DOCSLIB.ORG

Dear Brothers and Dear Sisters

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Dear Brothers and Dear Sisters Nr 47 ISSN 2391-3983 7-8/2018 Oświęcim, July-August 2018 Dear Brothers and dear Sisters, We had already been travelling for a few lives. A few days later one of the people we hours when in Przemyśl, our 5-person group visited said: “Ukraine is a banana Republic got on an Intercity train heading to Kiev thro- where some ride in Mercedes while others ugh Vinnytsia, where we were to get off. The must think about how to survive another day”. train at 120 km per hour sped through extens- Late in the evening we arrived at Vinnytsia, ive areas of meadows and fields that are loc- had a short regenerative sleep and at last in ated on the border of the East and West. The- the back room of “Metro” market we could se two directions from the beginning had prepare around 500 food packages from pro- a significant impact on the unfolding history of ducts we previously ordered. In each package, this land and the people living here. Today there we put 10 products such as: groats, pasta, is also, unfortunately, a clashing of these two cereals, rice, sugar, canned fish, coffee, tea, worldviews and with this, the styles of defined a can of apricots and a bottle of oil. These life and politics collect their brutal harvest. basic products for many people we visit are Despite the fact that Ukraine for more than frequently a major financial challenge in their 25 years has enjoyed independence, the monthly living expenses. blood of its kinsmen is still being shed in this After several hours of work, we could look country. War has been going on now for more with joy at the impressive stack of packages than four years in Eastern Ukraine, creating that so many people have been waiting for. Five a significant financial and developmental bur- hundred packages, sixteen towns, over two den for this nation. The universal prevalence thousand kilometres and dozens of stories told of corruption, minimal salaries and unemploy- recounting the memories of people whose fate ment caused by the closing many of work- was often not favourable – all this was before us. places and a lack of the nation’s clear develop- Kalynivka – a town founded in the first half ment prospects contribute significantly to many of the eighteenth century, was the first place Ukrainians leaving their homeland in search of we went to. It is located just 17 km from Vin- well-paid employment. The effects of this dra- nytsia with its population of almost 400 thou- matic situation in which Ukraine found itself sand inhabitants. Kalynivka is where Karol Sien- today we can also observe in Poland, where kiewicz was born – a Polish poet, historian and the number of employees from the east has one of the co-founders of the Polish Library in already exceeded more than two million Paris. people. The young people leave, and the ol- Entering the small house where Emma, der people have to cope with the realities that a retired teacher lives by herself, we looked at they have encountered at the end of their old stylish furniture that Emma inherited from – 1 – her ancestors. The central place in the room price for silence. Nelly, speaking about her was an old table around which we sat. Emma, mother, recalled that she was an excellent cook looking at us with interest and a smile on her who was employed in the army headquarters face said: “You need to speak louder, I have to cook meals for the Germans. They didn’t know she was Jewish. When the Red Army approached, the Germans shot all the Jews. Emma Their mass graves are in Khmilnyk. Nelly’s dad hid her mother – that is why after his death the Jews buried him in the Jewish cemetery. During the war, there were various situ- ations in Nemyriv. There were occurrences where the father of a family, who was not a Jew, on his own accord brought his Jewish wife and children to be shot. Germans often used Jews for slave-like, hard work and then, when they were no longer necessary, they killed them. Nelly’s mom was lucky. Ukrainians helped her. She joined a partisan unit and finally escaped to Romania. Before her death, she sent a request to her family and asked them to befriend the family who saved her. This family for this act was added to the group of the Righteous Among the Nations. The daugh- hearing problems but I’m independent. Any- ter of the woman that saved Nelly’s mother is way, that is the way it needs to be. I don’t have her neighbour, while her son still lives in her children and I need to care for myself”. Replying family home. to our questions about what ailments she has, During our conversation Nelly’s grand- again with a smile on her face she stated: “Well, daughter, Marianna, entered the