Re: [Cz-L] After we go.

Dear all,

I do confess that because of the tribulations in the course of 1940-45 I lost all interest in revisiting Czernowitz after I left it end of April that year, and in particular after I left for home here in 1947. This despite the fact that over several decades I have travelled to much of the world - as a UN technological assistance expert - but have always avoided Czernowitz (and Romania). This travel was due a lot to the many languages I could easily manage thanks to the start I received in Czernowitz. I suppose this is true for most of us. Indeed, much of what I am is the result of those first years of education in cultured Czernowitz, So I owe Czernowitz a lot - but not the Czernowitz of these days.
Surprisingly, as Merle suggested below, I found that my children, and in particular my grandchildren, are interested in that Czernowitz of the World of Yesterday, and want to hear and read about it. To respond to their desires and repeated wishes, I have started to write up my memories of the two so terribly differing periods I lived in Czernowitz (1933-40, and 1940-5) and hope to have it done by coming Purim. This will in a way transmit the old Czernowitz to them and show them part of their genetic and cultural roots.
I would recommend that all of us, who have not done so yet, do something similar for our children and grandchildren. I am not suggesting volumes for publication - a few of us (like Prof. Yaavets, for instance), have already done so. Just a private volume for the family. I think we owe it to them and to what Czernowitz has given us when we were children and youngsters. It is no too difficult to do. Just sit down, set up a tentative detailed list of contents (to start with - it will grow as you go along and associations start cropping up), and then start inserting text for each topic you recall. This is something that will take months, and it will take you back for a lengthy visit of the Czernowitz you remember.

Have a pleasant week

Mordecai

Date: Saturday, October 13, 2012 17:57
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] After we go.
To: HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>, Cznerowitz Discussion Group List <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>

> Dear Hardy,
>
> Unfortunately this is the case for most places where our ancestors
> lived. However, many people are showing a renewed interest
> in seeing where our families came from - wherever these places are.
>
> I am a 3rd generation Radautzer/Bukoviner and I just went there
> in July -
> something I had been planning to do for several years.
> This was very important for to me to do and the feeling that I
> had when I was there was indescribable - like a homecoming.
>
> So don't be discouraged - yes, those who actually lived in
> Czernowitz or
> Bukovina won't always be around, but their children and grandchildren
> may eventually feel as I did and do.
>
> Merle

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