[Cz-L] Re: BSA-Info-Request- **DO NOT REMOVE**

Greetings Irmgard and thank you for your prompt reply!

I should have been more clear about what I was after. I'll try now:

I am with a group of over 250 Jewish genealogical researchers whose
roots are either directly in Czernowitz or what was greater Bukowina.
We have over the years made attempts to clear the massive amount of
trees and other under and over growth that have plagued this historic
cemetery. It is across from what I believe is a large possibly
non-denominational Christian cemetery. To my knowledge these may be
the only two major cemeteries in Czernowitz proper.

We have had summer work camps that focused on clearing the Jewish
side, and have a pilot project with the City going on at present to
try and clear and restore more. According to those who have visited
both cemeteries, the Christian side is in far better shape and is
reasonably well maintained.

We understand that Between August of 2008 and April of 2009 a lot of
work was done
at the Christian cemetery. This work was apparently paid for by
private means. We would be interested in finding out if there are
Bukowinian organizations that undertook to manage the clearing and
cleaning Christian cemetery, and if so, how the went about the
process; who they hired; and how it is being presently maintained.

Our progress is slow and we feel that we could learn much from those
who have been successful in overcoming the same types of difficulties.

Your organization seemed a likely place to start, and thus I wrote to
info_at_bukovinasociety.org which I got from your excellent website.

If you have any insight in these matters or could direct us to those
that do, it would be much appreciated.

Best regards,
Jerome Schatten - Webmaster for http://czernowitz.ehpes.com
Vancouver, Canada


On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:09:09 -0700, Irmgard Hein Ellingson
<irmgard_at_wctatel.net> wrote:

> Hi Jerome,
>
> That's not a simple question to answer. Czernowitz is now Chernivci
> or Cernivci in Ukraine, which has only been an independent country
> since 1991. For about 50 years before that, it was part of the
> Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union. The Soviets
> closed churches and nationalized church property including
> cemeteries. The re-establishment of congregations and the ownership
> of facilities including churches and cemeteries is a complicated,
> ongoing issue in modern Ukraine.
>
> Were you inquiring about a particular cemetery? Perhaps I would be
> able to obtain about its present circumstances if you provided its
> name, denomination, and/or location.
>
> Sincerely,
> (Ms.) Irmgard Hein Ellingson
> Board of Directors
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "jerome schatten" <romers_at_shaw.ca>
> To: <info_at_bukovinasociety.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 6:01 PM
> Subject: BSA-Info-Request- **DO NOT REMOVE**
>
>
>> Hello... would you have any information about who maintains the
>> Christian cemeteries in Czernowitz?
>> Best,
>> Jerome Schatten
>> Vancouver
>>
>> --
>



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