room, brin- I have heart problems, my blood pressure ging us warm tea. A moment later Nelly’s face jumps, but generally I’m in good health. lit up. “This is my granddaughter Marianna. She I drink herbs and take basic medicines. If had to leave Luhansk for it is in the war zone something really serious happens, then I’ll call with Russia. The poor girl cannot find a job you for help”. At the present time, help for now”. Marianna told us that she has encoun- Emma is possible only once a year due to her tered anti-Semitism: “You know, Jews are monthly pension of 3,300 hryvnia (approxim- always to blame for everything”. At the end of ately 106 Euro). our visit, Nelly told us that her dad, before The next person whom we visited in Kaly- nivka was the 73-year-old Nelly, who taught the Russian language all of her life. Nelly’s fa- ther was a Pole and her mother was a Jew. During the war, no one handed over her mo- ther, although the police often threatened to turn her over. However, her mother found a way to deal with such people: when she was met with threats, she would take valuable items from the home. Fortunately, her father, who was a cantor, brought many nice, good things from America that later became the Nelly with her granddaughter Marianna – 2 – German troops entered the USSR, was joy, told us that at the age of 72 she converted ordered to guard a large amount of money to God. Today, she has many friends among which he did. Although during the war every- Baptists and Pentecostals. During our visit, she one suffered hunger, he didn’t touch a penny mentioned to us that a few months earlier, on of this amount, and after the return of the So- 27 September 2017, there was a huge explo- viet authority he handed over the entire sion from a weapons warehouse, which was money deposited with him. In reply to our the largest ammunition depot in Ukraine. So- question about how does her life look now in meone probably set it on fire. It is assumed this town, she said that up until recently they that they were Russian subversives. At 10 pm were invited to Hesed, they participated in all hell broke loose. Thousands of people were excursions, lectures. Unfortunately, there is no evacuated, the airspace was closed. Many more money for this. Jews only communicate buildings burned, hundreds of windows were privately among themselves. There are 10 Jews broken, and the exploding shells even reached left in Kalynivka. Vinnytsia. The arsenal in Kalynivka had 188 The next person whom we visited in Kaly- thousand tonnes of ammunition. When this nivka was the 74-year-old Yevgienia. She lives entire Armageddon started, as Yevgienia alone from the time her husband died 6 years claimed, she was completely calm: “I was not ago. Although she does have a child who lives afraid, I thought that the Lord Jesus returned. in Germany, she only gets a visit once a year. They evacuated me by bus as one of the last Her sister lives in the Irkutsk Oblast and only persons in the town. Now I am a lucky person has telephone contact with her. Her other and although I don’t have a bath or shower, siblings were killed during the war in the bom- I don’t complain. I don’t need a lot to keep my bing when they evacuated to the Far East. happy. Thanks to you I could be in a sanato- rium where my health was treated a little. After Yevgienia my death, I would like the menorah to be placed on my grave”. After we returned to Vinnytsia we had the opportunity to meet the 84-year-old Yevgie- nia. When we arrived, the door to her flat was open and Yevgienia, sitting on the bed, invited us inside: “Come in, don’t hesitate. I asked my caregiver to leave the door open, for I can’t walk because of my legs. They hurt all the time, they were frozen a long time ago. Am I afraid? Yevgienia is disabled with a minimum monthly pension of 1600 hryvnia (approximately 51 Euro), has a diseased arm and suffered a stroke. In the past, she worked in a water and sewage Yevgienia company and in a hospital. Yevgienia, full of – 3 – Of what? I’m no feather, I’m heavy, no one will 1,400 hryvnia monthly (about 45 Euro) for her steal me”, she said with a smile.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY Tetiana Kucher STRUCTURAL
    VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF NATURAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY Tetiana Kucher STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL OPTIMIZATION OF THE ECOLOGICAL NETWORK OF THE VINNYTSIA REGION Master Thesis Study Programme Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, state code 6211DX012 Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Algimantas Paulauskas _________ ______ (signature) (date) Defended: Dean of the Faculty Natural Sciences Prof. Dr. Saulius Mickevicius_________ ______ (signature) (date) KAUNAS, 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT…………………………………………………………………………………….....3 SANTRAUKA…………………………………………………………………………………….4 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS……………………………………………………………………..5 INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………………………6 1. LITERATURE REVIEW……………………………………………………………………...8 1.1. Basic establishment principles of the ecological network………………………………...8 1.1.1 Organizing the establishment of an ecological network at European level…...……..8 1.1.1.1 Global international agreements (conventions)………………………….....8 1.1.1.2 Pan-European international agreements…………………………………..10 1.1.2 Legal support the formation in the Ukrainian ecological network…..………….....12 1.1.3 Scientific and methodological support in the formation of an ecological network………………………………………………………………….………………...16 1.1.3.1 Scientific and methodological principles of creating an ecological network…………………………………………………………………………....16 1.1.3.2 Scientific developments to ensure the formation of an ecological network……………………………………………………………………………17 1.1.4 Structural elements of the national ecological network…………..……………..….19 2. MATERIALS AND METHODS……………………………………………………………..23
    [Show full text]
  • Perception of Local Geographical Specificity by the Population of Podolia
    88 ЕКОНОМІЧНА ТА СОЦІАЛЬНА ГЕОГРАФІЯ PERCEPTION OF LOCAL GEOGRAPHICAL SPECIFICITY BY THE POPULATION OF PODOLIA Oleksiy GNATIUK Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine [email protected] Abstract: The article reveals the perception of local geographical specificity by the population of Podolia. Attention is focused on five elements of the local geographical specificity: natural, historical and cultural monuments; prominent personalities; trademarks and producers of goods and services; the origin settlement names; figurative poetic names of settlements. The tasks were the following: to determine basic qualitative and quantitative parameters of regional image-geographical systems, to find the main regularities of their spatial organization, and, finally, to classify administrative-territorial units of the region according to the basic properties of image-geographic systems using specially worked out method. Analysis made it clear that the population of Podolia is characterized by a high level of reflection of the local geographic specificity. Local image-geographical systems from different parts of the region have different structure and level of development. In particular, image-geographical systems in Vinnytsia and Ternopil oblasts are well developed, stable and hierarchized, in Khmelnitskyi oblast it is just developing, dynamic and so quite unstable. To further disclosure the regularities and patterns of local geographical specificity perception, it is advisable to carry out case studies of image-geographic systems at the level of individual settlements. Key words: territorial identity, local geographical specificity, geographic image UDC: 911.3 СПРИЙНЯТТЯ МІСЦЕВОЇ ГЕОГРАФІЧНОЇ СПЕЦИФІКИ НАСЕЛЕННЯМ ПОДІЛЛЯ Олексій ГНАТЮК Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка, Україна [email protected] Анотація: У статті розглянуто сприйняття місцевої географічної специфіки населенням Подільського регіону.
    [Show full text]
  • The History of Ukraine Advisory Board
    THE HISTORY OF UKRAINE ADVISORY BOARD John T. Alexander Professor of History and Russian and European Studies, University of Kansas Robert A. Divine George W. Littlefield Professor in American History Emeritus, University of Texas at Austin John V. Lombardi Professor of History, University of Florida THE HISTORY OF UKRAINE Paul Kubicek The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations Frank W. Thackeray and John E. Findling, Series Editors Greenwood Press Westport, Connecticut • London Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kubicek, Paul. The history of Ukraine / Paul Kubicek. p. cm. — (The Greenwood histories of the modern nations, ISSN 1096 –2095) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978 – 0 –313 – 34920 –1 (alk. paper) 1. Ukraine —History. I. Title. DK508.51.K825 2008 947.7— dc22 2008026717 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright © 2008 by Paul Kubicek All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2008026717 ISBN: 978– 0– 313 – 34920 –1 ISSN: 1096 –2905 First published in 2008 Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. www.greenwood.com Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48 –1984). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Every reasonable effort has been made to trace the owners of copyright materials in this book, but in some instances this has proven impossible.
