Czernowitz
Americannoun
noun
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Paul Antschel was born in 1920 in Czernowitz, the old capital of Bukovina, which was once Austro-Hungarian, then Romanian, now Ukrainian.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
The journey brought recognition and the renewal of old Czernowitz ties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Landing in a cornfield, he soon connected with his father and fled to Czernowitz, where they stayed in the Jewish ghetto before being taken east to forced-labor camps in Transnistria.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2018
Wait until you get to the part where Gruber is shown preparing veal chops Czernowitz, stuffed with wild mushrooms and garlic; you’ll understand.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2015
Czernowitz, the capital of the Bukowina, was even in a more precarious position.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)
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