Re: [Cz-L] My first day at school,

Dear Mimi,

Thank you for your reply.
Unfortunately, all of us have bad memories of many very frightening moments.
I think I did not express well my thoughts, because maybe my English is not
always good enough.
What I wanted to say is that at 10 years old, I could not build a whole
story : with an introduction, the development with many details, and the
conclusion.
Even at 10, I only remember many images and many scenes, but not a complete
whole story.
But of course, each person has his own different memories.
And Arthur has for sure better memories than me ........
All the best.
Lydia.

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From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 10:29 PM
To: "Lydia Schmerler" <lydia.sch_at_dbmail.com>
Cc: "Arthur Rindner" <vonczernowitz_at_yahoo.com>; <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] My first day at school,

>
> In reply to Lydia:
> I do remember in detail a number of events, which must have happened when
> I
> was three years old or younger and even more events when I was four and
> five. The reason I can be sure of the date of any event, is because we
> moved
> from one house to another on given dates. In the summer of 1940, when the
> Russians took control of Czernowitz, we moved from our own apartment on
> the
> Schmidtgasse, to a rented house on the Blumengasse. That summer I was
> three
> years old. In October 1941, when I was four, we went to the ghetto. In
> December '41, or January '42 we moved in with friends who lived on the
> Slowatzkigasse. In June 1942, during the renewed deportations, I was
> hidden
> by Neighbors of our friends in the same building. When I remember an event
> and visualize where it occurred, I can easily check when it occurred.
> I can be sure that these are my own memories and not stories which my
> parents told me, because I can visualize them and because I can recall
> clearly, the feelings they evoked in me at the time. Mostly I remember
> moments of great joy or fear, also moments of astonishment and occasions
> of
> learning or understanding something new. Sometimes moments when the
> grown-ups made a fuss over something.
>
> Mimi

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