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Lemberg/Lvov/Lviv Lemberg is in Ukraine. I gave a talk on it and was told we should not say The Ukraine. It's just Ukraine, like America or Australia. Kiev is Ukraine's capital. I used to muddle up Ukraine and Lithuania. Then I realized that Ukraine and its capital both contain the letter K. Lemberg was the second city. It was in the west, near the border, on the east west road and the east west railway line. In the 1880s when my ancestors lived there, Jews were not allowed to ride on the railway trains nor work in the post office. That explains why they left for England. And of course the pogroms. I'd like to go back some time and see the city. Simon Wiesenthal the Nazi-hunter came from Ukraine. My family fared better than his in WWII because mine were in England. (I was born after WWII.) So I have to thank my ancestors for leaving that part of the world and coming to England. Because they made the journey I am city here writing and you are reading my words. |
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