Re: [Cz-L] Jewish Museum in Czernowitz

Miriam (Mimi) Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>

I agree with Bruce that it would be advisable to come to a
consensus opinion about this issue and Bruce, as the moderator
of our list could then inform Ms. Lenchowska.

I am in favor of accepting Mr. Zissel's decision of having
one wall in the Jewish museum dedicated to the events of the
Holocaust as experienced by the Jews of Czernowitz.

I have some questions and/or reservations about some of what
Ms. Lenchowska wrote us. I am puzzled by her writing:

>> For the exhibition planned to be opened in summer one of the walls
>> was supposed to be devoted to the beginning of Diaspora, now it is
>> reconsidered to be for deportation and begin of Holocaust.

What does she mean by "beginning of the holocaust"?

What I think we should insist on, is that from the time that
the museum opens and as long as there is no other Jewish museum
in Chernivtsi, one wall in one room of the museum, be devoted
EXCLUSIVELY to:

1. The political events of 1940-1944 and their consequences
   on the Jews of Czernowitz, detailed in facts and figures.
2. Copies of documents issued by the Rumanian authorities
   during WW2, exemplifying the discriminatory laws against Jews.
3. Photographs showing Jews wearing the yellow star, photographs
   of the ghetto or the deportations to Transnistria and photographs
   of Jews as they returned from Transnistria.

I think that members of this list will be able to provide all
the appropriate material for this one wall of the museum.

If Mr. Zissels accepts these conditions, I suggest we cooperate
to the best of our abilities in supplying material for the whole exhibition.

Mimi
Miriam Reifer Taylor

 

> Dear Friends:
>
> We welcome the good news from Ms. Lenchovska about the inclusion of
> the holocaust period in the Museum. We would like to receive your
> comments, pro and con, via the group. Once we know further how
> members of our group feel about taking part in efforts to craft the
> exhibit, we will then respond to Ms. Lenchovska and ask that our
> wishes be transmitted to Mr. Zissels.
>
> So let us know - do you feel we should offer our full support toward
> the development of the Museum, or are there still reservations?
>
> Jerome and I both feel that your letters have been responsible for
> not only a clarification of everyone's position, but in return, it
> seems we've been able to have our major concerns addressed.
>
> It is important if we are going to speak as 'the List', that we move
> forward in a unified manner. So if you do have lingering
> reservations, let's discuss them now so when we respond to Ms.
> Lenchovska and Mr. Zissels, we have reasonable consensus.
>
> Bruce Reisch (list owner)
> Jerome Schatten (Cz-L webmaster)
>

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Received on 2008-04-04 11:10:29