Re: [Cz-L] Walking the streets of Czernowitz...

As one who goes to Czernowitz frequently, I would say that:
Some of you will find the places you remember or your parents told you
about, not much changed from the way they looked, others will be
disappointed either because the houses they remember, no longer exist, or
because they are painted different colors or serve a different use.
Frequently we remember or imagine things in rosier colors than they really
were. For instance: From the summer of 1940 till the fall of 1941, I lived
on the Blumengasse, in what was then called a "Villa". When I first visited
the street in 2002, I was very disappointed; what I had remembered as a
Villa, was really a very small and not particularly impressive house. And
"die Blumengasse" contained no flowers at all, it probably had not contain
any in 1940 either.

But generally speaking, the center of Czernowitz, in a radius of about 1 km.
from the Ringplatz is relatively well preserved and contains few new
buildings.

It is still a very beautiful city, with interesting buildings and charming
public spaces. It is also clean, safe and friendly.

Some of the hotels are pleasant and inexpensive and there are many very good
restaurants. Taxis are inexpensive and the drivers courteous.

Mimi

On 1/16/11 6:39 AM, "Arthur von Czernowitz" <vonczernowitz_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dear Anny C.
> In 1988 was my first visit to Czernowitz after 43 years. I arrived by train
> from Lviv (Lemberg). The first thing that I did on arrival, was to visit the
> area of my grandmother¹s house. I did not go in as there was no answer to my
> knocks at the door. We lived there after returning from concentration camp. I
> walked to my school, through the Volkspark.
> The hole in the fence where I used to make a short cut was still there.
> Nearing the Volkspark I heard music. An orchestra was playing in the gazebo in
> the middle of the park, just as it used to do when I lived there. Nothing has
> changed, chills went up and down my spine and it seemed as though time stood
> still, I was back where it all begun. The old paths in the park were
> unchanged. Life had stood still for 40 years. I walked down the
> Siebenbürgerstrasse to the Ringplatz, gazed at the town hall, walked to the
> Herrengasse, found the Russischegasse, the street where I was born. The
> experience was exhilarating.
> Dear Anny ³mach den Sprung² make the leap.
>
> Arthur
>
>

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