RE: [Cz-L] Books I read in Czernowitz

Hi Mimi...Eine alte Schachtel was simply an old woman. I do not remember it
being used in a past-related derogatory way. It could also be used in a nice
way ,as in "Na Ja,die ist doch 'ne nette alte Schachtel" ie she is a nice
old duck!
Also..among my pics on our site is one of my grandmother standing on our
balcony,and I very vividly remember lying on the concrete and looking over
the side at 2 German soldiers frantically trying to get what I think was a
Kuebelwagen going. They succeeded and roared off up the road..at which point
2 things happened...a Russian tank came round the corner and my mother
grabbed me and dragged me inside with some interesting comments about my
intelligence. Cornel
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Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Books I read in Czernowitz

Thank you Berti, Dana, Fred and all friends for searching the net for me and
the books I remember.
The beginning of the poem Dana and Berti quotes is exactly what I remember.
It means:

It was dark, the moon shone brightly,
Snow lay on the green plain.
As a carriage lightning fast, slowly round the corner drove.
Inside sat standing people, mutely in conversation immersed,
As a dead shot rabbit on the sand bank skated.

The rest of the poem does not sound familiar and I am sure that when I was
seven years old, my parents would not have allowed me to read about
³eine alte Schachtel². (an old woman with a less than spotless past).

I am lucky to have access to the Indiana University fantastic library and
later today or tomorrow, I will be searching for these books in the stacks.

Mimi
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