Re: [Cz-L]One street....

Dearest Bianca

Welcome to the list which brings back such wonderful memories. Even though our war time childhood was far from normal, just the mention of the word Czernowitz brings on such nostalgia.

We lived with my uncle at Stefaniegasse 5. We had such a back yard. (our doorway was from the main stairway, though with a kitchen exit to the gang) We also had a garden in back of that yard with huge chestnut tree. At the end of summer we would gather the fallen chestnuts,peel the outer green shell. I can still taste them.

Unfortunately, I also have some unpleasant memories of that yard. When the Nazis/Romanians invaded Czernowitz in 1941, they gathered all the men from our apartments in that yard and led the out we knew not where. Miraculously, our men came back when others did not but ended up in a mass graves.

I do a lot of speaking in schools of my experiences. I tell them that story. Now I printed up a picture of one of those yards to go with my story.

Thank you, Edgar

Frieda

On Jul 9, 2012, at 8:18 PM, Bianca Rosenthal <brosenth_at_calpoly.edu> wrote:

> Great pictures of those backyards. The doors on the gangways provided access to the apartment
> unless the owners were wealthy and had a doorway from the main stairway into the better part of the place.
> The courtyard was also a fun place for the kids. We lived at Hormusackigasse 3 (Hurmuzachistr) in my early
> childhood. There was a water pump in the courtyard, perfect for splashing around. Other amusements:
> the pots and pans repair man and the accompanying noise; the metal bar on top of two poles where you beat
> the dust out of your carpets with a "trapaczka" and last but not least the "hurdy gurdy" man and his music.
> There was no need for TV.
> Another song besides the National hymn was "Trei culori cunosc pe lume" referring to the colors of the
> Romanian flag.
>
> Regards from a Czernowitzerin who just joined the list.
>
> [Bianca Rosenthal]

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