Re: [Cz-L] Czernowitz Jewish Cemetery in the Early Nineties

Cornel,

I wish you were right but Jews leave their host countries for 2 reasons: a)
political situation becomes dangerously unstable; b) the country's economy
is heading into a long stagnation and decline. The last wave left due to
exactly these 2 reasons.Today the political situation looks stable but the
economy in Western Ukraine is very weak so I wouldn't expect the Jews back

I learned that Krasoarmeiskaya street was partly paved with the Jewish grave
stones after the war from the documentary. The people in the 1990s
documentary complained bitterly that authorities did nothing to stop the
desecration of the graves. I know that situation is different now and that
the cemetery is being restored. It's a big relief for our guilty conscience
though many people from o/s pay privately for the upkeep of "their" graves.

I've learned a lot about the "broken spirit' of the older generation growing
up in a family where my father's side returned from Siberia and my
mother's-from Transnistria. But my parents (the younger generation) managed
to bounce back and even prospered during the Soviet times and, then, in
Israel.

In my teens I had a weird habit to take long walks in the Cz Jewish
cemetery; it was very peaceful, beautiful and green. It was also reasonably
well kept. However, even then, some of the recent graves were robbed and the
old Cz graves looked neglected.

It's good that you mentioned that after the war Cz population consisted
partly of "original" Czernowitzers and partly of newcomers. I disagree with
Hardy that most of the newcomers were from Ukraine. I think that a large
percentage of newcomers were survivors from Bessarabian "shtetles". But,
again, we don't have the statistics.

Serah

----- Original Message -----
From: "cornel fleming" <cornel.fleming_at_virgin.net>
To: "'Jacob Greenberg'" <grs_software_at_bigpond.com>; "'HARDY BREIER'"
<HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>
Cc: <czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 2:26 AM
Subject: RE: [Cz-L] Czernowitz Jewish Cemetery in the Early Nineties

> Serah, I hope you drank a glass or two of"Lake's Folly" wine.....and if it
> was another brand go out and buy some of the wine I miss because it is too
> good for export!! But I still would like a full translation. We have a
> professional film-maker in the group and I suspect he could confirm that
> films can be made to show things to audiences that are convincing but not
> necessarily true to all the facts. Just one example...during the Vietnam
> war
> Sydney TV had us convinced that huge anti demos were practically wrecking
> London. When I got to the UK I discovered that it was a few 100s of people
> outside the US Embassy..the rest of London did not even know it was
> happening! I left in your first wave. But,I came back,both during Soviet
> times and after. You grew up during the Soviets....how much of "the broken
> spirit" you describe were you aware of then? The Jews I met on my visits
> were partly"original" Czernowitzers and partly incomers from the villages
> etc....but come to think of it,is that not the way Czernowitz acquired
> it's
> Jews all along?? I am very aware of the terrible things that happened,to
> many of my family too.and yet....my Czernowitz friends tell me the Jewish
> population is growing...slowly,but never-the-less growing.I am part of the
> cemetery restoration group as are many others including volunteers from
> Ukraine,Germany and other countries,and none of our graves are being
> desecrated to use the stones for street repair. To my mind, "Am Israel
> Chai"
> is still a valid concept in my home town!! Cornel
>

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