Some of you may know that my maternal grandmother's maiden name
was Fruchter. She was born in the village of Klivodyn and lived there till
she married my grandfather Saul Leib Steinmetz in 1906. In Czernowitz she
was Frau Steinmetz. She had two brothers and four sisters. Neither of the
brothers lived in Czernowitz. All the sister married, their married names
were: Weininger, Jagendorf, Weisselberg or Weisselberger and Wiznitzer.
None of them married a Fruchter. One brother lived in Klivodyn and outlived
his wife, the other brother had two sons, one of whom did live in
Czernowitz, but on the Schmiedgasse, not on the Russische Gasse and
his two daughters are both blond and in 1945 were respectively 15 and 13
years old.
Why am I telling you all this? So that you will not under any circumstances
think that I am even remotely connected to the Fruchter family, Hardy wrote
about. My family were hoch-anstaendige Menschen.
Kein Skandal und kein Krawall!
Mimi
On 1/5/10 4:41 AM, "HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET> wrote:
> The Fruchters.
>
> In our house there lived a family named Fruchter.
> A widowed mother with two daughters.
> The daughters were in their thirties and still unmarried ,
> A big worry to their mother.
> One of them was a striking beauty , big eyes , black hair and a posture
> of a queen.
> Then one day she found a man - tall , tanned and good-looking.
> Soon he moved in.
> He was very much in love with her and a charming gentleman.
> He was also very much married.
> With two little children.
> His wife did not give up easily , first she hired professional
> assistance from the local magic makers :
> Spells were cast, chicken entrails and lizard livers were pinned
> to her door and incantations sung - all to no avail .
> In despair the wife resorted to the old proven remedy : public scandal.
> This always worked ib Czernowitz.
> She would appear before the window of the house and start a
> lament.
> People gathered . Soon she addressed the girl directly accusing her of
> all
> possible demeaning crimes . The public was impressed .
> She would shout : " You cheap little husband thief, you Kurve , you
> heartless slutŠ
> Not a bad word against Mr. Casanova. He will get his at home.
> The public showed sympathy and participated.
> Czernowitzer liked scandals, the best entertainment in town.
>
> This continued for a few days and then ,furtively, the Casanova left
> the love nest and returned home.
> The girl didnąt come out of the house since.
> The humiliation was too big.
> She couldnąt show her face in public.
> There was no way to keep on living with this humiliation.
> Not in pre war Czernowitz anyway..
> No choice left , she took her life ,swallowing sleeping pills.
> This is a true story. Sad and true.
>
> Hardy
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