Thank you Edgar for writing to tell us of the work and objectives of
ESJF.
I knew that some such work was being planned by a German organization,
but did not know the most pertinent details.
In April 2016 when Sasha Wolloch and I visited Chernivtsi, Rabbi
Glissenstain told us about this initiative
and gave us the name of the organizations' representative in the
Ukraine.
Sasha subsequently phoned this representative, but she was not
willing to discuss
the plans regarding the Czernowitz/Chernivtsi Jewish cemetery.
The Czernowitz Jewish cemetery does have an intact fence around it
and does not require a new one.
The gates might need to be reinforced.
The cemetery is under the administration of the Chernivtsi city
government and is registered
as a Ukrainian National Heritage site.
I have also registered it with the US Administration for the
Preservation of American's heritage abroad.
Therefore, I consider it more urgent that rampant invasive vegetation
not be allowed to destroy the tombstones,
than to ensure that the cemetery not be taken over for other purposes.
In case some of you are not aware of the fact;
"CJCRO" (Czernowitz Jewish Cemetery Restoration Organization) was
founded in 2009
and includes many members of the Cz.-List. (New members will be
accepted gladly).
Since its founding, CJCRO has hired local workmen to cut down and
eradicate with herbicides
most of the rampant and invasive vegetation which previously made the
cemetery totally impassible.
CJCRO also successfully engaged two NGO organizations; "SVIT Ukraine"
and "ASF Germany",
who each year for the last seven years have sent groups of volunteers
to do similar work at the cemetery.
Currently the cemetery is mostly, but not completely, cleared of
invasive trees and bushes.
Annual weeds and some vines need to be cleared every year and I do
not expect 2017 to be an exception.
If any of you could let me know how I could contact ESJF in order to
tell them about are concerns
regarding the Chernivtsi Jewish cemetery, I would be most grateful,
Thanks in advance and even if belatedly Happy 2017!
Mimi
On Jan 4, 2017, at 4:12 AM, Edgar Hauster wrote:
> The ESJF European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative was set up as a
> German-based non-profit organization in early 2015 with the core
> objective of protecting and preserving Jewish cemetery sites across
> the European continent through delineation of cemetery boundaries
> and the construction of cemetery walls and locking gates. It was
> Dr. Mariana Hausleitner, who drew my attention to the ESJF European
> Jewish Cemeteries Initiative. The Ehpes Blog brings a new and short
> video clip to you:
>
> http://ehpes.com/blog1/?p=9852
>
> Funded in 2015 through a pilot grant of 1,000,000 euros from the
> government of the Federal Republic of Germany, the ESJF is now
> working on some 30 individual protection projects in four European
> countries. 33 cemeteries were completed in 2015, i. e. 9,888 meters
> of fencing; over 60 sites were completed by the end of 2016, that
> is 11,876 meters of fencing.
>
> Why not in Bukovina (and Galicia) too? Tons of work to be done!
>
> Edgar Hauster
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