Re: [Cz-L] New Books (Das Judische Czernowitz Album by Nataly Shevchenko and Helmut Kusdat Wien 2009)

10-5-09

Miriam,

In no way am I, or anyone else, questioning your good faith. We are all aware of your remarkable achievements and relentless wonderful work on the Traian Popovichi plaque, the Jewish museum and your current project, the CZ Jewish Cemetery.

The inclusion of your emails was in fact meant to demonstrate your good faith efforts in working with Ms. Shevchenko to provide material for display in the CZ Jewish Museum. What she may or may not have done with the material beyond inclusion in the Museum's exhibits, is beyond your control.

Neither am I accusing Ms. Shevchenko of any impropriety, especially without having read her book. When I saw her name, I immediately made the connection to the Museum and it simply aroused my curiosity.

Gary Rogovin

-------------- Original message from Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>: --------------

> In answer to Gary Rogovin's message:
>
> I believe the author of "Das Judische Czernowitz Album" is the same person
> as the director of the Jewish Museum in Chernivtsi. I have not seen the book
> in question, but know that Ms. Shevchenko wrote a book about the
> architecture of Czernowitz, before she became the director or conservator
> of the museum. This book was written in Russian and last year, she talked to
> me about having it translated into English or German.
> I assume that the new book is largely dependent on her previous book.
>
> Until we know whether photographs I sent Ms. Shevchenko for the museum,
> were used by her, in her book, let's not make accusations.
> When I have time, I will purchase her book and see.
> The list of the photographs and copies of photographs, I sent her, is now on
> thumb-sticks, which I do not have time to look at, but many of them, if not
> most, were my own photographs and documents and I certainly will recognize
> those. She did not ask my permission to use them. If she did use them, I
> will be annoyed and then I will put it out of my mind.
>
> I am sorry if anyone I persuaded to send photographs to Natalya, now regrets
> having done so, I can only assure you that I did so in good faith.
>
> Mimi
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