Re: [Cz-L] Chernivtsi, Ukraine

Miriam (Mimi) Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>

Dear Maita,

Your letter may just be what we have been waiting for.
Many of us have documents, letters and photographs related to Chernivtsi,
or rather to Cernauti and Czernowitz. These would make a wonderful exhibit
of the city's past from about 1900 till 1945.

Could you please tell us in what capacity you are working with the city of
Chernivtsi and also which organization Natalia Shevchenko represents.

With best regards,

Miriam (Mimi) Taylor

> Hello everybody,
> My name is Maita, and I am a retired attorney and United States Peace
> Corps volunteer living in Chernivtsi. I am working with the City of
> Chernivtsi and a Jewish organization (under the leadership of Natalia
> Shevchenko), who are in cooperation planning to open a Jewish museum in
> Chernivtsi, and, more immediately, prepare an exhibition for the city's 600
> year anniversary celebration in 2008. Thus, I was excited and interested to
> find your website. I understand that your group is interested in
> restoration of the Jewish cemetary, and/or central synagog (now a movie
> theater). These projects would be fabulous, of course. I can't say why the
> restoration of the Jewish cemetary has proceeded only in fits and starts,
> but it seems like a project with definite possibilites. As for the central
> synagog, I am ignorant of the obstacles (other than the obvious financial
> obstacle) but imagine it would be quite complicated. For now the city and
> Jewish organizations are focused on preserving relics of the era when
> Chernivtsi was a Jewish intellectual and cultural center. Specifically, the
> focus is on assembling a collection to exhibit in 2008 and thereafter house
> in a permanent museum.
>
> It seems that in the diaspora many items of interest, including
> photographs, are no longer in Chernivtsi. They have been scattered far and
> wide. I am writing to enlist your help in tracking down family photos,
> documents of historical interest, and items related to the arts and Jewish
> culture in Chernivtsi before WWII. Any assistance or leads in this regard
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Natalia has asked me if members of your group are interested in the
> history of the German speaking Jews of Chernivtsi, or the Yiddish speaking
> Jews. I suspect that it's both, but ask because of Natalia's inquiry.
>
> I look forward to hearing from you.
>
> Sincerely,
> Maita Prout
> United States Peace Corps Volunteer
> Chernivtsi, Ukraine
> maitaprout_at_gmail.com
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