Re: [Cz-L] cemetery clearing

From: Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:39:10 -0400
To: Joanna Liss <joliss_at_comcast.net>
Reply-to: Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>

I want to thank Joanna for adding to my explanation on how the work
at the cemetery is tackled. As a participant in the 2008 ASF work-camp,
she is in a position to know what way of working best suits the
volunteers.
I am also glad to discover that people who participated in the 2008
work-camp,
have gone on to study and do related research.

Is there any interest among members of this list to either join ASF
or SVIT,
in work-camps at the cemetery next year? Or having one of our own?

Mimi

On Jul 8, 2011, at 5:26 PM, Joanna Liss wrote:

> Just wanted to add my 2 cents worth and say I agree with Mimi about
> the
> clearing. Speaking as a member, and the oldest one, of the original
> volunteer group in 2008, that is pretty much the way we operated. The
> younger members (everyone but me!) cut and hauled off the larger
> branches
> and brush. I worked at a slower pace, sometimes with some others
> when they
> were tired, and sat at an individual grave and, very meditatively, cut
> smaller branches and vines from around the graves. There is
> definitely a job
> for anyone who wants to participate. I just hope people realize
> what they
> are getting into and have bug spray and lightweight clothes. It
> gets hot!!
>
> Bravo for the people in their 70's who are volunteering. At 58, I was
> definitely the elder of the group, but those folks are going to put
> me to
> shame.
>
> Just a note to newer members. I signed up because of my Jewish
> heritage and
> because I knew I had some family relationship to the city. I didn't
> realize
> until later that my own great grandparents are buried in the
> cemetery, and
> that my grandmother and my mother's older sister grew up in Cz. I
> did find
> their graves, on the very last day, with the help of my very kind and
> persistent co-volunteers, who knew I had tried, and who offered to
> help me.
> So thru the trees and vines and stinging nettles we went.
>
> By the way, although I was the only Jewish volunteer, everyone in
> the group
> was very committed to the project. One woman, from Australia, is now
> pursuing Jewish studies, and learning Yiddish. Another, from
> Germany, did
> her master's thesis on the cemetery.
>
> Joanna Liss
>

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