Re: [Cz-L] New on or with the website: Jan. 8th 2006

henry_at_sinnreich.net wrote:
> Dear Jerome,
>
> Many thanks for maintaining this web site!
>
> With all love and respect, would it be more optimistic to show on the root
> web page an image of something positive about the wonderful life our people
> have had in Czernowitz?
>
> Though I had to wear the Yellow Star in the Czernowitz Ghetto, the Czenowitz
> we love has a wonderful connotation that I would like to be able to show to
> my children and grandchildren.
>
> It may not be an easy choice, but there are plenty of old photos of people
> and places. The Jewish house, the theater, the university (so much tied to
> the history, good and bad) or the temple come to mind. Or just photos of
> people when they were happy. Over a 170 happy years with great history and a
> wonderful multi-ethnic empire.
>
> Your Henry
>

Henry, thanks for your comments and suggestions. Indeed I would be most
pleased to change the picture periodically and would be open to anyone
selecting a picture or providing one. So pick something or send
something and up it will go.

I think there are around 700 pictures on this site and certainly more
than that hiding in the shoe boxes and albums of list members.

In the past there were a number of pictures on the home page: The
Czernowitz street sign, the hat shop, the temple, Lucca's family, the
Bukovina map, a 1911 Czernowitz post card, the Rathaus, etc. Running two
cemetery pictures in a row however, was probably not a great choice on
my part.

I do try and stay away from the 'classic' Czernowitz shots of the
University, the Theatre and Jewish House, etc., as I thought they had
been done so well elsewhere.

Anyway, consider this an open invitation to you Henry and to all the
list to select and/or provide pictures for the home page.

Best,
jerome
Received on 2006-01-09 11:15:05