    [Show full text]
  • A Sweet History in Bitter Times: Refining Sugar in the Transnistrian Borderlands (1898-2015)
    A SWEET HISTORY IN BITTER TIMES: REFINING SUGAR IN THE TRANSNISTRIAN BORDERLANDS (1898-2015) by Alexandru Lesanu A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of George Mason University in Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy History Committee: ___________________________________________ Director ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Department Chairperson ___________________________________________ Program Director ___________________________________________ Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences Date: _____________________________________ Fall Semester 2015 George Mason University Fairfax, VA A Sweet History in Bitter Times: Refining Sugar in the Transnistrian Borderlands (1898-2015) A Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at George Mason University by Alexandru Lesanu Master of Arts Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, 2005 Bachelor of Arts Low Danube University, Galati, Romania, 2003 Director: Steven Barnes, Professor Department of History and Art History Fall Semester 2015 George Mason University Fairfax, VA This work is licensed under a creative commons attribution-noderivs 3.0 unported license. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A dissertation is a long journey and it cannot be completed without the support of numerous travel companions. I would like to thank Steven Barnes, my dissertation adviser, who shared this journey from its beginning in 2008 until its end in 2015. During the journey, Steve was not only a meticulous adviser but also a valuable travel companion. Thanks to the other two members of my dissertation committee, Mills Kelly and Paula Petrik, for their precious travel advice. Among many movie and book recommendations, Mills suggested that Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andric would be an inspired reading during my journey.
    [Show full text]
  • Jewish Cemetries, Synagogues, and Mass Grave Sites in Ukraine
    Syracuse University SURFACE Religion College of Arts and Sciences 2005 Jewish Cemetries, Synagogues, and Mass Grave Sites in Ukraine Samuel D. Gruber United States Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad Follow this and additional works at: https://surface.syr.edu/rel Part of the Religion Commons Recommended Citation Gruber, Samuel D., "Jewish Cemeteries, Synagogues, and Mass Grave Sites in Ukraine" (2005). Full list of publications from School of Architecture. Paper 94. http://surface.syr.edu/arc/94 This Report is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Arts and Sciences at SURFACE. It has been accepted for inclusion in Religion by an authorized administrator of SURFACE. For more information, please contact [email protected]. JEWISH CEMETERIES, SYNAGOGUES, AND MASS GRAVE SITES IN UKRAINE United States Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad 2005 UNITED STATES COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S HERITAGE ABROAD Warren L. Miller, Chairman McLean, VA Members: Ned Bandler August B. Pust Bridgewater, CT Euclid, OH Chaskel Besser Menno Ratzker New York, NY Monsey, NY Amy S. Epstein Harriet Rotter Pinellas Park, FL Bingham Farms, MI Edgar Gluck Lee Seeman Brooklyn, NY Great Neck, NY Phyllis Kaminsky Steven E. Some Potomac, MD Princeton, NJ Zvi Kestenbaum Irving Stolberg Brooklyn, NY New Haven, CT Daniel Lapin Ari Storch Mercer Island, WA Potomac, MD Gary J. Lavine Staff: Fayetteville, NY Jeffrey L. Farrow Michael B. Levy Executive Director Washington, DC Samuel Gruber Rachmiel
    [Show full text]
  • Of the Public Purchasing Announcernº36 (110) September 04, 2012
    Bulletin ISSN: 2078–5178 of the public purchasing AnnouncerNº36 (110) September 04, 2012 Announcements of conducting procurement procedures � � � � � � � � � 2 Announcements of procurement procedures results � � � � � � � � � � � � 32 Urgently for publication � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 69 Bulletin No�36 (110) September 04, 2012 Annoucements of conducting 18568 Affiliate of Main Gas Pipelines Department procurement procedures “Cherkasytransgaz”, Subsidiary Company “Ukrtransgaz”, PJSC “NJSC “Naftogaz Ukrainy” 3 Sumhaitska St., 18023 Cherkasy 18546 Ministry of Health of Ukraine Yefimov Volodymyr Volodymyrovych, Tsymbal Vasyl Petrovych 7 Hrushevskoho St., 01601 Kyiv tel.: (0472) 36–07–48; Chervatiuk Volodymyr Viktorovych