Horse Trading.
City of Czernowitz Official negotiates with Popovici Plaque activist
conditions for approval of plate by authorities :
Official : We cannot accept the Title of mayor in the Ukrainean version,
all we can permit is " City Head."
Activist : What about the other languages Rumanian and English?
Official : There you can call him whatever you wish…. And yes
the picture, you must change the picture with the hat,
we will only approve the well known bald-headed picture.
Popovici never wore a hat, people won't recognize him.
Activist : But this is Popovici ! How can you…
Official : We have witnesses who can testify . They say that the man
you have on the plate is not Popovici.
But I am ready for a compromise : How many Jews
do you say that he saved -19,600 ?
Ok , you make it 19,000 and you can have the hat.
Activist : But only in the Ukrainean version , in Rumanian and
English it will still read 19,600 ?
Official : As a bonus you can put in English 19,800.
As a good-will gesture.
Hardy
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