oksana linnet who conducts concerts around the globe grew up just 2 blocks away from the synagogues ruins for her the concert is also a homecoming this is where her roots are where she comes to rest and recharge but she's also got a mission to put the historical region of the least now straddling the ukrainian polish border back on the world's cultural map that was one reason she helped found the festival 3 years ago. that's about a one side is the individual festival was started to highlight the historical background and cultural connections between the crane especially western ukraine and western europe was best ok in that and to present these connections on an international stage. all the internet's an eyelid the now so what is in. this year's festival is dedicated to the jewish author joseph forte born in broady 125 years ago and his short life old became one of the greatest german language authors writing about an eastern european jewish culture which no longer exists the nazis burned his books all that died in exile and. now finally the writer's home town has a monument to his legac