Czernowitzer Deutsche Tagespost [Czernowitz German Daily Post] • Marriage & Death Notices 1936-1940

Published between 1924-1940, the the Czernowitzer Deutsche Tagespost [Czernowitz German Daily Post] was a staunchly nationalist-ethnic paper and after 1933 a mouthpiece of the German Reich Ministry of Propaganda. Normally a NO-GO, BUT: While the newspaper agitated against Czernowitz Jews and marginalized them, it nevertheless recorded the WEDDINGS & DEATHS in the city with Teutonic thoroughness. Married or dead, Jews, Christians and people of other faiths were united here and had equal rights.
  

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The database ( for orbituaries) meanwhile is only for 1940 , right ?

Edgar Hauster said...

Yes, we start with the year 1940 and go back chronologically, 1939 will follow soon. Best wishes!

Anonymous said...

Ok, can we all just recognize that this is just a bonkers amazing project that required lots of work, dedication, coordination and local knowledge to extract valuable data from a foreign language newspaper and make it accessible for research to a modern audience? This is truly remarkable teamwork. Hats off to everyone who participated. I've been reading this blog for years and never commented, but this is something else.