Re: [Cz-L] After we go

Dear Merle,

After Mimi's beautiful mail, I found your comments great.
I could not find better words.
These are also my opinions.
Best wishes.
Lydia.

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From: "Merle Kastner" <merlek_at_videotron.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 12:37 AM
To: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>; "HARDY BREIER"
<HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>; "Jacob Greenberg" <grs_software_at_bigpond.com>
Cc: "CZERNOWITZ-L" <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] After we go

> Dear Mimi,
>
> It is a thing of the heart, of your childhood and no one can ever
> take that away from you nor from anyone who lived there
> before the war. These precious memories must be preserved,
> shared and cherished.
>
> That is what this mailing list is all about -
> to share them with others - and - to educate those of us who
> did not know this from our own experience.
>
> I, for one, have learned so much from reading what you
> and others have written, from meeting some of you and, of
> course, for having visited this past July.
>
> So I thank you and all those who have shared their stories
> with all of us - for enriching our knowledge of a special place.
>
> Merle
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
> To: "HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>; "Jacob Greenberg"
> <grs_software_at_bigpond.com>
> Cc: "CZERNOWITZ-L" <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 5:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [Cz-L] After we go
>
>
>> To me and to many members of this list, the current looks and
>> state of repair of Czernowitz, ARE relevant.
>> Not only because I was born there, but because, this was the first
>> place I knew and because I was brought up according to the norms
>> prevalent there at the time.
>> I believe that Czernowitz was special, in some ways unique.
>> The city, the streets and buildings are the material expression of
>> the atmosphere which prevailed there till 1940.
>> You might say that I am in love with Czernowitz, that is why I want
>> it to be maintained and restored or renovated so as to preserve its
>> character.
>> Our parents and grandparents left or died. We left so as not to live
>> under Soviet rule.
>> Those who replaced us as inhabitants of the city had an education and
>> upbringing different from ours. If despite this, they try to maintain
>> the streets, buildings and gardens so as to preserve as much as possible
>> of the old Czernowitz, I am grateful and pleased. If tourists from other
>> parts of the Ukraine and from western Europe come to visit, I am happy.
>>
>> Mimi

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