Re: [Cz-L]It’s all gone, it’s still there

I think about how people can make the choice of the hardest stone for
their beloved's resting place and how that very resilience has been
twisted in the misuses of the grave markers of the Jews in Galicia and
Bukovina (and, adding even more sadness, in other places as well). I
gasp when I think of the insertion of such stones in another building,
like a house, and my muscles contract when I hear the story of the
stone's re-emergence during repairs to a house or a street. It is a
travesty and a piercing tragedy, searing even in the re-telling . . .

Eytan

Eytan Fichman
B.Arch., M.Arch., Ed.M.
 
42 / 11 Tran Binh Trong,
Hai Phong, Viet Nam

-----Original Message-----
From: HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>
To: Christian Herrmann <cyberorange_at_gmx.de>; CZERNOWITZ-L
<Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
Sent: Sun, May 26, 2013 3:24 am
Subject: Re: [Cz-L]It’s all gone, it’s still there

  Gravestones: I didn't have to remind you, everyone with eyes can see.
I only wonder at the lack of reaction from our part. Use of stones as
building material during the Nazi and Soviet rule was mostly private
initiative . Jewish cemetery was open to all. The Soviets used
stones for road paving . During the Soviets the Temple was
transformed. The Yiddish Hospital dismantled brick by brick.
Roads were built, the Turkish steps. Today if asked about this the
locals say: "This was done during the Soviet tyranny - we were not
asked for consent." But many profited from this . What to do
? Discover stones built into houses ? Request return of stones .
Will the inhabitants consent ? Remove them by force ? I
can only imagine the consequences .Hardy----- Original Message -----
 From: "Christian Herrmann" <cyberorange_at_gmx.de>To: "CZERNOWITZ-L"
<Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2013 4:42 PMSubject:
[Cz-L]It’s all gone, it’s still thereDear all,Hardy reminded us on the
state of Jewish cemeteries in Galicia and Bukovina in one of his recent
posts. Indeed Galicia and Bukovina are covered with partially or
totally destroyed Jewish cemeteries. The grave stones were abused as
building material during the German occupation and the years of Soviet
rule. However, history does not just disappear. During construction
works fragments of Jewish grave stones come to light. These stones
raise questions – first of all the question of how we want to deal with
the
past.http://vanishedworld.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/its-all-gone-its-still
-there/Short link: http://bit.ly/19ctG1xWarm
wishesChristian----------------------------------------------------------
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