First centre-museum on Holocaust Remembrance opened in Chisinau

Chisinau, 26 January /MOLDPRES/- "Opening a museum to study the Holocaust is a nationwide condemnation of the history of massacre of the Jewish community”, Deputy Speaker Vladimir Vitiuc said at the inauguration of the first centre-museum “Holocaust Remembrance and Interethnic Tolerance” in the capital, the parliament’s communication and public relations department has reported.

At the same time, the official said that the opening of the centre-museum will help not only study the history of the Holocaust, but also promote the education and culture of tolerance and non-discrimination. “It is our duty to keep the memory of those sad and painful events in order to stop admitting such tragedies”, he said.

Attending the event were also head of the parliamentary commission on foreign policy and European integration Violeta Ivanov and chairman of the committee on human rights and interethnic relations Vladimir Turcan.

The centre-museum was opened by the Interethnic Relations Bureau and is located in the House of Nations. It includes historical acts and books, monographs, photos and documentaries. It is arranged for public meetings, discussions and lessons. It can be visited free of charge daily from 8:00 to 17:00.

The events on National Holocaust Remembrance Day, marked annually on 27 January, continued today with a roundtable “The Holocaust – a historical lesson for tolerance”.  Turcan said that in the commission he will propose an action plan to study and preserve the history of this crime against humanity and promote interethnic tolerance.

The Moldovan parliament condemned the Holocaust by adopting in July 2016 a political statement accepting the report of the International Commission on study of the Holocaust. The Holocaust was genocide of the 20th century. Over twelve years, the Nazi Party brutally and systematically killed nearly 6 million Jews.