USHMM (Courtesy of Martha Guttmann Blum): Group portrait of members of the Freemasons Lodge of Chernovtsy, Bukovina, approximately 75 percent of whom were Jewish. The members were mainly intellectuals and leaders in business and local government. Among those pictured are Dr. Max Ennis (top row, third from the left); pharmacist, Dr. Abraham Guttman (top row, far right); an official in the revenue service, Dr. Max Gottfried (second row from the top, sixth from the left); and the judge, Dr. Jacob Rubel (third row from the top, far left). Chernovtsy, Romania, 1920 – 1925.
USHMM (Courtesy of Lotte Gottfried Hirsch): Members of the mostly Jewish Masonic lodge in Czernowitz celebrate the 70th birthday of Dr. Isidor Gold (center). Women attended lodge meetings on special occasions such as this one. Chernovtsy, Romania, August 1937.
Edgar Hauster 
In my opinion, in the attributions of the photographs, it should not say “Chernovtsy”.
The city in Ukraine, now known as Chernivtsi, was called Chernovtsy only when occupied
by the Soviet Union. This was not its name, when these photographs were taken, nor is it,
its current name.
I think that we should all refer to it as “Czernowitz” when talking about it in the past.
And as “Chernivtsi” when talking about it in the present.
Gabriele says:
Yes, I do know some persons. Second photograph – In the top row from
the left, the second person is my father Dr. Edwin Gold. He never talked
of having been a freemason. Isidor Gold, whose anniversary was
celebrated, was my father’s uncle, i.e. his father’s brother. He was a
Oberlandesgerichtsrat (High Court Judge) and a very respected person.
And the last person on the right in the top row I believe to recognize
Konsul Luttinger, who had been an honorary consul for a South-American
country and who used to visit us in Bucharest, with walking stick and
hat. And the person in front of him also seems familiar, always in a
good mood(or was it him?)but it is too long ago, half a century…
Gabriele
Hedwig says:
Thanks for posting picture of Francmasons, I recognized, after 88 years the
school-director of the “Comenius” school. Schulz, he is on the picture in
the middle of the second line, sitting, with hiss many white hairs and a
moustache (His picture is also in the Gold/Bukowina)
also Dr.Max Gottfried, the grandfather of Marianne Hirsch…
Best regards
Hedwig
Hi Edgar, these second picture of the Francmacons Loge, posted by Marianne>
the sitting young woman with hat is Paula Perlstein, married to Dr.Max Salzmann,She was some 3 or 4years elder than me, but she and her husband were our bridge//partner, after the ghetto was dissolved, in the years 1942/44, they, as other friends, like Lotte and Carl Hirsch, Marianne/s parents, Ing.Marek and Ita Singer, Mela and Ing.Martin Barbasch.were brigde/partners.. It was forbidden for Jews to go out after 6 in the evening…so they came to us, or to another couple, and we had bridge parties,,we had no radio, no libraries, no cinema, the television was an illusion, and we were happy not to be deported, all of us were young, and we slept on the floor, after midnight.and in the morning everyone was going to the unpaid work or home, or shopping in the empty.alimentary shops, or to the market where the peasants brought some potatoes or some vegetables and apples. Today,none of the young generation can imagine how we survived, with the hope, that one day this cruel war will be ended and we will be free again.
Hedwig…..
Hedwig…
Thank you so much for your touching and at the same time enlightening comment. My father, born 1912 in Czernowitz, would have said: “Kolossal!” Warmest wishes to you!
I saw this photo a while ago and recognized my grandfather, Gustav Gedaly who is sitting in the second row, second from the right who was also a pharmacist. He owned a pharmacy in Czernowitz as well. He was deported to Siberia in 1944. I’ll have to ask Mom, but I know my grandparents good friends were named Luttinger so perhaps he and Konsul Luttinger were friends.
Hedwig, your stories are just like my mother’s! She just turned 89 so is just a bit younger but her stories are just as vibrant.
Ilana
David says:
Edgar, in your photo of the Freemason’s Lodge of Czernowitz, you mention
that among those pictured is “Pharmacist, Dr. Abraham Guttman (top row, far
right)”. Dr Guttmann’s pharmacy was called “La Tei”. It was located at
Dreifaltigkeitsgasse 37a. My uncle Leander Grunberg trained as a
pharmacist, and worked for Dr Guttmann for two years from September 1929.
He would have been aged 18 to 20. I have a certificate, covered in
beautiful Romanian stamps, which is also translated into German and states:
Beglaubigte Uebersetzung
Apotheke “La Tei” Dreifaltigkeitsgasse No. 37a … Bestatigung
Ich Unterfertigter Apotheker Dr. A. Guttmann, Eigentumer der Apotheke “La
Tei” Czernowitz, Dreifaltigkeitsgasse 37a, bestatige, dass Herr Leander
Grunberg am 1. September 1929 in meine Apotheke als Praktikant eingetreten
ist, wo er bis zum 1. September 1931 verblieb. Wahrend dieser Zeit hat der
genannte Praktikant alle fur den Pharmazeutischen Beruf notigen Disziplinen
erlernt. Urkunde dessen ich diese Bestatigung ausgefolgt habe.
Czernowitz, am 1. September 1931. Dr. Guttmann /m.p./ Apotheker, L.S.
Sanitatsdienst des Munizipiums Czernowitz, Abteilung III, Dr. Neuberger
/m.p./, L.S.
Best regards,
David
Hello,
I’m a Luttinger. My grandfather Jacob was born in Czernowitz in 1920. His father was named Max and mother was named Klara (Marder) Luttinger, my great-grandfather was a barber. My grandfather survived the war, but no one else to my knowledge. I’ve been trying to piece together my family history in Czernowitz and a Google search led me to this blog. Does anyone here have any information or recall these names?
Kindly,
Christina Luttinger