Re: [Cz-L] Trieste

 Hello all,
 I tend to agree with Cornel re Julius Meinl. The CZ store remains very much part
of my childhood. I love the huge store in Vienna and go there whenever
I am in Vienna.
      Bianca
On Apr 21, 2014, at 10:01 AM, cornel fleming <cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net> wrote:

> Dear Edgar! Not overly convinced re Julius Meinl II! He was doing his best
> to keep the company afloat and it would have been fairly suicidal to refuse
> visits to his establishments. And there certainly can be no complaint about
> his son and his Jewish wife....who must have influenced his Dad!! And
> their coffee is still amazingly good!!!! Cornel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edgar Hauster [mailto:bconcept_at_hotmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 4:50 PM
> To: Mark Wiznitzer; Czernowitz Discussion Group; Cornel Fleming
> Subject: RE: [Cz-L] Trieste
>
> Dear Mark, Dear Cornel,
>
> As a tea addict, I don't know much about coffee, but I do know that Julius
> Meinl coffee is highly valued for its quality all over the world, although
> to me it has a negative connotation. Julius Meinl II was one of the war
> profiteers, in interbellum Romania too.
>
> Just have a look! In September 1941 Maria Antonescu (R), the wife of Ion
> Antonescu, together with the wife of Hermann Neubacher (L), the leading
> German foreign ministry official for the Balkans
>
> http://bit.ly/1nk4Xkq
>
> as well as Manfred von Killinger, Nazi Germany's Ambassador in Romania
>
> http://bit.ly/1tsthCc
>
> were visiting the Julius Meinl factory in Bucharest. The coffee tycoon
> himself, Julius Meinl II (1869-1944) follows in June 1942
>
> http://bit.ly/1k0b4Xx
>
> and MEINL came up in the world and on stage; UfA theatrical company at the
> Savoy in Bucharest:
>
> http://bit.ly/1fgp635
>
> More on Julius Meinl II, as published by the Austrian magazine "profil" in
> August 2008 is just here
>
> http://www.profil.at/articles/0834/560/216761/julius-meinl-ii-nsdap-aufnahme
> -aufnahme
>
> but, no doubt about, the coffee was and is still good, as everybody around
> confirms it to me! Warmest wishes from the Netherlands!
>
> Edgar Hauster
> Lent - The Netherlands
>
>
>
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