(Ukraine-Galicia) City of Lviv Honors Dozens of Jewish Heritage Activists with Keys to the City During 75th Anniversary Ceremony of Destruction of Jewish Community

[Jan Meisels Allen janmallen@att.net]

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The city of Lviv held a ceremony, called A Key to the City Reclaiming the
Memory of the Past, on September 2, honoring dozens of Jewish heritage
activists for their work in "preserving, promoting and carrying out research
and educational work on Jewish heritage in Western Ukraine. One of the
recipients was Marla Raucher Osborn, from Rohatyn Jewish Heritage and member
Gesher Galicia Advisory Board. Rohatyn Jewish Heritage focuses on recovering
gravestones and restoring Jewish cemeteries. The ceremony coincided with
European Day of Jewish Culture and commemorating the 75th anniversary of the
liquidation of the Nazi ghetto and Janowska Labor/concentration camp and the
destruction of the Jewish community.

The recipients received a glass replica of an ancient synagogue key found
with a Star of David purchased by Rachel Stevens, American sculptor and
researcher, early in the year at L'viv's Vernissage folk market The keys
represent a "symbol of gratitude for preserving Jewish heritage." Stevens
used glass for the replicas because in Jewish tradition the material
"represents the fragility of life."

History
Before World War I, Lviv and the surrounding area were part of the eastern
Galicia region of the Austro-Hungarian empire and the city was called by its
German name, Lemberg.
To read more about the history about the commemoration see the AP story at:
https://www.apnews.com/f6dfbcbea00c44d9b1d3f9df895c13d4/Ukrainian-city-remembers-Jews-on-Holocaust-anniversary
[MOD. Note: - shortened URL - https://goo.gl/WCgr67 ]

AP also has number of photographs attached to their story. JewishGenner
Randy Herschaft contributed to the AP story.

To read more see:
http://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2018/09/03/ukraine-lviv-honors-jewish-heritage-activists/
[MOD. NOTE: shortened URL - https://goo.gl/foPPA5 ]
and
http://rohatynjewishheritage.org/2018/09/a-key-to-the-city/

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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