Re: [Cz-L] Gary Rogovin re popovici plaque

I abosu;utely agre with David, rumanian , after all is NOT THE LANGUAGE WE
SPOKE and it really shouldn't matter
anny

On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:54 PM, David Glynn <glynn_at_spontini.co.uk> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> Gary Rogovin writes "Rather, the plaque is only a vehicle of the underlying
> issue of censorship and deceit, as may possibly be perpetrated by the Cz
> city administration." If the city council indeed refuse to allow the
> Romanian inscription this will indeed be true. However, I feel that we
> should not let the issue of Ukrainian distortion of history, important as it
> is, obscure the principal purpose of the plaque, which is to honour Popovici
> and to bear witness to his achievement. If the plaque is actually erected
> to public view in a street in Chernivtsi, this will be a great thing. It
> will be a memorial to Popovici in the city where he was mayor. It will
> bring his achievement to the attention of the Ukrainian public and of
> tourists.
>
> If the city council really refuse to allow the Romanian inscription, this
> will bring shame on them. We should not let this diminish the importance of
> rekindling the memory of Popovici and his actions in his own city.
>
> There is another point to bear in mind. If Hardy is really correct that
> the memorials to Tal, Celan, Schmidt etc do not bear the word "Jewish", it
> is of additional significance that the Popovici plaque will refer to the
> Jews so prominently.
>
> David
>
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