Reference Type: Book Section
Author: Hristian, Camelia - Pricop, Ghena
Year: 2009
Title: Un Grec, Doi Greci, Trei Greci...Brăila. Reactivarea memoriei culturale a oraşului Brăila. Cazul Comunităţii Greceşti
Editor: Hristian, Camelia - Pricop, Ghena - Smaznov, Evdochia
Book Title: „...Greci, Evrei, Ruşi lipoveni, Turci... Brăila. Reactivarea memoriei culturale a oraşului"
City: Brăila
Publisher: Editura Istros a Muzeului Brăilei
Pages: 3-8.
Language: Romanian
Keywords: Greek minority, culture, tradition, interethnic relationships, multiculturalism
Abstract(RO)(EN): La Muzeul Brăilei a fost lansatăde curând lucrarea Un Grec, Doi Greci, Trei Greci... Brăila- rezultat al unui interesant proiect cultural derulat de Consiliul Judeţean, Muzeul Brăilei şi Comunitatea Elenădin Brăila. Principalul obiectiv al acestui proiect este reactivarea memoriei şi a mediului cultural-istoric al oraşului Brăila din perspectiva diversităţii etnice. Muzeul Brăilei continuă astfel seria lucrărilor ce urmresc valorificarea contribuţiei grecilor care au influenţat hotărâtor istoria economicăşi culturală a oraşului. Cu câţiva ani în urmă, acelaşi muzeu a editat, în colaborare cu Uniunea Elenădin România1, o istorie în două volume a Comunităţii greceşti din Brăila. Primul volum, semnat de Ionel Cândea, urmăreşte prezenţa greacăîn zona Brăilei pânăîn secolul al XIX-lea, iar cel de-al doilea, semnat de Cristian Filip,se opreşte la anul 1900. Noi cercetări publicate în revista Istros şi în Analele Brăilei sunt înglobate în primul volum. Numeroase texte culese de Demostene Russo şi publicate postum în Studiile istorice greco-românedin 1939 apar pentru prima oară aici traduse în limba română prin strădania profesorului Haris Bakirtzis, prieten al Brăilei şi a Silviei Fotini Gănescu.

The book One Greek, Two Greeks, Three Greeks... Brăila has recently been released at the Museum of Brăila. The paper is the result of an interesting cultural project initiated by the County Council, the Museum of Brăila and the Greek Community of the city. Its main objective is reactivating the memory and the cultural-historical environment in Băila from the point of view of the ethnical diversity. Thus, the Museum of Brăila resumes the series of papers aiming at the valorization of the Greek contribution to the economic and cultural development of the city. A few years ago the same museum together with the Greek Union of Romania1, brought out a history in two volumes of the Greek Community of Brăila. The former volume, written by Ionel Cândea, traces the Greek presence in the Brăila area until the 19thcentury and the latter, written by Cristian Filip, stops in 1900. The former volume comprises new research works that were published in the Istrosmagazine and the city annals. A lot of texts which were collected by Demostene Russo and posthumously published in the Greek and Roman Historic Studies in 1939, have been included here, after being translated by professor HarisBakirtzis, a friend of Brăila and by Silvia Fotini Gănescu. 1Due to its concern with reminding one's roots, The Greek Union of Romania has edited a series of remarkable books, such as the Journals Written in Greek in 19th Century Romania, by Olga Cicanci (1995) and the Greek Communities in 19th Century Romania, by the late researcher Cornelia Papacostea-Danielopolu. Together with the brochure and the volume One Greek,Two Greeks, Three Greeks... Brăila, there has been another release, that of the Cultural Diversity website ((http://diversitate-culturala-muzeulbrailei.ro/)) and of the virtual map Urban elements, testimonies of the Greek cultural influence in Brăila(http://diversitate-culturala-muzeulbrailei.ro/05-harta-virtuala/). At the same time, the Centre for Cultural Diversity has been inaugurated at the Museum of Brăila. The new project completes the existent historical data witht he testimonies of the Greek Community members who have opened up and disclosed the interesting stories in their families. They have enriched not only the history of Brăila, but also that of the Greeks all over Romania, showing the fact that things do happen well when Romanians and Greeks work hand in hand!