tel./fax: (0472) 33–05–02; tel.: (044) 253–26–08; e–mail: [email protected] e–mail: [email protected] Website of the Authorized agency which contains information on procurement: Website of the Authorized agency which contains information on procurement: www.tender.me.gov.ua www.tender.me.gov.ua Procurement subject: DBN D.1.1–1–2000 – works on “Reconstruction Procurement subject: code 24.42.2 – different pharmaceuticals (reagents of discharge–measurement site of gas–distributing station Bratslav” and consumables for determination of quantity of CD4+ lymphocytes Supply/execution: Haisyn Line Production Department for Main Gas Pipelines, in HIV–positive patients): reagents and consumables for flow gas–distributing station Bratslav, Bratslav, Nemyrivskyi Rayon, Vinnytsia Oblast,
    [Show full text]
  • Vinnytsia Region
    2 VINNYTSIA REGION KEY FACTS Vinnytsia 2 km Kyiv 212 km VINNYTSIA Warsaw 616 km Beijing Istanbul 6 663 km 883 km Chisinau Frankfurt am Main Paris Amsterdam 332 km 1430 km 1 887 km 1 702 km Przemysl Berlin 638 km Vienn Prague 1 330 km 1 055 km 1 142 km Lviv 363 km Odesa Rotterdam 430 km 1 950 km Warsaw Hamburg 806 km Varna Gdansk 1 580 km 952 km 1 083 km 26.513 thousand km2 1.546 million 4.39% of the territory of Ukraine people 52.1 thousand students of higher educational institutions 6 rayons 63 territorial communities 11.4 thousand vocational students ineВ (high) investment efficiency rating in 2019 706.0 thousand working age people 3 Transport and Logistics Ranked #1 Criss-crossing trade in Ukraine by routes – well-developed the Transitivity Ratio transportation network Kyiv Zhytomyr E95 Lviv E40 Ternopil E50 Khmelnytsky Vinnytsia Dnipro E583 E50 Mariupol Uzhhorod Mykolaiv E40 Odesa Railway connection Existing motorways E40 Dunkirk – Brussels – Dresden – Krakow – Kyiv – Volgograd E95 St. Petersburg – Gomel – Kyiv – Samsun European road routes: The biggest freight E50 Brest – Prague – Kosice – Vinnytsia – Makhachkala railway stations: Vinnytsia, Zhmerynka, E583 Roman – Balti – Vinnytsia – Zhytomyr Koziatyn, Vapniarka 4 Road density – 339 km per 1,000 km2 – is one of the highest in Ukraine The railway network of the region includes an operating route length of 1,124 km, connecting all the main industrial centers of the region with cities in Ukraine, Asia, and Europe Vinnytsia International Airport is located just 2 km from the city with a passenger turnover of 400 people per hour and existing regular international flights Vinnytsia Region has a favorable transport location, In the mid-term, it is planned to construct Gdansk- which provides additional opportunities for Odessa highway connecting two countries strengthening international connections.
    [Show full text]
  • State Building in Revolutionary Ukraine
    STATE BUILDING IN REVOLUTIONARY UKRAINE Unauthenticated Download Date | 3/31/17 3:49 PM This page intentionally left blank Unauthenticated Download Date | 3/31/17 3:49 PM STEPHEN VELYCHENKO STATE BUILDING IN REVOLUTIONARY UKRAINE A Comparative Study of Governments and Bureaucrats, 1917–1922 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS Toronto Buffalo London Unauthenticated Download Date | 3/31/17 3:49 PM © University of Toronto Press Incorporated 2011 Toronto Buffalo London www.utppublishing.com Printed in Canada ISBN 978-1-4426-4132-7 Printed on acid-free, 100% post-consumer recycled paper with vegetable- based inks. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Velychenko, Stephen State building in revolutionary Ukraine: a comparative study of governments and bureaucrats, 1917–1922/Stephen Velychenko. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4426-4132-7 1. Ukraine – Politics and government – 1917–1945. 2. Public adminstration – Ukraine – History – 20th century. 3. Nation-building – Ukraine – History – 20th century 4. Comparative government. I. Title DK508.832.V442011 320.9477'09041 C2010-907040-2 The research for this book was made possible by University of Toronto Humanities and Social Sciences Research Grants, by the Katedra Foundation, and the John Yaremko Teaching Fellowship. This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, through the Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. University of Toronto Press acknowledges the fi nancial assistance to its publishing program of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council. University of Toronto Press acknowledges the fi nancial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for its publishing activities.
