Re: [Cz-L] Village of Ispas named "Righteous Among Nations"

How lucky were we to have such good neighbors !
Hardy
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From: "Bruce Reisch" <bir1_at_nysaes.cornell.edu>
To: <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 4:16 PM
Subject: [Cz-L] Village of Ispas named "Righteous Among Nations"

> Our friends on the Bukovina-Gen mailing list spotted this story:
>
> http://www.day.kiev.ua/291402/
>
> From "The Day" out of Kiev, it is the story of how the village of
> Ispas saved 100 Jews from certain death during WWII. The term
> "Righteous Among The Nations" is used, but it's not clear if they are
> referring to the Yad-Vashem award by this name, or to a recognition
> by the International Tolerance Foundation as mentioned at the end of
> the article.
>
> Congratulations to the Righteous of Ispas. You can see Ispas on this
> map, a bit northeast of Kuty and Wiznitz, west of Czernowitz.
>
> http://czernowitz.ehpes.com/czernowitz3/newmaps/bukovina-1a.jpg
>
> Bruce
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