Czernowitzers, dear friends...
At the end of this year I'd like to share with you "Exciting News from the =
Jewish Museum Chernivtsi". From the local media and from the "News Room" of=
the Jewish Museum
http://www.muzejew.org.ua/Index-En.html
we learned that...
..."A Holocaust museum is planned in Chernivtsi. Plans were discussed in=
Kiev to create a new museum in Chernivtsi, a museum of the Holocaust in Bu=
kovina, which is planned to be built in a historic building „Beit Kadishi=
n“ in the Jewish cemetery. This building is also in need of renovation. T=
he meeting in capital city was attended by Nikolay Kushnir, who is the d=
irector of the Chernivtsi Museum of Jewish History and Culture of Bukovina =
; by the chairman of the Vaad of Ukraine Iosif Zissels, by the archivist an=
d historian of Chernivtsi Maria Nikirsa and by director of the Center for R=
esearch of history and culture of East European Jewry NaUKMA Leonid Finberg=
. Attended also: educators, researchers, representatives of public organ=
izations and historians. The subject discussed was about priorities, questi=
ons were raised about the concept of the museum and the practical implement=
ation of the idea. It is very interesting to point out that the creation of=
a Holocaust museum is being discussed for several years in Chernivtsi, =
but it requires the allocation of significant resources. The German Emba=
ssy in Ukraine proposed to donate a large enough amount of money for the re=
storation of the historic building."
Inspired by this, I got in touch with our friends from the Jewish Museum an=
d received the following excellent and detailed reply from Victoria Medvedk=
o:
"Yes, the information is correct. German government by the means of German =
Embassy in Ukraine is going to donate the sum of 100.000 EUR for the creati=
on of the Holocaust museum. This money is taken from a fund(programme), whi=
ch serves to restore Jewish cemeteries in Europe. As far as you know, there=
have already been attempts to restore the building earlier, but they lacke=
d funding. Some Austrian body(private) had estimated that the restoration o=
f Beit Kadishin would cost near 500.000 EUR. Afterwards, a Chernivtsi Archi=
tectural Bureau created a restoration project on the sum of approximately 9=
millions UAH (which is about 330-350.000 EUR). However, these attempts fai=
led not only because of financial reasons, but also because of the fact tha=
t there hasn’t been any understanding of future function of the building.=
As far as the concept had been found, the situation changed. Moreover, the=
re is a sponsor, who promised, that in case if one half of the project mone=
y is gathered, he will donate the second half. But there are some difficult=
ies regarding the estimation, as it doesn’t take into consideration an ar=
rangement of the museum itself and it’s further functioning. So, presentl=
y we are looking for those concerned, who would invest in the project. VAAD=
is so to say unofficial curator of the project, as far as there is no offi=
cial body yet. The meeting in Kyiw was rather dedicated to the development =
of museaum’s concept and first steps on the way to it’s implementation,=
than to practical issues of building process, restoration or funding. It w=
ould be great if you could pass the information to others, who are interest=
ed in the issue! Maybe you also have some ideas or advice on the topic?"
Of course, barriers still exist, but this shows real progress. Outstanding =
perspectives for 2016, I guess. With this in mind, to all of you:
H A P P Y N E W Y E A R!
Edgar Hauster <MacBookAir>
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