The idea of converting the burial hall into a museum of the Holocaust,
originates with Joseph Zissels, who is the person upon who's initiative
and with who's money the Jewish museum In the city was also created.
I think that he decided to locate a Holocaust museum in the Leichenhalle
Because it seemed the most expedient thing to do.
The building is large, no one wants it for any other purpose and as it stan=
ds
Right now, it is just a ruin.
Zissels is a very adamant and stubborn person, he knows how to negotiate
With state and local authorities and he is able and willing to spend his ow=
n money
On various Jewish projects.
the building which once was the "Jewish house" and in which the Jewish muse=
um is located,
Also houses the offices of various local entities and is not considered Jew=
ish property.
It is unlikely that the city would agree to allocate space in this building=
for a holocaust museum.
Other buildings, in what was the mostly Jewish part of the city, are more l=
ikely to be considered.
Anyhow, I think that those of us, who are not satisfied with the idea of pl=
acing a Holocaust
Museum in the former burial hall, should write to Joseph Zissels and tell h=
im our reasons.
I have his Email address, or at least, the Email of his secretary and will =
gladly send it
To anyone on the Cz.- List who wants to write him.
You may also write to him care of the Jewish museum.
Mimi
Sent from my iPad
On Dec 26, 2015, at 8:05 AM, "Simon Kreindler" <simonkreindler_at_sympatico.ca=
> wrote:
> Like many of you, I can't help but be very skeptical about the entire und=
ertaking. To place a Holocaust museum in a cemetery seems like a sop to the=
survivors and anyone who cares about what was done to the Jews of Czernowi=
tz during the War.
>
> It seems the real decision makers would rather not "contaminate" the city=
with a museum that reminds locals of their ancestors' complicity in the at=
rocities of Transnistria. Better to bury it on the outskirts and, even bett=
er, in the Jew's own cemetery.
>
> Simon
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