Re: [Cz-L] Popovici: Facts and figures

Miriam (Mimi) Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>

Basically, Hardy is correct.
Yet negotiations with administrative authorities are complex,
things have been set in motion and it would be more trouble
or even impossible to change things again.
The experts say the number was 19600 and we shall leave it at that.

Please vote on which suggested inscription you prefer.
Mimi

> Hi All,
> The latest posts deal with the numbers of authorizations issued
> by Popovici in order to put the number of the Jews he saved on
> the memorial plate correct .
> We want the number to be big , the bigger the number the
> bigger Popovici's credit.
> Schindler saved only 1700 and got a Spielberg movie !
> In line with this Popovici should get 10 Coppola movies.
> There is a Jewish saying :"Whoever saves one soul ,saves the entire
> world."
> I would remove the numbers from the plate - just put there:
> " He saved many Jews. "
> What is important and true is that if there was no Popovici
> a l l the Jews of Czernowitz would have been deported .
> This is a fact one must remember.
> Hardy
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