Dear Edgar,
you are of course right with your diagnosis of amnesia. But is it just "around" and are only the locals affected by it? When I tell friends about my recent travel experience, none of them has ever heared of Transnistria, and it needs a lot of explanations. The more informed think of it as that part of Moldova, which declared its independence in the early 90s, and not as a part of Podolia in Ukraine. Podolia? Where is Podolia? Nemiriv, Bratslav, Ladyzhyn, Mikhailivka? Never heared...
And are we free of this disease? Ladyzhyn was a Soviet Gulag before it became Cariera de Piatra under Romanian rule, and continued to be a Soviet camp after the war. Did we ever raise the question who was imprisoned there and why? What was the fate of this prisoners?
"Black archaeology" - as you found it on the ground - is a commercial sector in Ukraine. Helmets, bayonets, sometimes even tanks or artillery are valuables for local and international collectors. There is a lot of it in Ukrainian soil. Searching for this collectors items even takes place on sites of mass murder - at least this is what I saw at the site of the former concentration camp at Janowska Road in Lviv. As long as there is an international market this will continue.
So what can we do? You already have the answer, Edgar. Speaking about it and hoping it makes a change.
Warm wishes for a safe travel,
Christian
Gesendet: Samstag, 20. Juni 2015 um 22:48 Uhr
Von: "Edgar Hauster" <bconcept_at_hotmail.com>
An: "Czernowitz Discussion Group" <czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu>
Cc: "Marion Tauschwitz" <mariontau_at_web.de>, "Christian Herrmann" <cyberorange_at_gmx.de>
Betreff: Historical Amnesia and Memorabilia around... (Ladyzhyn - 2414 km)
Czernowitzers...
It's frustrating, but I think we have no choice but to accept that when it comes to the crimes committed during the Holocaust by Nazi Germany and its Romanian allies in Transnistria and beyond, it's all water under the bridge. Read more on how nature is recapturing terrain and people fall into historical amnesia:
http://hauster.blogspot.com/2015/06/historical-amnesia-and-memorabilia_20.html
What are we to do? I don't know, but at least I'm travelling, still researching and I'm keeping on drawing the attention on Holocaust survivor's testimonies.
Edgar Hauster <iPad>
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