    [Show full text]
  • Memories for a Blessing Jewish Mourning Rituals and Commemorative Practices in Postwar Belarus and Ukraine, 1944-1991
    Memories for a Blessing Jewish Mourning Rituals and Commemorative Practices in Postwar Belarus and Ukraine, 1944-1991 by Sarah Garibov A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (History) in University of Michigan 2017 Doctoral Committee: Professor Ronald Suny, Co-Chair Professor Jeffrey Veidlinger, Co-Chair Emeritus Professor Todd Endelman Professor Zvi Gitelman Sarah Garibov [email protected] ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5417-6616 © Sarah Garibov 2017 DEDICATION To Grandma Grace (z”l), who took unbounded joy in the adventures and accomplishments of her grandchildren. ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First and foremost, I am forever indebted to my remarkable committee. The faculty labor involved in producing a single graduate is something I have never taken for granted, and I am extremely fortunate to have had a committee of outstanding academics and genuine mentshn. Jeffrey Veidlinger, thank you for arriving at Michigan at the perfect moment and for taking me on mid-degree. From the beginning, you have offered me a winning balance of autonomy and accountability. I appreciate your generous feedback on my drafts and your guidance on everything from fellowships to career development. Ronald Suny, thank you for always being a shining light of positivity and for contributing your profound insight at all the right moments. Todd Endelman, thank you for guiding me through modern Jewish history prelims with generosity and rigor. You were the first to embrace this dissertation project, and you have faithfully encouraged me throughout the writing process. Zvi Gitelman, where would I be without your wit and seykhl? Thank you for shepherding me through several tumultuous years and for remaining a steadfast mentor and ally.
    [Show full text]
  • Jewish Cemeteries, Synagogues, and Mass Grave Sites in Ukraine
    JEWISH CEMETERIES, SYNAGOGUES, AND MASS GRAVE SITES IN UKRAINE United States Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad 2005 UNITED STATES COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S HERITAGE ABROAD Warren L. Miller, Chairman McLean, VA Members: Ned Bandler August B. Pust Bridgewater, CT Euclid, OH Chaskel Besser Menno Ratzker New York, NY Monsey, NY Amy S. Epstein Harriet Rotter Pinellas Park, FL Bingham Farms, MI Edgar Gluck Lee Seeman Brooklyn, NY Great Neck, NY Phyllis Kaminsky Steven E. Some Potomac, MD Princeton, NJ Zvi Kestenbaum Irving Stolberg Brooklyn, NY New Haven, CT Daniel Lapin Ari Storch Mercer Island, WA Potomac, MD Gary J. Lavine Staff: Fayetteville, NY Jeffrey L. Farrow Michael B. Levy Executive Director Washington, DC Samuel Gruber Rachmiel Liberman Research Director Brookline, MA Katrina A. Krzysztofiak Laura Raybin Miller Program Manager Pembroke Pines, FL Patricia Hoglund Vincent Obsitnik Administrative Officer McLean, VA 888 17th Street, N.W., Suite 1160 Washington, DC 20006 Ph: ( 202) 254-3824 Fax: ( 202) 254-3934 E-mail: [email protected] May 30, 2005 Message from the Chairman One of the principal missions that United States law assigns the Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad is to identify and report on cemeteries, monuments, and historic buildings in Central and Eastern Europe associated with the cultural heritage of U.S. citizens, especially endangered sites. The Congress and the President were prompted to establish the Commission because of the special problem faced by Jewish sites in the region: The communities that had once cared for the properties were annihilated during the Holocaust.
