Re: [Cz-L] Re: czernowitz-l digest: May 03, 2008

Excellent idea, Alti.

Merle

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alti Rodal" <altirodal_at_gmail.com>
To: "Andrew Halmay" <venivici_at_rogers.com>
Cc: <Czernowitz-L_at_CORNELL.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Re: czernowitz-l digest: May 03, 2008


> Dear Andrew,
>
> A film on Popovici - that also portrays Jewish life in pre-war
> Czernowitz as well as during the 1940-44 period - is an excellent
> idea, and your approach sounds very promising. Might we consider a
> docu-drama that combines historical footage and photos and survivors'
> testimonies with fictional re-enactment of the stories of one or two
> families?
>
> Alti Rodal
>
>
> On 4-May-08, at 9:17 AM, Andrew Halmay wrote:
>
>> Dear Compatriots:
>>
>>
>>
>> Regarding Traian Popovici and the plaque, let us put it in
>> perspective.
>>
>
> -snip
>> Now, having been introduced to Popovici and having done additional
>> research, I feel we have a powerful story for a film. Compared to
>> Schindler, Popovici is huge. Schindler saved 1,200 Jews off whom he
>> made good profits, and his original motivation leading to contact
>> with these victims was greed. Popovici saved 20,000 and he had
>> nothing material to gain in saving them. At worst, he may have
>> risked his own life. He was a man of great character, a super-mensch.
>
> -snip-
>
>> Alles gutes - cu noroc.
>>
>> Andy Halmay.

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