Yes ,so true,
But much more than Karl May, the mostly read
author for the young was Jules Verne.
He wrote a book "Travel to the moon."
This may explain our having of so many lunatics,
( Connections.)
Hardy
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מאת: Miriam Taylor [mailto:mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu]
נשלח: Monday, February 09, 2015 5:39 PM
אל: Hardy Breier
עותק: 'Mirtha Beatriz Rauch'; czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu
נושא: Re: [Cz-L] My first contact
There are other connections between Montevideo, the Rio de la Plata
and Czernowitz;
1. Every Czernowitzer read Karl Mai, in who's books the Rio de la Plata
played a major role. Uruguay had a reputation of being very civilized
and it was possible to get a visa to settle there.
Mimi
On Feb 9, 2015, at 1:13 AM, Hardy Breier wrote:
> Our new list member is from Montevideo.
> How can this be connected to Czernowitz ?
> Montevideo lies on the Rio de la Plata
> or River Plate that has a delta of 250 km width.
> Here in 1939 the german cruiser Admiral Graf Spee
> was scuttled after being hit.
> This defeat of the german navy cased immense
> joy among the Czernowitzer Jews.
> From the Ham to Morario.
> This is how the Klocuczka and Rio de la Plata
> were connected.
>
> Hardy
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