Re: [Cz-L] Letter to Mr. Josef Zissels

Czernowitzers... I believe Mimi has taken a most important step, one
that should not be lost in the clutter of heated debate. She actually
wrote to Mr.Zissels!

Let us put our individual voices to the task of letting Mr.Zissels
know who we are and what we think about the plan to exclude mention of
the holocaust from the Museum at its very inception.

Let us each, in our own way, write to Mr.Z and CC the email to the
list so that it is forever in our Archives, showing the world that at least
we did NOT stand by while, for whatever reason, one of our own
sanitized the history of Jewish Czernowitz.

We are 350 souls bound together not only by our genealogical
endevours, our affection for Czernowitz, and our Jewishness, but also
by the defining moment for Jews (indeed humanity) in the 20th century
-- the holocaust.

Let us be counted!

Best,
jerome

On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:27:49 -0800, Miriam Taylor
<mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu> wrote:

> Some members of this list insist on blaming Natalya Shevchenko
> for the omission of the Holocaust from the Chernivtsi Jewish Museum.
> We have had it confirmed by Bruce Reisch, that the decision to omit
> the holocaust, was taken by Mr. Josef Zissels, yet no one objects,
> when accusations are leveled at the wrong person.
>
> If you have questions or objections, write to Mr. Zissels,
> send your inquiries to where they are likely to do most good.
> Write him at: <vaad-ua_at_ukr.net>
> Or at: <josefz_at_svitonline.com>
>
> The following is a copy of what I wrote him on March 27th:
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I believe that you as the Chairman of the General Council of the
> Euro-Asian Congress, initiated the idea of a Jewish museum
> and exhibition in Chernivtsi. I also believe that it is your decision
> to omit any mention of the fate of Czernowitz Jews during WW2.
>
> This museum and this exhibition are the only ones of their kind
> in the world, which will have as their sole theme, the life and
> culture
> of the Jews of Czernowitz/Cernauti. As such, this museum and
> exhibition,
> cannot be only a museum of Ethnography or Anthropology, it has to be
> a museum devoted to the culture AND history of the Jews of
> Czernowitz.
> Our culture did not develop in a vacuum, nor did it cease to exist,
> for no reason. If the museum and exhibition will ignore the events
> of WW2,
> It will ignore the truth.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Miriam Taylor

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