Re: [Cz-L] Popovici Memorial Pages - on line

Miriam (Mimi) Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>

Jerome has asked a very pertinent and good question and has also offered
a very good answer. Anything we do to commemorate the actions of this
righteous man does not have to be exclusive. A memorial in Fundu Moldovei,
greater attention at the Holocaust museum in Washington DC, a plaque in
Chernivtsi, a movie about him and a section on the "ehpes" site devoted
to members' testimonies and thoughts, can all coexist and reinforce each
other.

"Traian Popovici" mayor of Cernauti (Czernwitz) in 1941-42.
Testimonies and thoughts about the man and his actions"
Would be a possible title to this section.

Thank you Jerome for your suggestion and willingness to take on
additional work and resposibility.

Mimi



> Czernowitzers:
>
> I've posted what I have done of the Popovici Memorial Pages. At this
> point I'm pretty much out of material.
>
> Please take a look at these pages. If you have anything that looks
> like a good fit for this section, send it to me. Likewise, any
> suggestions for other materials or comments -- send them along.
>
> You can get to the page via the Menu on the home page, or by the
> direct link below:
> http://czernowitz.ehpes.com/popovici/traian_popovici.html
>
> I am considering also to put the testimonies of list members whose
> lives or family member's lives were impacted by Traian Popovici. Going
> back through the archives, there are some there that were posted to
> the list. Are there more? If so, I would collect them for this section.
>
> Abraham Kogan, in a recent post said: "... I was very excited when I
> finished the reading [the Carl Hirsch memoir]. He was more than just a
> "Real Mensch". I sincerely believe that Traian Popovici deserves much
> more than just a plaque somewhere in Cz. Is there still a possibility
> to do
> something about that?"
>
> Thinking about Abraham's question, and how difficult it seems to be to
> get even a small plaque installed, I thought of another question, a
> sort of mental experiment:
>
> If you could have exactly what you wanted to memorialize Popovici,
> what would that be? Would it be a statue in a park or another public
> place? What would it look like? What would the inscription say? Would
> it be something else -- a work of art, a different plaque, a poem, a
> painting, a video, photographs, what?
>
> And where would this memorial live -- in Czernowitz, Bucharest, Fundu
> Moldovei... everywhere, anywhere -- cyberspace?
>
> In cyberspace, anyone can see it and will, AND, it can be anything WE
> want. There's no-one to tell us, too big, too small, too short, too
> long, not right, not politically possible, not here, not there, too
> much money, etc. So, what might it be? Just a thought experiment.
>
> Best,
> jerome
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