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Dear Ilana=27
As a survivor with an authorization I am in a position to contribute and=
have sent you a message at the address provided=2E
Best wishes
Mordecai
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From=3A Serah Kraft =3Cserah=2Ekraft=40gmail=2Ecom=3E
Date=3A Tuesday=2C March 14=2C 2017 15=3A13
Subject=3A Re=3A =5BCz-L=5D Looking for Participants and Contributions f=
or Documentary about Traian Popovici
To=3A Ilana Gordon =3Cilana=40wordwizardsinc=2Ecom=3E=2C czernowitz-L =3C=
Czernowitz-L=40cornell=2Eedu=3E
=3E --001a113f6aca66daed054aafbcce
=3E =
=3E I think=2C it=27s an excellent idea=2E
=3E Not enough has been done to commemorate the deeds of Traian Popovici=
=2E
=3E Unfortunately=2C I don=27t have much to contribute=2E My=C2=A0 mothe=
r =
=3E and her family
=3E were deported to Transnistria=2C and my father=27s family were =
=3E arrested and
=3E ended up in Siberia=2E
=3E There is=C2=A0 my mother=27s cousin from Haifa who survived in =
=3E Czernowitz as a
=3E baby with her widowed mother=2E
=3E Regards=2C
=3E Serah Kraft
=3E On 14/03/2017 1=3A39 AM=2C =22Ilana Gordon=22 =
=3E =3Cilana=40wordwizardsinc=2Ecom=3E wrote=3A
=3E =
=3E =3E Dear Czernowiters=2C
=3E =3E
=3E =3E Our family=2C (descendants of Regina and Gustav Gedaly and my =
=3E mother Victoria
=3E =3E Gedaly Gruber)=2C has decided to make a documentary film about T=
raian
=3E =3E Popovici=2E
=3E =3E
=3E =3E In 2008=2C my family traveled to Czernowitz to be part of the ce=
remony
=3E =3E honoring Traian=2E The trip was life-changing and inspired us on=
=
=3E a quest to
=3E =3E document his humanitarian efforts=2E We are desperate to capture=
=
=3E the stories
=3E =3E of direct survivors before they=27re gone and also seeking =
=3E stories from any
=3E =3E descendants from younger generations=2E
=3E =3E
=3E =3E What better place to start than this list=2E Many of you were =
=3E fortunate to be
=3E =3E the recipients of Popovici authorizations and thus spared =
=3E deportation and
=3E =3E ultimately survived those terrible years=2E So many like myself =
=3E are alive
=3E =3E today because our families were recipients of the authorizations=
=2E
=3E =3E
=3E =3E We already have a few participants and will be heading to =
=3E Israel in July
=3E =3E 2017=2E Please let me know if you can join us at a gathering of =
=3E Czernowitzers=3E some time during the week of July 19 when we will =
=3E begin the process of
=3E =3E getting to know you and start filming interviews=2E
=3E =3E
=3E =3E Please contact me at=3A
=3E =3E popovicidoc=40wordwizardsinc=2Ecom
=3E =3E
=3E =3E It has been a lifelong dream to honor this special man and I =
=3E hope you can
=3E =3E share your stories with us=2E
=3E =3E
=3E =3E Warm regards=2C
=3E =3E Ilana
=3E =3E
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