Re: [Cz-L] Do you like Philharmonia Square ?

Each one of us has his own memories and view of things.
Quite possibly, Czernowitz was not as wonderful as most of us
like to think. There was not a poet, a painter or a singer
on every street. But, we aspired to having a poet, and a painter
and a singer on every street. This aspiration, is quite as important
as actually having all that talent among us. Oskar wild wrote:
"We all live in the gutter, but some of us look at the stars".
You might fall into a puddle while looking at the stars, but you will
have enjoyed the stars' luster.

Happy Passover to all, Enjoy and tell the story to your children,
grandchildren and to anyone who will listen, just like telling about
Czernowitz.

Mimi

Quoting HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>:

> I left Czernowitz in 1946.
> I was 14 years old then.
> From 1940 to 1946 were the bad years.
> These I remember most for obvious reasons.
> These 5 years will stay forever.
> Of the years before 1940 , the good years, I remember little.
> Memory snapshots of events - significant to a little boy.
> Summing up - not very flattering memories.
> I dont feel nostalgic about Czernowitz.
> By definition nostalgia is a bittersweet longing for things, persons, or
> situations of the past.
> I long for some family members who were dear to me.
> Situations of the past I better forget.
> Some like to depict Czernowitz as a bygone Kultur Metropolis.
> In every corner a poet, a singer a painter could be seen.
> As in Schiller's poems of old Greece.
> How proud we are !
> Unfortunately I missed these - probably I was in the wrong street.
> I was curious to see the town again and in 2006 I did.
> Was I exulted ? impressed ? moved to tears ?
> Neither was Czernowitz very moved by seeing me.
>
> Hardy

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