My recommendation, to the German authorities, below a Google translation. (Terrible translation, sorry)
Sehr geehrte Frau Pickard, Wie ich Ihnen bereits in unserem gemeinsamen Telefonat mitgeteilt habe, erachte ich Herrn Christian Hermann als einen sehr engagierten und herzlichen Mitmenschen, den ich auf meinen Reisen in meine Heimatstadt Czernowitz sehr oft begegnen konnte. Stets war ich von seinem Engagement und seinem Wissen über die Gegend meiner Kindheit und Jugend beeindruckt. Mit viel Einfühlungsvermögen und einem hohen künstlerischen Geschick hat er mit seiner Fotografie die jüdischen Friedhöfe in der Ukraine ins Bild gesetzt und sie damit einer breiteren Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht. Mit seiner Arbeit bei Friedensdienste Sühnezeichen hat er viele junge Leute inspiriert und sie für den Holocaust an den Juden der Bukowina sensibilisiert. Damit hat er den Überlebenden Juden aus der Bukowina einen großen Dienst erwiesen, für den wir sehr dankbar sind. Ich persönlich schätze Herrn Christian Hermann und seine Verdienste hoch. Ich würde mich freuen, wenn ihm deshalb das Bundesverdienstkreuz verliehen werden könnte. Mit besten Grüßen Arthur Rindner ——— Dear Mrs. Pickard, As I have already heard from you in our personal phone calls, I consider Mr. Christian Hermann to be a very committed and warm fellow man, whom I heard very often on my travels in my political Chernivtsi. I was always aware of his commitment and his knowledge of the region of my childhood and youth endeavors. With a lot of empathy and a high level of artistic skill, he captured the right cemeteries in Ukraine with his photography and thus made them a public view of their own. With his work at Peace Services Atonement has treated many young people and made them aware of the Holocaust and the Jews of Bukovina. In doing so, he has taken the access of Jews from Bukovina to a great service for which we are very dear. I commend myself to Christian Hermann and his services. I would be happy if he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit. Best Regards Arthur Rindner >> On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 6:26 PM Bruce Reisch <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> From our wonderful friend and list member, Christian Hermann: “Yesterday I >> was awarded with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for >> my commitment to the Jewish heritage of Eastern Europe – the order is better >> known as the Federal Cross of Merit.” >> >> >> >> Read more on his blog: >> >> https://vanishedworld.blog/2021/05/13/i-should-say-some-words-thank-you/ >> >> >> >> Congratulation for this well-deserved recognition, Christian! What >> fantastic news. >> >> >> >> Bruce >> >> >> >> This moderated discussion group is for information exchange on the subject >> of >> Czernowitz and Sadagora Jewish History and Genealogy. The opinions expressed >> in these posts are the opinions of the original poster only and not >> necessarily >> the opinions of the List Owner, the Webmaster or any other members >> or entities connected with this mailing list. The Czernowitz-L list has >> an associated web site at http://czernowitz.ehpes.com that includes a >> searchable archive of all messages posted to this list. Beginning in 2021, >> archived messages can be found at: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> To send mail to the list, address it to <[email protected]>. >> >> To remove your address from this e-list follow these directions. >> >> To receive assistance for this e-list send an e-mail message to: >> [email protected] >> >> >> > > > ******************************************************************************* This moderated discussion group is for information exchange on the subject of Czernowitz and Sadagora Jewish History and Genealogy. The opinions expressed in these posts are the opinions of the original poster only and not necessarily the opinions of the List Owner, the Webmaster or any other members or entities connected with this mailing list. The Czernowitz-L list has an associated web site at http://czernowitz.ehpes.com that includes a searchable archive of all messages posted to this list. Beginning in 2021, archived messages can be found at: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To send mail to the list, address it to <[email protected]>. To remove your address from this e-list follow the directions at https://it.cornell.edu/lyris/leave-e-lists-lyris To receive assistance for this e-list send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
