RE: [Cz-L] Exciting News from the Jewish Museum Chernivtsi

From: Merle Kastner <merlebk18_at_gmail.com_at_nowhere.org>
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 08:40:00 -0500
To: "'Hardy Breier'" <hardy3_at_bezeqint.net>, "'Edgar Hauster'" <bconcept_at_hotmail.com>, "'Czernowitz Discussion Group'" <czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu>
Reply-To: "Merle Kastner" <merlebk18_at_gmail.com>


This is excellent.
Thank you, Edgar.
Best wishes,
Merle

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Subject: RE: [Cz-L] Exciting News from the Jewish Museum Chernivtsi

        The idea is wonderful the location not so .
The Ceremonial Hall is small , out of town, and holds tombs (if I heard
right),
Needs complete recondition.
Security 24 hours.
There are many other sites that are better:
The Kultusgemeinde where the museum is now.
The building is big and Jewish and central.
The Temple (yes again).
The Old Shil.
Any building in the Judengasse,

Hardy
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Subject: [Cz-L] Exciting News from the Jewish Museum Chernivtsi

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
Bukovina, which is planned to be built in a historic building „Beit
Kadishin“ in the Jewish cemetery. This building is also in need of
renovation. The  meeting in capital city was attended by Nikolay Kushnir,
who is the director of the Chernivtsi Museum of Jewish History and Culture
of Bukovina ; by the chairman of the Vaad of Ukraine Iosif Zissels, by the
archivist and historian of Chernivtsi Maria Nikirsa and by director of the
Center for Research of history and culture of East European Jewry NaUKMA
Leonid Finberg.  Attended also: educators, researchers, representatives o=
f
public organizations and historians. The subject discussed was about
priorities, questions were raised about the concept of the museum and the
practical implementation 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 Embassy in Ukraine proposed to donate a large enough
amount of money for the restoration 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 Medvedko:

"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
creation of the Holocaust museum. This money is taken from a
fund(programme), which serves to restore Jewish cemeteries in Europe. As fa=
r
as you know, there have already been attempts to restore the building
earlier, but they lacked funding. Some Austrian body(private) had estimated
that the restoration of Beit Kadishin would cost near 500.000 EUR.
Afterwards, a Chernivtsi Architectural Bureau created a restoration project
on the sum of approximately 9 millions UAH (which is about 330-350.000 EUR)=
.
However, these attempts failed not only because of financial reasons, but
also because of the fact that there hasn’t been any understanding of futu=
re
function of the building. As far as the concept had been found, the
situation changed. Moreover, there is a sponsor, who promised, that in case
if one half of the project money is gathered, he will donate the second
half. But there are some difficulties regarding the estimation, as it
doesn’t take into consideration an arrangement of the museum itself and i=
t’s
further functioning. So, presently 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 official 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 would be great if you could pass the
information to others, who are interested 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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