tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post4341823586774011914..comments2024-03-28T22:50:02.315+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Cafe Scheherazade: remembering refugees' storiesHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-37605331476053778572018-08-24T13:04:59.818+10:002018-08-24T13:04:59.818+10:00MRZ
you are quite right of course. As I wrote in ...MRZ<br /><br />you are quite right of course. As I wrote in the post itself, Café Scheherazade did not open until 1958.<br /><br />My beloved parents married at the same time as Avram and Masha Zeleznikow, and were equally struggling for money. So they became great mates :) Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-60498224623236101502018-08-23T17:04:55.716+10:002018-08-23T17:04:55.716+10:00Sorry, my comment is 7 years late, but I just want...Sorry, my comment is 7 years late, but I just wanted to mention that the photo of Scheherazade is not from 1950. For starters, it didn't open until 1958, but the Diner's club logo and air conditioned sign on the front door lead me to believe it's more likely the late 60s or 70s.MRZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15920889271861007137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-49409299275670895562011-10-13T18:10:21.256+11:002011-10-13T18:10:21.256+11:00Marc
I was talking to some Australians about maki...Marc<br /><br />I was talking to some Australians about making life less miserable for asylum seekers when one woman, a refugee herself in 1952, indicated she didn't want more refos entering the country. I was gobsmacked and said "but you were a refugee yourself". "Ah yes" she said, "but we were a better quality of refugee!"<br /><br />I am only guessing that good quality refugee = from Europe. Poor quality refugee = from Asia, Africa or the Middle East.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-61275861996376615762011-10-13T02:34:53.673+11:002011-10-13T02:34:53.673+11:00The same thing happens here in Canada; a country p...The same thing happens here in Canada; a country populated by immigrants goes to great lengths to stop new immigrants from seeking asylum in our country. As an immigrant myself, it disgusts me.marc aurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03811106443815434007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-72347389931354765482011-10-05T08:59:33.938+11:002011-10-05T08:59:33.938+11:00Hermes
You are quite correct - in safe havens in ...Hermes<br /><br />You are quite correct - in safe havens in the Old World, and in most of the New World. <br /><br />The possibilities are<br />a] an entire community is expelled eg half a million Protestant Huguenots from France.<br />b] an entire community is targeted for destruction within their own country eg 3 million Jews in Poland (90%) or<br />c] life is so deplorable for everyone that people feel they cannot protect their children's lives eg during the Iran-Iraq War.<br /><br />Some new arrivals are not refugees of course and can be processed by our governments in the normal way. I am only discussing refugees.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-67910148036494415142011-10-05T08:39:02.395+11:002011-10-05T08:39:02.395+11:00Student
I suppose The Village Belle, as we used t...Student<br /><br />I suppose The Village Belle, as we used to call Acland St, was the only part of Australia that looked even remotely Viennese - lots of little Eastern European cake shops and tiny coffee tables out on the footpaths. <br /><br />But in the end, it was where Yiddish, Polish and German-speaking refugees could feel they had a home. Most refugees lived in pretty crappy boarding houses, when they first got off the boat.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-78139919372708694122011-10-05T02:52:02.696+11:002011-10-05T02:52:02.696+11:00Several fascinating videos on Youtube and Vimeo. I...Several fascinating videos on Youtube and Vimeo. In the UK most of us are ultimately immigrants from one time or other - everyone has the right to a decent life and having a chance to fulfil their potential.Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-66843687816624073982011-10-05T01:15:03.870+11:002011-10-05T01:15:03.870+11:00I am a Melbournian. Why do you think Acland St was...I am a Melbournian. Why do you think Acland St was such a success as a safe haven for refugees? I don't think it is now.Student of Historynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-29056867703209425092011-10-04T19:53:26.590+11:002011-10-04T19:53:26.590+11:00Esmeralda
welcome to my blog! Actually I feel pri...Esmeralda<br /><br />welcome to my blog! Actually I feel privileged - I saw the number of blogs you follow. It must just about be a world record.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-5928674670226805712011-10-04T19:45:34.845+11:002011-10-04T19:45:34.845+11:00Great post,I really enjoyed it!Great post,I really enjoyed it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09845795983113273907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-3114601954453385932011-10-04T19:17:40.960+11:002011-10-04T19:17:40.960+11:00Xenophon
and not even old history. I well remembe...Xenophon<br /><br />and not even old history. I well remember the boat loads arriving in Melbourne in the early 50s, filled with refugees of my parents' generation, holding the hands of children my age.<br /><br />My parents were in Australia during the war and survived. My husband's family was in Europe and 95% of them were slaughtered.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-11143019301905030002011-10-04T19:14:32.346+11:002011-10-04T19:14:32.346+11:00Jane and Lance
There is something seriously the m...Jane and Lance<br /><br />There is something seriously the matter. People are being killed endlessly, for thinking believing or behaving in the wrong way. Governments wipe out their opposition in a heart beat. Muammar Gaddafi said he will waste every last drop of Libyan blood to retain power. What more do we, in the West, need to know?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-12836602848581501752011-10-04T18:07:15.870+11:002011-10-04T18:07:15.870+11:00Thanks for this lesson in recent history. Unfortun...Thanks for this lesson in recent history. Unfortunately it seems necessary.Xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07670105499646555863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-31990393473690645022011-10-04T16:28:26.021+11:002011-10-04T16:28:26.021+11:00Hello Helen:
We too totally deplore the attitude o...Hello Helen:<br />We too totally deplore the attitude of governments around the world to the current refugee crises. The British Government included.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com