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]
