Re: [Cz-L] Interesting encounter

[Serah- Plain text next time, please. Moderator B]

I only found about Popovici about 2 years ago. Growing up in Chernovtsi
after the war, I always wondered why and how so many people managed to
spend the war in a relative safety of Cz while my parents and grandparents
(those who survived) came back from the camps severely traumatised and with
no possessions at all.

I think that Popovici's deeds need to be more publicised.

Recently I have attended an event in Sydeny Jewish Museum where I saw a
presentation dedicated to the famous Righteous Gentiles. Popovici was not
among them. I wrote a letter to the Education Dep. of the museum asking to
include Popovici in the presentation. Even the curators of the Sydney
Jewish Museum did not know who Popovici was.

Anyone has any ideas what can be done to change the situation?

Serah

On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 4:56 AM, frieda tabak <frieda_tabak_at_yahoo.com>wrote:

> I volunteer as a a tour guide at the Philadelphia Academy of Music.
> Today, in my group, were three people from the Ukraine. When I told them
> that I was originally from Czernivtzi, one woman said, "I am from
> Czernivtzi". At the end of the tour, one of the members of the party asked
> if I survived the Holocaust there (I obviously must look Jewish). I told
> them that I did thanks to Traian Popovici. The woman who was from
> Czernivtzi said that she had never heard of him. She seemed fairly well
> educated, asked intelligent questions . She then said that she must find
> out about him, wrote down his name, and promised me to look for his plaque.
> Obviously, Popovici's name is not thought of as being terribly important to
> today's population of Czernowitz.
>
> Frieda
>
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