Rudich Manin with friends at a Purim ball

This is a photo taken in 1947 in Brasov during a Purim ball. It was organized by the CDE (The Democratic Jewish Community), they were organizing all sorts of events, like parties, and so on. I am the second from left, dressed up as Rica Venturiano. The other boys were my friends back then, but I don?t remember their names. I think they are all in Israel now. I remember the father of the boy next to me, to my left, was a tailor, but that's all. I went camping with colleagues of mine when I was in the last year of high school, in the 10th grade, to Slanic Moldova, and to Costinesti. We were there with some of our teachers. Back then Costinesti was more of a village, and we slept in rented rooms; six boys in one room because we didn't want to be separated. We slept on the floor, only on straw and sheets, and cooked ourselves in the courtyard, but it was very nice. We had sports classes in high school, but I also played football in the team of the Jewish community here, in Brasov. The team's name was Hacua, and I and other boys, like Gut, a friend of mine, were playing in the junior team; I was 17 then, I think. The team may have belonged to a Jewish organization, but I don't know for sure. There was also a senior team that was playing some championships, but it was too long ago for me to remember exactly. After high school I started working at Carpatex textile factory. That was in 1951 and I worked there until I retired in 1990.