Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 30 VTMBH Article: Article Order 1 VTMBH Article: Title The Katyn monument will not be moved VTMBH Article: Author Marek Tomaszewski VTMBH Article: Publication Nowy Dziennik / Polish Daily News VTMBH Article: Original Language Polish VTMBH Article: Translator Lukasz Bulka VTMBH Article: Section briefs VTMBH Article: Blurb VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body A Jersey City waterfront monument honoring thousands of Polish officers killed by the Soviet Secret Police in 1939 will not be moved, decided the three board members of the Jersey City 9/11 Committee, which has the mission of building a monument on the Jersey City waterfront to memorialize the victims of the terrorist attacks. If they decided to move the monument, I would chain myself to it and go on a hunger strike, Stanislaw Paszul, one of the original donors for the Katyn Monument told Nowy Dziennik at a meeting held Wednesday at Jersey Citys City Hall. In his speech at the meeting, Paszul said the Polish officers and soldiers were also murdered by terroristsSoviet terrorists in Katyn. In Paszuls opinion, moving the Katyn monument to raise an obelisk commemorating the victims of the World Trade Center attacksas recently proposed by the 9/11 Committee would honor the New York tragedy at the expense of the Poles killed during World War II. Members of the 9/11 Committee understood Paszuls point of view. Weve made a decision not to do that, said Greg Nye, the co-chairman of the committee, who is African-American, according to Paszul. In an interview with Nowy Dziennik, Nye emphasized that the majority of the board members realized that the Katyn tragedy remains an open wound of the Polish soul and that the World Trade Center monument must be erected in another location. The suggestion to move the Katyn monument was first mentioned on July 24, at a meeting of the Jersey City Dante Alighieri Society; many Dante Alighieri members joined the 9/11 Committee. The committee considered building the monument at the same spot that ferries carrying people escaping Manhattan docked on the morning of September 11th. They docked right by the Katyn monument, which has been standing there for over a decade. The monument is repulsive, one member of the Dante Society said at the Italian groups July meeting. Though the person who said it later apologized, he was removed from both organizations, said Guy Catrillo, a member of both the society and the committee. The discussion of moving the Katyn monument was covered in the July 28th Jersey City Reporter, which caused Polish residents of the city to react. The negotiations continued until late evening on August 6, an unnamed Polish-American woman who worked behind the scenes to resolve the conflict told Nowy Dziennik. Her stand was very clear: over my dead body. Other Poles asked the committee not to honor one tragedy at the expense of another. Stanislaw Paszul reminded the meeting that the Katyn monument was erected over the course of two from 1988 to 1990 at the cost of $250,000. Paszul himself donated $13,000 to fund the monuments installation. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-08-09 VTMBH Article: Thumb katyn-resized-2.jpg VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 112 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Katyn monument will not be moved 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-08-09