Re: [Cz-L] czernowitz-l digest: January 22, 2013

Re Restitution and living in Cz -  Those of you living in the U.S. and Canada, be advised that your tax dollars provide the Ukraine with substantial aid.  Contact your representatives and beef.  Point out that most ex-Communist countries have returned property.  Former Russian territories go back to the teens so it's understandable but Bucovina turned Communist only after WW II, like Poland and Romania, etc.  If you had property in Kiev, it's one story but Cz should be treated as all the others which have returned property.  I know a retired Romanian professor (Harvard and Boston College) who is the son of a former Minister in King Carol's government.  They had five homes in Bucharest and the surrounding area and he got them all back.  Those of you which live in other Western countries, check to see if your country provides the Ukraine with aid and if so, get after your representatives and make noise.
 
As for living in Cz today?  Nobody can give anyone else advice since that's a very personal matter.  Early man settled by rivers for drinking water and transportation. Cz with the Prut passes that test.  In some ways it probably has some of the inconveniences of a third world country - which can be charming if you're a romantic. Health care is another important consideration.  With socialized medicine in much of the industrialized world which often is downright deadly dangerous, Cz may offer relatively decent medical care at affordable prices.  All the operations I ever had were performed in my childhood in Cz before we left it.
 
Theodor Herzel chose Palestine for historical and religious reasons, ignoring the fact that the land offers little potential for farming or to be exploited in terms of minerals or other riches and ignoring the fact that it was surrounded by a people whose bible instructs them to destroy Jews. Yet over six million Jews call Israel home today and it doubtlessly ranks among the top five countries of the world as a good place in which to live.
 
I would not consider Cz for my terminal years.  I'm too old to learn yet another language and if I'm going to move I'd prefer a tropical island.  But I would be very happy to repossess the home my grandmother built and in which I was born.
 
Cheers,
Andy Halmay
 
Cheers,
Andy

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