Dear family and friends
i am in Prague for 2 days, i took 3 tours:
1 grand Prague
2 Jewish quarter
3 Teresin ghetto
i know..............but i did my small part--i paid tribute to my
people----155 000 torchered, murdered, exterminated, for what???????
"for contributing to the economic,cultural, scientific and public
life of every country they lived extraordinarily and
disproportionately to the small jewish population "--quote from the
book --- Jewish Prague ---which i bought, in the
evening
i went to Chabad to celebrate Simcha Torah, there were hundreds of
people, old, young, children, singing, dancing and celebrating
receiving of Torah which helped us to survive through centuries without
a country, governments, rulers, czars, kings, generals, leaders,
presidents in spite of persecutions, expulsions, pogroms,
exterminations and made us who we are---a great little nation--only .2
% of the world population, Hitler is gone, 3 rd Reich is gone,
nazis are gone but we are here.
i walked the city, sipped coffee in many different street caffes,
watching people, admiring and enjoying architecture around me thinking
that this visit to Prague is very symbolic for me and my family, in
1970 i came here as part of the first Soviet tourist group
after Soviet tanks brutally defeated Czechs attempt
for freedom in
august 1969. first time in my life i heard about the Soviet Union
regime from outside people, from Western people, we toured the country
for 10 days and i listened to many people and we became friends,
i realized few things:
1---i live in a horrible, bloody, oppressive and cruel system,
2---i like Western people, i get along with them and i would not be lost in a free world
3---i decided to emigrate from dictatorship to freedom in spite all difficulties and hardships,
this Saturday will be 35th anniversary since we came
to New York!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and than
so many friends and relatives emigrated after me, my late parents, my
brother and his family, my son , my grandchildren--- we are all here ,
living our good free life.
i am at home and i thank everybody who replied to my emails, feed back is very important,
best wishes, Inna
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