Re: [Cz-L] Sunset on Mehlplatz

I must join with Berti on this. Like many others I deplored the poor state
of the infrastructure and general appearance of the city the first time I
came back there in 2001. Therefore it was a pleasant surprise to see what
they have done with the "Mehlplatz" on my second visit in 2005. To my
opinion it looks much better than it looked the last time I saw it in
December1944. With all the many strong reservations I still have have about
the state of other sites like the Jewish cemetery, the Temple, etc.. I must
acknowledge the fact that there are signs of efforts made to improve the
state of the city (especially in the center).
Yosef Eshet, Raanana, Israel



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From: "Berti" <berti_at_netvision.net.il>
To: "HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>; "Miriam Taylor"
<mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>; "CZERNOWITZ-L" <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 1:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Sunset on Mehlplatz


> The official name in Austrian times was Rudolfsplatz, but popularly called
> Mehlplatz mainly because of the trade in flour, inter alia, that was going
> on.
>
> After WWI it bacame Piata Daciei, but everyone still called it Mehlplatz .
> I lived in the corner building with Stefaniegasse (No 2) and Marcel
> Spiegler (our list friend) on Mehlplatz 6. This was the same ex Zjalodek
> block that had 3 entrances (built1897) and bought by a Mr. Kraft sometimes
> in the 1930th. My father was the lawyer for Mr. Kraft and administrated
> the building (42 flats) up to June 1940.
>
> The central part of the Mehlplatz had at different times, all sorts of
> temporary one story buildings, kiosks and small shops. Never did people
> live there. In 1941 it was the Ghetto limit until the deportations began.
>
> The new look for the now Philarmonic Ploshzadi compares favorably with its
> past. The buildings around are still the same (our house got one more
> floor) but the central part was torn down in 2004/5, leveled and is
> entirely open space. I would never have thought it possible in my
> childhood that the kiosks would make place to a green space. It is
> difficult to acknowledge changes to the better for childhood reminiscences
> but this place definitely looks better to-day.
>
> Berti
>
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