Dear all
I check in with with Zoya by phone on a semi regular basis - though she was
never my "guide", we have become friends and I enjoy catching up with her.
Just yesterday I gave her a call and we talked about the situation in
Ukraine and how much more difficult daily life is becoming, mentioning some
of the same things she wrote to Ilana Gordon. Fewer visitors requiring tour
guide services are coming these days. She mentioned a large group of
Israeli visitors who came recently, but they brought with them their own
Hebrew speaking guide. Zoya is not a complainer - she is always interesting
and entertaining to talk with - so I know that when she says that people
are having a hard time it must be true. Is there anything we can do to help?
Sylvia
On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 6:11 AM, Anny Matar <annymatar_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all.
> I am forwarding Ilana Gordon's letter which she received from Cz. to you,
> you might have overlooked it. I hoped that those of you who are in the city
> would somehow react to it but NOT A WORD. It does not belong to our past
> but is very real present don't you take any notice??
> anny
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Ilana Gordon <ilana_at_wordwizardsinc.com>
> Date: Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 4:52 PM
> Subject: [Cz-L] The situation in CZ
> To: CZERNOWITZ-L <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
>
>
> [Plain text next time --thanks]
>
> Hello all,
>
> I received this message from Zoya Danilovich who was our guide and friend
> when we visited in 2009. We all need to count our blessings! Is there any
> relief for current Czernowitzers?
>
> Zoya and other guides were instrumental to many of us searching for
> important information and documents and in our desire to get to know the
> Czernowitz that our parents and ancestors spoke about. She helped me
> fulfill my life long dream and is part of a generation that grew up in
> Czernowitz ignorant of it's past but eager to learn and understand. Many of
> us had the opportunity to visit during a time where access to information
> and the places that our parents and grandparents lived was facilitated by
> the "revolution" and the subsequent freedom to travel around without any
> fear. I worry this will be very different for a long time.
>
> Regards,
> Ilana
>
> From Zoya:
>
> "The situation in Cz is much better that in Donbass, where Donetsk and
> nearby cities and villages, all that is destroyed, a lot of grief, all that
> is impossible to describe even, my cousin lives in Donetsk, he tells me all
> those stories... just heartbreaking...
>
> Here there is no war, but people live a very harsh life both morally
> because of the war ( over 40 boys from Cz were killed ) and lost hopes, we
> expected our life to be improved after the revolution, but it is the
> contrary: our economy is destroyed by corruption and war, all prices went
> up 3 times, because the exchange rate of dollars is different now - one
> dollar costs 3 times more now than before, so people also suffer physically
> and psychologically. They can not afford to buy food, clothing, or to pay
> for gas ( 7 times more than before, it was one of the demands of EU, they
> asked Greece to do the same, but they refused ), etc etc.
>
> Sorry to load you with our problems, there are problems everywhere in this
> or that aspect.
>
> Big hug and kisses ( today is the Day of Kisses )
>
> Zoya"
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