Re: [Cz-L] Greetings + Reflection about the 600-year celebration

Hello Charles,
   It is a pleasure to hear from you after a long time.
     All you say makes sense but needs a lot of preparations.
     If somebody would collect the material and write text I will
     put it in . The text must be in Ukr. as the presentation is for
      the locals.
       As it stands now , we do not know if there will be a presentation
        or not . Let us therefore think and gather material but wait for
         implementation when we get the green light.
         As it stands our presentation can be shown as it is, of course
          it can be improved. There will always be place for improvement.
           For a work done by amateur Czernowitzers it is not so bad .
              A Steven Spielberg production - it is not.

             Of course send us any material you think should go in.
                Sei mir gesund
                            Hardy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Rosner" <frenchczern1_at_yahoo.com>
To: <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 6:22 PM
Subject: [Cz-L] Greetings + Reflection about the 600-year celebration


> Hello everyone!
> For many years now I stopped sending greeting cards
> and also rarely reply to those I get. But our group is
> such a pleasure that I make an exception and wish you
> all a happy, healthy and successful year 2008. In
> addition, let's dream about a worldwide
> acknowledgement of what Czernowitz was: dreams and
> humor are the best weapons against the "difficulties"
> of reality!
> Now, I viewed Hardy's slides-show (a cheerful Thank
> You, Hardy!) and I read all messages exchanged about
> the opportunity we have to revive "our Czernowitz" in
> the memories of all visitors to the 600-years
> celebration.
> Let me come with some reflection about this
> opportunity. For example, who will be those visitors?
> Of course, the present officials of the city, as well
> as some coming from Kiev and from some foreign
> countries; some scholars from the city and from
> abroad; most of the present inhabitants of the city;
> people like us who have a specific relation to
> Czernowitz; and a small number of other tourists,
> probably coming mainly from Ukraine, Germany and
> Austria. There is also a chance that the Ukrainian TV
> will give a reportage about the celebration.
> Let's assume that all necessary equipment for the show
> will be available, so as to get the best out of our
> input. What shall this "Best" be? In my opinion, it
> means giving a true and impressive image of our
> Czernowitz. True, our input will certainly be; but it
> must also appear as such to the visitors: that's why
> we need it to be impressive.
> I have no particular formula to propose in that
> respect. I just wanted to share this reflection with
> you. Sometimes, some small amendments would help: for
> example, I believe that in the part of the show about
> notable people in Czernowitz, we could add a comments
> column stating in short their contribution to our
> world: "Erwin Chargaff, biochemist, his works allowed
> discovery of the DNA structure"; "Otto Preminger,
> famous movie director, Hollywood"; "Edward G.
> Robinson, Hollywood actor, famous for his gangster
> characters"; "Paul Celan, lyrical poet, the biggest of
> 20th century in German language"; "Joseph Schmidt,
> tenor, synagogue cantor and famous movie actor in the
> 1930s"; etc. For most of the names appearing there,
> Wikipedia can give a clue; as for others, let's just
> drop them.
> Here is another proposal: let's show to what extent
> our parents were involved in the economical and
> political life under Austrian and Rumanian rulings. Do
> we have pictures of the Jewish mayors and/or deputy
> mayors? My families had no big business, but the
> families of some of us had such: do we have pictures
> of big mills or factories, of trading or banking
> businesses which "we owned"? Also, can we show family
> pictures where civilian and army people appear
> together (Hardy, if you accept, I have two or three of
> such with my grand- and grandgrandparents; and Cornel
> certainly has more); etc.
> I hope these comments didn't annoy anyone.
> Regards and, again, happy new year from
> Charles

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