Re: [Cz-L] After we go

Good question.

I was brought up by my grandmother who was, at that time, speaking German to
my father and to my aunt. She was speaking German to me as well but, when I
was 3.5 my father has forbidden her to speak to me in German (the times
were tough) .
My grandmother's Russian was very poor so, when I started school, I was very
embarrassed to discover that my Russian pronunciation was absolutely wrong.
In the 70s I already spoke very good Russian.
My mother, Dr Ada Kraft, is Dr Emmanuel Flor's niece. She lived in
Chernovits for a short time before the WWII and was taken to Transnistria
from there but she was born in Bessarabia.
I can still understand German and Romanian but I don't speak these
languages any more. My mother tongue is Russian and I also speak Hebrew.
My generation grew up with the stories of the older generation telling us
that Chernovits under the Soviet regime was a pale shadow of itself
comparing to the pre-war times.
Now it's even paler than before. The city stopped developing, the locals
moved away, and it is now in the cul-de-sac of a 3rd world country.
Yet, as I've already mentioned in my previous post, the old magic is still
there, and they are trying very hard to revive it. G-d help them.....

Serah Kraft

----- Original Message -----
From: "HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>
To: "Jacob Greenberg" <grs_software_at_bigpond.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] After we go

> Dear Mr Greenberg,
> What was your home language in Czernowitz in the 70- ties ?
> Hardy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jacob Greenberg" <grs_software_at_bigpond.com>
> To: <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
> Cc: <HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net>
> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 2:26 AM
> Subject: RE: [Cz-L] After we go
>
>
>> [Serah, Messages to this list need to be in Plain Text rather than Rich
>> Text or HTML. You can
>> Google 'outlook express plain text' to find out how. --thanks]
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have only recently discovered this wonderful site and have joined the =
>> discussion. I lived in Chernovitz till 1974 and I've been to many places
>> =
>> and continents since then.
>> There was always a certain poetic magic in Chernovitz but you need to =
>> wear the right glasses...=20
>> According to my grandmother, Frida Kraft (nee Segal), Chernovitz between
>> =
>> the WWI and WWII was a very special place, both in terms of architecture
>> =
>> but more so in terms of its culture and it's creative energy.
>> I have visited Chernovitz in 2006 for my school reunion. Indeed, it was =
>> not the same energy but the magic is still there.
>> For some reason, most of the photos posted are taken in the worst places
>> =
>> imaginable. If you, like me, lived there, you know where to look for =
>> that famous Chernovitzer charm.
>> As for the next generations, I am sure, as they approach their middle =
>> age, they will start exploring what is that special town their parents =
>> were raving so much about.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Serah Kraft
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