Re: [Cz-L] Re: czernowitz-l digest: December 16, 2009

I was too young for Matura before we escaped from the Soviets but I had many
cousins who did their Matura under the Rumanians and even one who came over
in '46 and did her Matura in Romania. All of them had exams in German and
German Literature. As for the older generation - we know how much the the
Rumanians were "loved" . My father born in 1900 never learned the language
properly and had a secretary for the only purpose to translate his
correspondence with the authorities.
Yosef Eshet, Raanana, Israel

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From: "berti glaubach" <bertigl_at_windowslive.com>
To: "Bobby Schreiber" <gerhardrodica_at_aol.com>; "Czernowitz Genealogy and
History" <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 10:39 AM
Subject: RE: [Cz-L] Re: czernowitz-l digest: December 16, 2009

> Right, as far as I know sometimes in the early twenties all schools
> changed from German basic to Rumanian. My aunt (born 1905) continued after
> WWI in German but had her last and may be before last year in Rumanian. At
> the Matura the teachers were leniant a certain time, but then I think in
> 1924 everything was Romanized, including primary and secondary teaching.
>
> I remember stories about the teachers' incompetence in Rumanian language
> and comic situations emerging as a result.
> The adaptation from German to Rumanian was not quick and for many of our
> parent generation the 20 years between the wars were definitely not enough
> time to get proficient in the new language.
>
> Berti.
>

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