Re: [Cz-L] Childhood in Czernowitz

I don't know what class the University is today, but I know that in the days
before WW2 if somebody wanted to achieve something with a serious academic
background, she/he traveled to central Europe.
Yosef Eshet

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From: "cornel fleming" <cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net>
To: <IrisJune11_at_aol.com>; <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 6:59 PM
Subject: RE: [Cz-L] Childhood in Czernowitz

> And judging from the Academic Journals the University of today is still
> high
> class! Cornel
>
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> IrisJune11_at_aol.com
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> Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Childhood in Czernowitz
>
> Mimi: I always credited the Cz University as well as its schools -
> especially the gymnasium - with turning out so many highly cultured
> writers,
> artists, actors and musicians. But not having lived in Czernowitz, i
> have
> relied on the information from my brilliant late father, a Cz native, as
> well
> as what was gleaned from my interest in these professions. When Dad
> arrived in New York at age 12 and was tested by the public schools, they
> found
> his Cz education so advanced that he was assigned to the upper high
> school
> grades and after graduation was omitted to medical school.
> If course that was back in the early 1900s, but judging from the
> e-mail from List
> members of a later generation, Cz's educational and cultural standards
> had
> to be very high in the 1920s, 30s and 40s.
>
>
> Kindest regards,
> Iris
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