Re: [Cz-L] Pictures from Czernowitz visit September 14-15, 2012 from Avi Raanan on 2012-09-16 (The Czernowitz-L Archive)

From: Avi Raanan <raananas_at_bezeqint.net>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:52:25 +0300
To: Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>, Gershon Schatzberg <gschatz_at_yahoo.com>
Reply-to: Avi Raanan <raananas_at_bezeqint.net>

Dear Mimi,
A small correction,
actually they cut two corners so it look like "XX".
Just yesterday 16.9 I visited the place and here the story.
There is a small plack in the interin level explaining this issue .
Today just 2 "XX" remain to memorize this issue.
Avi
-----Original Message-----
From: Miriam Taylor
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 7:01 AM
To: Gershon Schatzberg
Cc: Czernowitz-L cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Pictures from Czernowitz visit September 14-15, 2012

Thank you Gershon for the photographs.
The story behind "the cut star of David" is this:
When the building was built the handrail along the stairs was set
with metal stars of David.
Came the Soviets, confiscated the building and cut off one corner of
each star of David,
making them into regular five pointed stars.

Now some or all the stars have been restored to their old Jewish
significance.

Mimi

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