Re: [Cz-L] [Fwd: To Mr. Kylynych, Councillor to the Mayor of Czernivtsy]

Eduard and Gabriele...

Thank you for writing to Mr. Kylynych and saying for all of us what needed
to be said, and thus keeping this issue alive!

I will post your letter to the website in '2008 Chernivtsi Anniversary'
section along with any replies from the mayor's office.

I wonder if some one of us who is literate in Ukrainian, could write a
letter to the editor of a widely read Chernivtsi newspaper expressing
essentially the same thoughts?

Editing out our ancestors from the historical fabric which is Czernowitz
is intellectually dishonest and totally unacceptable.

Best regards,
Jerome Schatten - webperson


On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:14:22 -0700, Gabriele Weissmann
<G.Weissmann_at_gmx.de> wrote:

>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Betreff: To Mr. Kylynych, Councillor to the Mayor of Czernivtsy
> Datum: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:41:54 +0200
> Von: Gabriele Weissmann <G.Weissmann_at_gmx.de>
> An: chernivci_600_at_rada.cv.ua
>
>
>
> Dear Mr. Kylynych,
> Recently I came across your official website regarding the 600th
> Anniversary of Czernivtsy. I read with interest about your plans and
> projects but was surprised by
> the omission of a main issue regarding the history of Czernivtsy.
> Between 1850 and 1945 the majority of the population of the town was of
> Jewish origin. Their
> contribution to the economic, social and cultural life in the city and
> in the region was of major proportions.
>
> The profile of the city and region was determined by this majority. The
> overwhelming contribution of this major ethnic group made Czernivtsy a
> place famous
> in Europe. Jewish writers and poets, artists, musicians, scientists,
> businessmen, became world-renowned and spread the name of their
> birthplace throughout
> the world. Unfortunately for Czernivtsy and the whole world, it suffered
> a terrible set-back and loss through the Holocaust. My family and my
> friends (most of them
> of Jewish Czernivtsy Bukowina provenience are making efforts to preserve
> the spiritual, social and artistic heritage, as well as dear memories of
> this time. Our connection to this heritage is very strong, since it is
> part of our identity.
>
> I suupose you know about a lot of books and publications, documentary
> films written and produced in the last decade on the subject of
> Czernivtsy.
> Dr. Josif Bursuc, Dr. Gurewitch, Prof. Rychlo, Josif Burg, Sergij
> Ossatchuk and Johann Schlamp could be valuable sources of information.
> Don't hesistate to contact me as well as www.ehpes.com for information
> or assistance.
>
> In order to complete the historic image of Czernivtsy and the Bukowina
> one cannot ignore the historic facts I mentioned above. May I suggest
> you approach
> this matter and complete the historic identiy of Czernivtsy as written
> by history.
>
> On our next visit to Czernivtsy we would be happy to meet you personally.
>
> With best wishes,
>
> Eduard Weissmann
>



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