RE: [Cz-L]Lipcani Jewish Cemetery Destroyed by Fire

Let me add a few points to our discussion and to the short video clip on the Lipcani Jewish Cemetery Fire at our ehpes.com Blog:

http://ehpes.com/blog1/?p=7538

1. David, you are right, it was a grass fire, as mentioned by the first lady in the video clip. For her it was just a regular slash-and-burn-method as applicated several times per year. As you, I doubt that there would have been enough heat to crack the headstones.

2. Hardy, it was only the second lady in the video clip, who assumed negligence caused by alcohol abuse; the news value of a fire at a Christian cemetery would have been low, but I suppose that happens in that rural area quite often.

3. Alan, despite the photo, it was for sure the Jewish cemetery, as reported simultaneously by several (Romanian-lanhuage) local media in that area.

4. The official's statemet at the end of the video clip is the most
"thrilling": Setting a fire is a punishable offense in Moldavia, to be
fined by MDL 2,000-3,000 (= US$ 80-120), out of the IDEA OF ENVIROMENTAL
 PROTECTION, because open fire leads to soil contamination and air
pollution.

Edgar Hauster
Lent - The Netherlands

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> From: glynn_at_spontini.co.uk
> To: merlek_at_videotron.ca; bconcept_at_hotmail.com; czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu
> Subject: Re: [Cz-L]Lipcani Jewish Cemetery Destroyed by Fire
> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 01:01:12 +0000
>
> Can anyone tell us the gist of the Romanian commentary in this video?
>
> It appears that this was a grass fire. It is not clear to me that this
> would necessarily have had any effect on the stones. I rather doubt that
> there would have been enough heat to crack them. Or am I wrong?
>
> Perhaps the fire just cleared the vegetation?
>
> David
>
>
> From: Merle Kastner
> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 7:52 PM
> To: Edgar Hauster ; Czernowitz Discussion Group
> Cc: Yefim Kogan ; cjoren_at_gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [Cz-L]Lipcani Jewish Cemetery Destroyed by Fire
>
> You are so right, Edgar! What a shame this is.
> Thank you for sending that very sad video for us
> to see.
>
> Best regards,
> Merle
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Edgar Hauster" <bconcept_at_hotmail.com>
> To: "Czernowitz Discussion Group" <czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu>
> Cc: "Yefim Kogan" <yefimk_at_verizon.net>; <cjoren_at_gmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 9:46 AM
> Subject: [Cz-L]Lipcani Jewish Cemetery Destroyed by Fire
>
>
> Czernowitzers...
>
> From Yefim Kogan's Bessarabia SIG digest, March 20, 2014 edition, we learned
> that the Lipcani Jewish Cemetery was distroyed by fire. Just remember, "our"
> most famous Yiddish poets Eliezer Shteynbarg and Moyshe Altman came from
> Lipcani, located on the banks of the Pruth, 45 mi E of Czernowitz.
>
> No, apparently it wasn't incendiarism or vandalism, "just" an accident in
> consequence of negligence and/or alcohol abuse. See a short video clip on
> the fire at our ehpes.com Blog:
>
> http://ehpes.com/blog1/2014/03/23/lipcani-jewish-cemetery-distroyed-by-fire/
>
>
> This admonishes us again and again to do our very best in order to preserve
> our Jewish heritage, especially in these poor border areas between Ukraine,
> Romania and Moldavia!
>
> Edgar Hauster
> Lent - The Netherlands
>
=
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