Yes Christian,
Nothing compares to the expressiveness of the German language,
Whereas in other languages you need many words to make yourself
halfway understood , in German you can use one word instead
nobody will understand .
Very old language,
Hardy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christian Herrmann" <cyberorange_at_gmx.de>
To: "HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net>; <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Perished
> Dear Hardy,
>
> this is not a grave. This is a memorial next to the mass-grave at the
> Czernowitz cemetery. Set by somebody who wanted to commemorize his family.
> It lists up five persons. They are not buried there but somewhere in the
> mass-graves of Transnistria.
>
> "Zugrundegegangen" can be translated with "perished", yes. But the meaning
> in German is even stronger; you know that of course. If one translates all
> parts of the word it says "gone to the ground". It tells about suffering
> with death at the end.
>
> The "N" in the inscription are vice versa, like a cyrillic "I". Was there
> no stone carver left in Czernowitz in the post-war periode who grew up
> with German? Looks like that.
>
> Christian
>
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> Datum: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 17:56:05 +0200
>> Von: HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>
>> An: CZERNOWITZ-L <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
>> Betreff: [Cz-L] Perished
>
>> http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/540990_569361363079851_398989281_n.jpg
>>
>> Grave of Wolloch
>> It writes:
>> Zugrundegegangen - perished.
>> Nothing more.
>> But more than enough.
>>
>> Hardy
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