skaitau idomia knyga. helena rubinstein, gimusi 1870 metais krokuvoje, tautybe – lenke. knygoje uzsimenama, kad augo zydu seimoje. emesi kosmetikos verslo, tapo turtingiausia to meto pasaulio moterimi. jos verslas buvo isplestas per visus kontinentus, pradejo nuo turtingu klienciu, bet fortuna susikrove is viduriniosios klases moteru. pries pat didziaja deresija, apemusia visa pasauli, ji sekmingai pardave savo versla, paskui atpirko. istrauka: „after world war one helena returned to paris, where she became recognized as europe‘s leading cosmetician. she continued to show immense business flair and in 1929, shortly before the stock market crash, she sold her business to lehman brothers for $8 million. in 1930 she bought it back for $2 million. when asked how she had managed to make such a huge profit so easily she commmented nonchalantly,‘all it took was a little chutzpach.‘ ( varna, gal galetum dundukams paaiskinti to zodzio prasme lietuviskai?) helena nugyveno 95 laimingus metus, skesdama fantastiskame gerbuvyje, tuo laiku ji akumuliavo $1000.000. knygoje rasoma:“ helena also made personal gifts to museums,, particularly the one in tel aviv, to colleges and medical research, as well as financing scholarships for israeli citizens.“ is kitos puses, rozos luxemburg biografijoje irgi rasoma, kad gime lenkijoje, tautybe – lenkaite, bet augo zydu seimoje. roza buvo savo laikmecio donkichote, apie ja ten raso:“throughout her life rosa believed that the cause of international socialism was more important than nationalism, which she regarded as an unhelpful, middle class preoccupation. she stubbornly underestimated the strenght of nationalist feeling, a cause of major disagreement with the future soviet leader vladimir lenin, who was commited to national self- determination“. cia reikia pridurti, kad vargsele roza uz savo idealizma vokieciu policijos buvo nudobta kaip pasiutusi kale ir imesta i upe. vokieciu policininkai isteisinti. stai dvi lenkijos zydaiciu gyvenimo istorijos. p.s. jei kas nesupranta anglisku citatu, gal atsiras koks geros sirdies zmogus ir isvers, nes man jau per daug. sekmes, tautieciai. istraukos pateiktos is knygos „women who changed the world“, quercus publishing, london, 2006, 2007 and 2008. -- Komentuoju straipsnį http://www.culture.lt/satenai/?st_id=16665