Re: [Cz-L] Blog on location of proposed Joseph Schmidt monument.

They speak of a monument so it must be a statue.
   As to the Czechoslovak soldiers - no idea.
  As matters will go into second gear we'll have more details,
Hardy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
To: "HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_bezeqint.net>; <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Blog on location of proposed Joseph Schmidt monument.

> Who is Mr. Margulis?
> Is the proposed monument to Joseph Schmidt a freestanding sculpture or a
> plaque which needs to be attached to a building?
> We know that Joseph Schmidt sang at the Tempel, we also know that he lived
> in the immediate vicinity.
> The Tempel is located at the corner of Karolinengasse and Tempelgasse.
> My mother was born and lived till 1924 on #4 Karolinengasse, she knew
> Joseph
> Schmidt well and sang in the choir at the Tempel when he was the cantor.
> According to my mother, Joseph Schmidt was a neighbor. He lived either in
> the apartment house or across the street at #5 Karolinengasse.
> Karolinengasse is now named Zankovetska, it is the same street on which
> the
> Popovici memorial plaque was put up.
> On Zankovetska to the left of the Tempel, when facing it, there is a small
> garden with some mature trees. A free standing monument could probably be
> erected there, if not, the nearby theatre square would be a most suitable
> location.
> If the monument to Schmidt is to be a plaque, it should be attached to the
> Temple building itself. The Tempel will not remain a cinema, it is too
> large
> a building for this and could be used to much better advantage as a
> conference center with a historical Jewish heritage. It could become part
> of the university, etc., but lets not go into this at this time.
>
> Mimi
>
>
>
>
> On 6/22/10 6:38 AM, "HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET> wrote:
>
>> 1) If I'm not mistaken, Mr. Margulis wants to finance the construction of
>> the
>> monument to Joseph Schmidt in Chernivtsi. At the request of Mr. Margulis
>> is
>> developing a draft of such a monument sculptor D. Gorzkowski (author of
>> the
>> monument Afghans, Mihai Eminescu, Czechoslovak soldiers in Chernivtsi,
>> etc.). There are difficulties with the choice location of this monument.
>> Distinguished members of the community, and you think, where it can be
>> erected this monument in Chernovtsy? However both, except for Joseph
>> Schmidt
>> singing skills possessed and the art of cinematography.
>>
>> 2)As everyone knows Joseph Schmidt singing as a cantor in the synagogue
>> "Templ", where At the present time, in the front hall kinoteadra
>> "Chernivtsi" a plaque famous singer.
>> Joseph Schmidt was known throughout Europe, singing in opera houses in
>> Berlin, Vienna, Budapest, died and buried it in Switzerland.
>> Monument Bucovinian Caruso "- Joseph Schmidt, must stand next to the
>> former
>> synagogue" Temple "in the park across the road, but not on a small
>> platform
>> at the intersection Kotlyarevs'kogo and Mickiewicz!
>>
>> Where do you thing is right location ?
>>
>> Give me yor choice ,I come back in a week and blog it to Czernowitz
>> with great speed.
>> I am away for 7 days.
>>
>> Hardy

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