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guests and organize parties on different occasions. Next to it was the small living room where my brother and I would do our homework. Between the hallway and the kitchen door there was another door leading to the pantry - it hâd a window towards the north and a cement floor. The walls were covered în wooden shelves where mother used to puț the jars filled with homemade pickles, jams and canned food. There would be Bergamote pears harvested în autumn from
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and long. There were two gates în the fence: a simple one for the people and a double one that would only open în autumn to let în the traps and the necessary for heating the house în wintertime. We hâd lots of trees în the yard: a linden, pear trees, a wax cherry tree and fours plum trees. My mother would make plum jam în a big laundry cauldron that a Romă tin-man would prepare every year. She would fill
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the pantry, în big glass jars covered with cellophane. Part of the yard was paved. There were small spaces between the stones were tiny coloured flowers appeared în springtime. My grandmother would ask uș not to step on them. We hâd flowerbeds towards our neighbours' fence [...] It was heaven-like în summer. *This text was published în G.A.P. 14 and represents the point of departure for the theatre play Uncertain Home - A Subjective History of Housing, a project by Vârstă 4
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extremely correct în this aspect. [...] But I must add that the landlords used to raise the rent periodically: a while after moving în, the landlord would ask for a higher rent. If we couldn’ț pay the new rent, we hâd to move ouț. That’s why we lived în 12 different houses în that period and we moved ouț 12 times! It’s said that moving ouț three times produces losses and damages equal to a house fire. [...] The first
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houses în that period and we moved ouț 12 times! It’s said that moving ouț three times produces losses and damages equal to a house fire. [...] The first house I remember - must have been around the year 1920. It hâd a 40-50 metres long yard with a wooden fence. În the backyard there was an orchard with wax-cherry trees. We were six families renting în that yard, three on the left side and three of the right side - the landlady
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side - the landlady and five tenant families. Detail: the landlady and Mrs. Victoria were Christians and other four families were Jewish. The Jews were speaking Yiddish; șo Mrs. Marinescu, the landlady, learnt Yiddish along with her fellow tenants. Our apartment hâd two rooms: a bedroom and a so-called living room where all the household activities were taking place. The bedroom hâd a window, the living room didn’ț, șo the light was coming în through the door; the door was half
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Jewish. The Jews were speaking Yiddish; șo Mrs. Marinescu, the landlady, learnt Yiddish along with her fellow tenants. Our apartment hâd two rooms: a bedroom and a so-called living room where all the household activities were taking place. The bedroom hâd a window, the living room didn’ț, șo the light was coming în through the door; the door was half wooden and its upper side was glass, șo the light could come în. Our kitchen was somewhere on the left
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ț, șo the light was coming în through the door; the door was half wooden and its upper side was glass, șo the light could come în. Our kitchen was somewhere on the left side of the courtyard - each family hâd its kitchen randomly allocated în the yard. The shed was far în the backyard; purchasing and storing firewood was really vital and difficult. The toilet - without running water - was the furthermost în the backyard. Back then it was called “privată
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pomp în the yard, hoping it would not freeze; all the tenants în the yard depended on it. To keep it from freezing, we would wrap it around with straw and blankets. Still it would sometimes freeze; and then we hâd to break the ice șo that the water flow would be unblocked. These memories date back to 1925-26. [caption id="attachment 3628" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Photo: Marc Teuscher[/caption] Lippa Segall I was born în a house on 53 Unității
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580"] Photo: Marc Teuscher[/caption] Lippa Segall I was born în a house on 53 Unității Street, the Jewish quarter în Dudești neighbourhood [Bucharest]. The house was relatively high, solid, made of brick, and contrasting with the surrounding houses. It hâd an iron fence, a yard and an orchard. Initially, around the time I was born and before our house was partly confiscate, the entrance was covered by a marquee. [...] The first bedroom hâd a window with wooden shades which could
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and contrasting with the surrounding houses. It hâd an iron fence, a yard and an orchard. Initially, around the time I was born and before our house was partly confiscate, the entrance was covered by a marquee. [...] The first bedroom hâd a window with wooden shades which could cover the window completely; a big window, and a small one facing the orchard with very beautiful roses. I hâd my small bed near my parents’ bed, and my sister hâd a couch
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was partly confiscate, the entrance was covered by a marquee. [...] The first bedroom hâd a window with wooden shades which could cover the window completely; a big window, and a small one facing the orchard with very beautiful roses. I hâd my small bed near my parents’ bed, and my sister hâd a couch to sleep on. Later on we gave up the couch. The house hâd five rooms and a hall: the first bedroom, the second bedroom, then two small
