Re: [Cz-L] CJCRO, ASF and SVIT

Thank you Mimi.

Merle

----- Original Message -----
From: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
To: "Merle Kastner" <merlek_at_videotron.ca>; <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 7:19 AM
Subject: CJCRO, ASF and SVIT

> Dear Merle and all Czernowitzers,
>
> This message is in response to a question I received from Merle about the
> meaning of the following acronyms:
>
> CJCRO is the acronym for " Czernowitz Jewish Cemetery Restoration
> Organization"
>
> ASF is the acronym for "Aktion Sunnetzeichen Friedendienste"
> A German non governmental organization which wants to atone for crimes
> committed by Nazi Germany during WW2. They send volunteers to various
> countries, to help survivors of WW2 and also help restore buildings and
> cemeteries which are part of the heritage of the peoples adversely
> affected
> by the German conduct of the war. In Czernowitz they have one volunteer
> stationed for a year to help the old people of Hesed Shushana.
> The website of ASF can be accessed at:
>> http://www.asf-ev.de/index.php?id=455&L=1
>
> I do not know exactly what SVIT is the acronym for, but this too is a
> nongovernmental organization, affiliated with SCI, trying to bring
> volunteers from all over the world to help with various public minded
> projects in the Ukraine.
> You can access more information about SVIT Ukraine at:
>> http://www.svit-ukraine.org/.about_SVIT
>
> Both organizations have done a lot to clear the cemetery of weedy
> vegetation
> and we owe them our thanks. Please, all who are interested in seeing the
> cemetery restored and maintained, write to both ASF Germany and to SVIT
> Ukraine and thank them for their efforts.
>
> Mimi
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