Start point - BucharestSinaia monestarySinaia Peles palaceBucegi mountainBrasov, RomaniaBran, RomaniaSighisoara, RomaniaLacu RosuBicazSucevitaDorohoi - entering the townDorohoi - Town hallDorohoi - Jewish CemetaryDorohoi - Saba's dad graveDorohoi - Looking for Mom's houseDorohoi - Jewish schoolDorohoi - - Looking for Dad's houseTirgu Neamt - - Cetatea Neamt, Gropi - agapia monesterayPiatra Neamt - synagogueMaraseti memorial WW1Bucharest, Romania
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lon: 25.68 lat: 47.76
* The painted monasteries in the area are protected by UNESCO as part of humankind's world heritage.
On the way we heard stories from Savta. She first told us about her Saba, who was originally around Austria. He and his brother decided to play with their luck and travelled to America. When they reached London, Savta's Saba was very homesick and decided to come back, while his brother continued his journey to America and eventually became a millionaire.
Another story she told us, was about Saba's family- During the war many Jews were deported from Dorohoi. Since Saba's father won a decoration in the 1st world war, he pleaded to the authorities to bring his family back, and indeed after 6 months they agreed to do so. Unfortunately, Saba's mom and his little brother already died.
After the war, his father remarried, so Saba moved with his sister Lisa to Bucharest to try their luck. Saba opened a shop but after 2 years returned to Dorohoi, took Savta and fled to Palestine. Lisa, got married with Saba's co-worker but then she got sick, got hospitalized, and later she traveled to Dorohoi and died there. Her tombstone cannot be found in the cemetery in Dorohoi, where Saba's father is buried, and so is Lisa and that's what we will see tomorrow.
We asked Savta if the Jews in Romania were religious. She said that most were either religious or traditional before the war. She remembered going to synagogues on Fridays and keeping kosher at home, but after the war many of the Jews lost belief and became non-religious.
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