Re: [Cz-L] The swap.

I agree with Mimi. Many unpleasant incidences happened to us in a variety of ways.The desperation was complete. The saving of those who could be saved by whatever means was paramount. All the incidental petty analysis are of no value today . Whatever reasoning was given in the quest to save one's life is of no mater the
importance was that there were means by way of kindnes, money or whatever to save lives.Many Christians who helped and nurtured Jewish Czernowitzer's never got mentioned in any Forum. Popovici who jeopardised his own position to help was worthy of recognition. We who are alive to day were only young children who learned early in life the realities to dwell on it in old age.
Fred.Weisinger

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From: Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
To: Anny Matar <annymatar_at_gmail.com>; HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net>
Cc: cornel fleming <cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net>; "Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu" <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Tue, 11 May, 2010 2:41:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] The swap.

Dear Anny,

Whatever I did to have Traian Popovici remembered as a saver of thousands
of Czernowitz Jews, I did, because I personally am immensely grateful to
him, because I never heard anyone say a bad word about him before or after
you wrote about his wife and your dog, because institutions and people I
respect and trust asserted that his actions were honorable and because I
believe that gratitude is more important than keeping score and remembering
evil done to us.

In my opinion THERE ARE NO SAINTS. Therefore Popovici could not be one.
We are all fallible, but some of us, whether Romanians, Ukrainians, Jews or
Hottentots, try to be decent, honest and compassionate people.
I do know lots of people who got the Popovici authorization in 1941, many of
them members of this list and you are the only one, who has accused Popovici
or his wife of extortion in order to get the permit to remain in Czernowitz.

In a court of law, your story would be considered "hearsay"; you are telling
us what your mother told you.

I cannot prove your story wrong, nor do you have any corroboration that it
is true. So let's stop the discussion about the motives for Popovici's
actions.

Mimi 

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