Re: [Cz-L] cemetery in c-z

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HI MIMI=A0=0AThank you very much.=0Ain the coming few weeks i'm going to vi=
sit in C-Z=0Athis the reason for my request.=0AAll the best=A0=0ANahum=0A=
=0A=0A________________________________=0A From: Miriam Taylor <mirtaylo_at_ind=
iana.edu>=0ATo: arbel nahum <arbeln_at_yahoo.com> =0ACc: CZERNOWITZ-L <Czernow=
itz-L_at_cornell.edu> =0ASent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 9:39 PM=0ASubject: Re:=
 [Cz-L] cemetery in c-z=0A =0A=0AHello Nahum,=0A=0AMy name is Miriam Taylor=
, I am a member of the Czernowitz-List=0Aand am writing you in response to =
your Email, asking=0Awho is responsible for the Jewish cemetery in Czernowi=
tz.=0A=0AThe Jewish cemetery in Czernowitz, officially belongs to the city.=
=0AThe city's cemetery administration keeps all the records of burials,=0Ab=
oth old and new. They also are supposed to maintain the cemetery.=0A=0AUnfo=
rtunately, they do a very poor job of maintenance.=0AUntil two years ago, t=
hey could not use herbicides and lots of trees,=0Abushes and vines grew all=
 over the cemetery.=0A=0AIn 2009 a number of members of the Czernowitz-List=
 formed=0Aan organization for the restoration and maintenance of the cemete=
ry.=0AOur organization is called:=0A"Czernowitz Jewish Cemetery Restoration=
 Organization",=0Aor in abbreviated form: CJCRO.=0AWe are a not for profit =
organization, registered in the US and=0Aour organization is open to anyone=
 who wants to join us.=0AThere are no membership fees and the organization =
is run in=0Aa democratic manner.=0AWe collect contributions from people who=
 want to see the cemetery=0Arestored and maintained. All the contributed mo=
ney is spent=0Aon clearing the cemetery of wild trees, bushes and vines.=0A=
Eventually we plan to also re-erect gravestones which have fallen,=0Aor are=
 in danger of doing so.=0ACurrently, I am the president of CJCRO.=0ATwo mem=
bers of the board of CJCRO, live in Israel,=0Ain case you would prefer to c=
ontact them, I will send you their Email=A0 =0Aaddresses.=0A=0AYou can acce=
ss photographs of the cemetery, by accessing=0Athe following Picasa-web alb=
ums:=0A1. CJCRO work at Czernowitz/Chernivtsi Jewish cemetery=0A2. Cz. Jewi=
sh cemetery photographs, Mimi's photographs, April 2013=0A=0AIf you plan to=
 visit the Czernowitz Jewish cemetery and find=0Athe graves of specific peo=
ple, be aware of the following:=0AThe numbering system of the various plots=
, "Parzellen" was changed=0Aaround 1960. For instance: a grave which was re=
gistered=0Aas being located in Parzelle 31A, under the new system, is now=
=0Aconsidered to be in area #97.=0AAmong the photographs in my Picasa web a=
lbums, there is=0Aan official map of the cemetery, on which the numbers=0Aa=
ccording to the old system are superimposed.=0A=0AJOWBR has the names of th=
e people interred in the cemetery=0Aand the location of each grave.=0A=0AFo=
r those who contribute to CJCRO, I will be glad to do the necessary=0Aresea=
rch and find the location of a specific gravestone.=0A=0AWith best wishes,=
=0A=0AMimi
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