National museum of history of Jews to be opened, Jewish Cemetery to be restored in Moldovan capital

Chisinau, 5 December /MOLDPRES/ - The Jewish Cemetery from Chisinau will be restored and turned into a Jewish historic cultural centre, at an initiative by Prime Minister Pavel Filip. The centre will include more historical objects, being an area for the commemoration of the Holocaust victims, as well as a place of attraction for tourists, the government’s communication and protocol department has reported.  

To give the cabinet the capacity needed to develop the centre, the cemetery will be transferred to the management of the Chisinau Municipal Council, subordinated to the Education, Culture and Research Ministry. The government approved a decision to this effect today. The document establishes the building where the museum of history of Jews from Moldova will be placed – it will be part of the cultural centre and will contribute to the preservation of the Jewish heritage in Moldova.   

The PM has recently visited the Jewish cemetery, which is presently in a disastrous state – two thirds of the cemetery is practically destroyed. At that time, the prime minister demanded working out of an action plan for the cemetery’s restoration and building a Jewish historical cultural centre on this place.