Re: [Cz-L] Joseph Schmidt

Thanks Mordechai for the very intesesting announcement. About the asteroid I
knew, it was written some years ago in the Stimme...
I hope to be from 16.to 25 July in Vienna, for lectures and for an
International Exhibition at the Moja Museum, curated by the Haifa-er artist
Zina Berkovici, my son Paul has also 2 pictures there. If somebody of
members of the list will be in Vienna, please contact me, I will send
invitations.And certainly I will be on the Josef-Schmidt-Platz.
Bests regards Hedwig

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From: "Mordecai Lapidot" <lapidotm_at_zahav.net.il>
To: "'Hardy Breier'" <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>; "'CZERNOWITZ-L'"
<Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 7:49 AM
Subject: RE: [Cz-L] Joseph Schmidt

Just an interesting note re Joseph Schmidt, the beloved tenor of my parents
- in particular for his beautiful rendering of Recha:
I happened to spend several Sabbaticals at the UN IAEA centre in Vienna. In
one of them (1995) I was advised by the main Synagogue cantor, Shmuel
Barzilai, a good friend of ours, that the Municipality had decided to
dedicate a tiny square to Joseph Schmidt. It happened to be sited several
minutes from our flat at the time, so I could not miss the ceremony of
dedication, at which Shmuel, of course, recited the EL Male Rachamim.
For those who happen to be in Vienna, and wish to see the
Joseph-Schmidt-Platz - its site (quite tiny - really tiny - square) is at a
small road branching off the Rennweg, a few minutes walk East of the
Ungargasse / Fasanengasse crossing (the Rennweg underground station,
reachable by nos. 1, 2, 3, and 7) - entry via Aspangstrasse (at its crossing
with the Stanislausgasse/Rennweg), close to the ARTIS hotel.

Joseph-Schmidt-Platz, 1995 benannt nach dem weltweit erfolgreichen lyrischen
Tenor und Altösterreicher Joseph Schmidt (1904-1942). Der Sänger nahm
zahlreiche Schallplatten auf und sang von 1929 an im Berliner Rundfunk in 38
Rundfunkopern. Mit seinen Sendungen trug er zur Popularität des Rundfunks
bei. 1933 musste er, als Jude angefeindet, Deutschland verlassen. Schmidt
starb im Exil. An den Platz schließen der Platz der Opfer der Deportation
und das ehemalige Aspangbahnhofgelände an, auf dem mehrere Verkehrsflächen
nach Menschen benannt sind, die vor dem NS-Regime flüchten mussten. Der
Asteroid (168321) Josephschmidt ist seit 2008 ebenfalls nach Schmidt benannt

Shavua Tov

Mordecai

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