Re: [Cz-L] After we go.

My grandfather, David Kastner, never talked about where he came from
as a young boy in 1900 - it wasn't done then. These immigrants only wanted
to make a good life in their new country - and did.

But after my mother passed away in 1993 and I started compiling my
family tree, I wanted to know as much as I could find out.
(my father, Morty Kastner died in 1970 at the too-young age of 55)
I called and visited all the older, living family members in all branches of
my
family, wrote letters (this was just before I acquired a computer and
email), did tons of research. My cousin and friend, Bruce Reisch
contacted me and then there was no turning back. Bruce visited
Bukovina in 1998. From that time on, I wanted to do the same. This
past July, I finally did and this experience has enriched my life
immeasurably.
There is no substitute for walking the same streets that my family had
walked on many years ago and no way to accurately describe the feeling
of doing this. So 112 years later, I returned to where my grandfather
had grown up.

Merle

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From: "Gershon Schatzberg" <gschatz_at_yahoo.com>
To: "HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>; "CZERNOWITZ-L"
<Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 11:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] After we go.

I am the second generation. My parents passed away and I never lived in
Czernowitz. Yet in a subtle way, my parents left me with an attachment to
the place they grew up in. I visited Czernowitz last month and found my
parents' homes, schools and places of work- I wanted to see what it must
have been like for them. I shared the experience and photos with my brother
and cousins and their children. I cook Puerogen, Knoedel and MItitei for my
family. I speak Czernowitzer German. A lot is left!

Gershon

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From: HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>
To: CZERNOWITZ-L <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 7:22 AM
Subject: [Cz-L] After we go.

In the foreseeable future the last of the Mohicans will go.
People who have been to the Ghetto , Transnistria, Siberia , Asia minor.
What is left ?
The second generation.
They speak English mostly .
Some know about Czernowitz.
Some dont.
Today it is easy to google up the old town.
The pictures dont impress them.
Yes , this is the place our fathers lived and stayed alive somehow.
Not all of them, that is.
Not much of a place.
We've seen nicer . Have you seen Siena ? Hardy
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