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first bedroom hâd a window with wooden shades which could cover the window completely; a big window, and a small one facing the orchard with very beautiful roses. I hâd my small bed near my parents’ bed, and my sister hâd a couch to sleep on. Later on we gave up the couch. The house hâd five rooms and a hall: the first bedroom, the second bedroom, then two small rooms, the kitchen, the bathroom, shower and toilet. We hâd two
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big window, and a small one facing the orchard with very beautiful roses. I hâd my small bed near my parents’ bed, and my sister hâd a couch to sleep on. Later on we gave up the couch. The house hâd five rooms and a hall: the first bedroom, the second bedroom, then two small rooms, the kitchen, the bathroom, shower and toilet. We hâd two exits towards the yard. The second exit was through the kitchen, towards the paved yard
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sister hâd a couch to sleep on. Later on we gave up the couch. The house hâd five rooms and a hall: the first bedroom, the second bedroom, then two small rooms, the kitchen, the bathroom, shower and toilet. We hâd two exits towards the yard. The second exit was through the kitchen, towards the paved yard. În the yard we used to make the magiun [a special sort of jam], which was then deposited either în the well stocked storage
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exit was through the kitchen, towards the paved yard. În the yard we used to make the magiun [a special sort of jam], which was then deposited either în the well stocked storage room, or în the cellar. The kitchen hâd a small țin boiler. At some point, the boiler broke and became useless. We hâd a cast iron cooking stove and cupboards and a cooler. Back în the days, the cooler functioned with ice, șo we would buy ice for
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make the magiun [a special sort of jam], which was then deposited either în the well stocked storage room, or în the cellar. The kitchen hâd a small țin boiler. At some point, the boiler broke and became useless. We hâd a cast iron cooking stove and cupboards and a cooler. Back în the days, the cooler functioned with ice, șo we would buy ice for it. I vaguely remember: the paved yard hâd two water pumps with hoses attached șo
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the boiler broke and became useless. We hâd a cast iron cooking stove and cupboards and a cooler. Back în the days, the cooler functioned with ice, șo we would buy ice for it. I vaguely remember: the paved yard hâd two water pumps with hoses attached șo we could water the orchard. My mom was doing this work and she really cared about the garden. Besides the roses, we hâd șo many different flowers. The whitewashed storage room with wooden
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buy ice for it. I vaguely remember: the paved yard hâd two water pumps with hoses attached șo we could water the orchard. My mom was doing this work and she really cared about the garden. Besides the roses, we hâd șo many different flowers. The whitewashed storage room with wooden exterior looked really nice, șo we used it aș sukkah during the Sukkot celebration [Feast of Tabernacles], to have our feast there. We even organized a wedding în the yard
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different flowers. The whitewashed storage room with wooden exterior looked really nice, șo we used it aș sukkah during the Sukkot celebration [Feast of Tabernacles], to have our feast there. We even organized a wedding în the yard! The house hâd a metallic staircase which used to be very stable and a sort of attic more like a loft. It was made of bricks aș well aș the house, and it was suitable for housing someone. But în fact that’s
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my grandma moved în with uș în Bucharest. Șo initially we were four people în the house, plus Valeria, who was sort of a maid and nanny, brought by my mom from Bucovina. Valeria was no older than 15. She hâd her own room on another side of the building în the same yard, but she didn’ț like it there, șo she arranged a bed for herself în the kitchen. She would sleep în this special bed which could be
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could be turned into a table. She didn’ț like being isolated șo she slept în the kitchen, where it was nice to be, especially aș it was closer to the jars with goodies în the kitchen cellar. Later she hâd a boyfriend and she would take him to the cellar. But of course, she hâd to go back to Bucovina în 1941, when the Jews were forbidden to have maids. It was difficult for her to separate from my mom
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în the kitchen, where it was nice to be, especially aș it was closer to the jars with goodies în the kitchen cellar. Later she hâd a boyfriend and she would take him to the cellar. But of course, she hâd to go back to Bucovina în 1941, when the Jews were forbidden to have maids. It was difficult for her to separate from my mom. Valeria was close to my mom, and my mom was a kind soul and hâd
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hâd to go back to Bucovina în 1941, when the Jews were forbidden to have maids. It was difficult for her to separate from my mom. Valeria was close to my mom, and my mom was a kind soul and hâd always made her feel at home. She felt really good with uș and wept a lot when she hâd to leave. And then you know the times that followed... Lidia Fonea I was born on Olteni Street, în the
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for her to separate from my mom. Valeria was close to my mom, and my mom was a kind soul and hâd always made her feel at home. She felt really good with uș and wept a lot when she hâd to leave. And then you know the times that followed... Lidia Fonea I was born on Olteni Street, în the Jewish neighbourhood of Bucharest, în a house where I lived alone with my parents. When I was two years
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