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> From: Alti Rodal <altirodal_at_gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [czernowitz-l] Commemoration of the Holocaust in Bukovina and Transnistria - Your Feedback is Requested!
> Date: July 23, 2021 at 7:11:46 PM GMT-4
> To: bconcept_at_hotmail.com
>
> Dear Edgar,
>
> Greatly appreciate all you’ve done and continue to do for the Cz-L group.
>
> Based on my own experience, I have a suggestion for you and others to consider. Might we pool resources to facilitate confirmation of the parameters of mass grave sites in northern Bukovina by employing modern non-invasive ground radar technologies or drones?
>
> You may recall that the monument placed in 2001 at the site of the mass grave in Kyseliv/Borivtsi (where three of my grandparents and extended family lie, ~ 45 km northwest of Chernivtsi) was missing all its plaques by 2010. I will always be grateful to you for undertaking to drive by motorcycle to Kyseliv to meet and make inquiries with the then officials of the village. I’ve been back a few times since and can now report that, with the help of Ilya Khoch (currently head of the Hesed Shushana in Chernivtsi) and the current mayor of Kyselev Valery Fedoriak, new plaques have been affixed to the large rock and a full ceremony, covered by Ukrainian national television, was held at the site in September 2019.
>
> However, that is not the end of the story. At the ceremony in 2019 I was approached by two local ladies who wanted to show me the location of a second mass grave site in the middle of a cultivated field. My archival research had indicated that there was indeed a second mass grave, but the local people with whom I spoke over the years said that they did not know its location. Before initiating a second monument, I think it important to verify whether the relatively small area in the middle of a field is in fact a mass grave. The pandemic has put a return visit on hold, but the sense of “unfinished business” weighs heavily on me. LIDAR technology should enable such verification cost-effectively and, importantly, without disturbing the soil.
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> As you noted, there are other unmarked mass graves scattered across northern Bukovina. [A young German photographer showed me a picture he took in 2011 in in Drachyntsi/Drazhinets – also in the Chernivtsi region – of a garbage dump that was sitting on top of what some local people told him was a mass grave.]. As there is considerable cost involved in bringing ground survey equipment to remote locations, would it not make sense to organize a small project to ascertain where the mass graves are in fact, before proceeding with the other steps involved in commissioning monuments?
>
> With all best wishes,
>
> Alti
>
>
>> On Jul 23, 2021, at 4:34 AM, Edgar Hauster <bconcept_at_hotmail.com <mailto:bconcept_at_hotmail.com>> wrote:
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>> Czernowitzers...
>>
>> It has become a bit quiet in our Czernowitz-L Discussion Group lately. This is not least due to the fact that the Corona pandemic has restricted travel to and from Czernowitz. Nevertheless, significant things are happening behind the scenes, which I will report on in the near future. The tireless efforts of some of our members have resulted in the current identification of potential financial resources to support the commemoration of the
>>
>> HOLOCAUST IN NORTHERN BUKOVINA AND TRANSNISTRIA.
>>
>> I myself have seen a number of monuments, commemorative plaques, etc. in Czernowitz, Mohyliv-Podilsky, Bershad, and elsewhere, but we all know that there are places in the region that were the scenes of terrible crimes, but where there is nothing at all to commemorate them.
>>
>> PLEASE SUGGEST SUITABLE LOCATIONS, EVENTS, NAMES FOR SUCH COMMEMORATIVE MONUMENTS!
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>> Let's use this unique opportunity to keep the memory of our ancestors as a reminder for future generations. We are looking very much forward to your feedback.
>>
>> Edgar Hauster
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