi - by Sue Ann Harding. Story based on a visit in August
2000, originally published in the Jewish Quarterly (London)
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SADGORA HyperLinks (Updated 22 July 2007)
About
the Sadagora Rebbe - from the Beth Hatefutsoth web site
Prof.
David Assaf, Tel Aviv University - historical research on Hasidim
of Sadgora.
The Life and Times of Rabbi Israel of Ruzhin - Table of contents
of book by Prof. David Assaf.
The Life and Times of Rabbi Israel of Ruzhin - Brief summary
of the book by Prof. David Assaf.
In The Bukowina. From: J. Baker, Austria: Her People & Their Homelands.
London: John Lane, 1913 - Scroll down through the text for
a very rich description of Sadgora.
Bukowina history,
picture postcards, etc. - (in German). The "direct link" to
"Views from Radautz, Sadagora, and Sereth" will take you to a special
collection of picture postcards of these two shtetlach.
The Reisch Family of Sadagora, a family history web site
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Contributors:
Sally Marquigny
Nicholas Martin
Clifford Rees
Bruce Reisch
Fritzi Shiffer
Carl Ulrich
Saul Zeichner
Marc Goldberger
Melita Fuhrman Vickter
Rabbi Schloime Scharf
Christian Herrmann
Merle Kastner
Page created by Bruce Reisch
Updated 23 July 2007 by BIR
Copyright © 1998-2007 Bruce Reisch