tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32414509.post8909343682346206277..comments2024-03-25T00:15:56.707-06:00Comments on Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog: Ukraine: The Lviv street photo projectSchelly Talalay Dardashtihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10930641777765846278noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32414509.post-28709320405509537952009-10-24T22:52:47.497-06:002009-10-24T22:52:47.497-06:00just trying to understand who are you. what knowle...just trying to understand who are you. what knowledge you possess about this wonderful city before bolsheviks, nazis/ukranians (almost the same), and later soviets basically destroyed the flavor and charm (and architecture of course) of it. also, i am trying to figure out what do you want to achive by taking pictures of the houses of the people who had been brutally murdered by local population (ukranians) with the help of nazis.<br /><br />to find out anything in Lviv is not so easy--ukranians still keep it quiet that before nazis came in, there had lived over 200,000 of Jewish population out of over 300,000 in total. in august 1944 (after the nazis were pushed out of the city), only 200 Jews were alive. <br /><br />nowadays, ukranians (current population) presented themselves to the outside world as if this was their town from the day one--pure lie.<br /><br />any time I have a chance to walk along a Lviv street looking at the houses and bullrings, I try to picture myself the people, families, parents and children-- how lived here and how come they (and their loved ones) are not around anymore. my soul filled with sorrow for the women and children how took horrible death and nobody wants to admit: yes we, ukranians, have jewish blood on our hands (up to the elbow). <br /><br />if we had a chance to chat a little bit, I would have told you a lot about my city. you know, it is very easy to go around and take pictures. and nothing else. please understand, behind every façade horrible tragedy is hiding and nobody have guts to speak up. <br /><br />thank for reading to the end,<br />Leonid.LennyMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02383828242139883883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32414509.post-26010950896807682082009-06-23T04:30:16.720-06:002009-06-23T04:30:16.720-06:00Whoever is involved in this should take a look at ...Whoever is involved in this should take a look at the extensive resources, on line and off, being prepared for L'viv by the L'viv Center for Urban History. This includes and large and growing map and photo database of the city, including the Jewish sections. See http://jewish-heritage-travel.blogspot.com/2009/03/ukraine-new-web-resources-on-lviv.htmlRuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11673699594687148399noreply@blogger.com