    [Show full text]
  • Introduction
    Introduction R a y B r a n d o n a n d W e n d y L o w e r Before the Second World War, the Jews of Ukraine constituted one of the largest Jewish populations in Europe.1 They were without a doubt the largest Jewish population within the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.2 And between July 1940 and June 1941—af­ ter Stalin occupied the interwar Polish territories of eastern Gali­ cia and western Volhynia as well as the interwar Romanian territo­ ries of northern Bukovina and southern Bessarabia—the number of Jews in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (UkrSSR) rose to at least 2.45 million persons, thus making it for a brief period home to the largest Jewish population in Europe.3 Despite the size of Ukraine’s Jewish population, academics and laypersons alike have for over two generations tended to talk about the Holocaust in the Soviet Union, Poland, Romania, or Hungary, but not about the Holocaust in Ukraine, which is the subject of this book. The reason for this traditional approach is evident. Unlike any of the aforementioned countries, Ukraine from the mid-thir­ teenth until the mid-twentieth century was but an ensemble of disparate territories partitioned among several neighboring pow­ ers. Ukrainian efforts to establish a state in these lands in the aftermath of the First World War were thwarted by internecine factionalism as well as Polish national aspirations and Soviet rev­ olutionary ambitions. Between the Polish-Soviet peace of 1920 and the Nazi-Soviet pact of 1939, the lands of modern Ukraine were split among Poland (eastern Galicia and western Volhynia), Czechoslovakia (Transcarpathia), Romania (northern Bukovina and southern Bessarabia), and the Soviet Union.
    [Show full text]
  • Company Profile
    A World of Solutions Oil & Gas Chemical, petrochemical, Shipbuilding Sector Large power plants Major construction works Steelworks The DKC Group is a leading manufacturer offering a wide range of solutions from cable protection systems to energy transmission, storage and control systems for the following industries: Oil & Gas (refineries, petrol stations, oil pipelines, steelworks), petrochemical, building and shipbuilding industries, energy production (photovoltaic and wind power) plants, construction of roads, highways, tunnels, gas pipelines, large shopping centres, water and drinking water supplies, large-size factories, airports, safety and security systems. RUSSIA The DKC group DKC Russia Tver Ph. +7 (4822) 777-980 Commercial office ROMANIA Moscow HUNGARY Ph. +7 (495) 916-5262 DKC Romania DKC Hungary Kft Branch offices Jud. Arad Voronezh Ph. +40 257278187 Budapest Ekaterinburg Ph. +36 74540002 Kazan Krasnodar Krasnoyarsk Nizhny Novgorod Novosibirsk Perm Rostov-on-Don Samara St. Petersburg Ufa Khabarovsk Chelyabinsk ITALY Cheboksary Vladivostok DKC Europe Srl Tula Ph. +39 0321 989898 Tyumen Bellinzago Novarese (NO) Saratov Archangelsk Novi Ligure (AL) Irkutsk Villanova sull’Arda (PC) Volgograd Roma (RM) Collegno (TO) DKC Power Solutions srl Ph. +39 0321 9898750 CHINA MIDDLE EAST Brivio (LC) DKC Kitai DKC Middle East Lograto (BS) Branch Office Branch Office Shangai RGM spa Ph. +966 547832604 Ph. +39 0321 98 98 944 Ph. +39 010 609971 +7 915 385 39 65 +39 0321 98 98 706 +39 0321 98 98 944 Genova (GE) UKRAINE +39 0321 98 98 706 Lerma (AL) DKC Ukraine Roma (RM) Kiev Ph. +380 (044) 496-18-45 TUNISIA DKC Maghreb sarl Tunis Ph. +216 71409778 The Group’s fundamental Company History ambition is to create effective solutions that can anticipate The DKC Group, after having worked in Italy in the in the field of cable protection, energy distribution and telecommunications industry, since 1998 has successfully accumulation.
    [Show full text]