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Preserve your part of history! Jewish cemetery - local volunteers join
5 local volunteers from Chernovtsy have joined the international group to work on the historic Jewish cemetery, and more local young people phone and make inquiries as result of information in the media and public action, which was organized yesterday, August 12th, by the volunteers jointly with local NGOs. During the public action, international volunteers and activists of local NGOs "Dopomoga lyudam", "Narodna dopomoga" and "Union of active youth" have put up information tent at Sobornaya square in the central part of the town, and were distributing information flyers about the cemetery, talking to people and inviting more volunteers to join the cleanup.
Despite mosquitoes and high nettles, the volunteers have cleaned big square #33 of the cemetery, neighboring to the part with graves of famous citizens of Chernovtsy.
One can only speculate as to the reasons that drove the Georgian government at this particular moment to send its troops to attack its breakaway province of South Ossetia, or whether its closest ally, the US, has given its approval for such a step. In any case, after 3 days of heavy fighting, and the tragic deaths of hundreds of civilians and young soldiers, the status quo has almost been returned, with the possible exception that in the future South Ossetia will resist even more being ruled by the central government in Tbilisi.
When both Georgia and Russia joined the Council of Europe they both solemnly agreed & signed the convention to solve conflicts by peaceful means.
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Author:
John Myers
Published at:
10.08.2008
„Preserve your part of history!” – this is the motto for a group of volunteers from Italy, Switzerland, Poland, Germany, Sweden, France, Australia and the USA, who came from August 7th to August 21st to Chernovtsy to work on Jewish cemetery on Zelena St.
Chernovtsy are famous for its multiethnic community, which peacefully united different religions, languages and nations. Jewish community has played an important role in development of the town, and gave the world such famous workers of culture and art as poet Paul Celan, sculptor Bernhard, poet Rose Auslaender, singer Josef Schmidt and many others.
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Author:
Julia Myasyshcheva
Published at:
10.08.2008
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