Re: [Cz-L] New Year's Eve Masquerade Ball: 1940

From: Elana K. Arnold <elanakarnold_at_gmail.com_at_nowhere.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 08:03:43 -0700
To: Maurice Linker <linkerm_at_gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Elana K. Arnold" <elanakarnold_at_gmail.com>


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Thank you all for this wonderful information. I appreciate this group so =
much!

All My Best,

Elana

Elana K. Arnold


> On Mar 16, 2020, at 2:11 AM, Maurice Linker <linkerm_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> Hi all
> I was 10+ and was told that=20
> When the communist travelled in the countryside and saw trees with =
lemons they claimed that they had factories producing a lot of lemons=20
> Also the nachalniks wife=E2=80=99s used nighties as evenings dresses


> On 16 Mar 2020, 7:32 PM +1100, Berti Glaubach =
<berti.glaubach_at_gmail.com>, wrote:
>> I was 11+ in winter 1940/1. New Year, of course, was celebrated and =
schools were closed. I don't remember any masquerade
>> ball, and I can't say that there was not one, but...
>> I can offer a theory about how the idea of such a celebration was =
wrongly interpreted by a younger generation from ironical remarks they =
heard from their parents.
>> The clash between the locals of quasi middle European culture with =
the shortly brought in soviet Nachalnics (bosses) produced a never =
ending series of stories=20
>> about their nouveau rich behaviour. E.g. dismantling in the toilets =
the chains of the Niagara container and wearing them as necklaces or for =
pocket watch chains.
>> Specifically for our myth might be the fact that the red courtain of =
the Jewish theatre (before Scala cinema) disappeared, and a lot of =
newcomers' wifes showed up
>> in new red robes. This might have been a malicious rumour, but Si =
non-evero it might have been ben trovato, and the accompanying idea of a =
masquerade ball would=20
>> be its logical connotation.=20
>> Just a thought.
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