Exhibition of photos, historical documents for commemorating Holocaust's victims to be inaugurated at Moldova's parliament

Chisinau, 28 January /MOLDPRES/ - An exhibition of photos and historical documents for commemorating the Holocaust’s victims will be inaugurated at the parliament. The event is part of a programme of actions organized by the authorities for the commemoration of the Holocaust’s victims.  

According to the parliament’s communication and public relations department, the exhibition comprises terrible pictures showing the history of the Holocaust on the present territory of Moldova. A Jewish Moldovan family album contains pictures and events from the daily life of people who experienced the Holocaust. The pictures show also the life story of a well-know composer, Zlata Tcaci.   

Also, 15 black-and-white pictures show the realities and experiences of people who went through the ordeal of antisemitism. The exhibition contains pictures presenting the situation in ghettos, the deportation of Jews to the Transnistrian region, as well as photos of Jewish hostages shot in the garden of the Old Cathedral from Balti.   

The exhibition also contains a selection of books, historical and archive documents, memories, studies and researches about the Holocaust. The documents, edited in the Romanian, English and Russian languages, are offered by the Jewish Library I. Mangher. Among exhibits, there is also the Report by the International Commission on the Holocaust, presided over by Elie Wiesel, along with the related documents. There are more than 1,200 pages of novel historical documents which show the dramatic character of the events related to the Holocaust.      

The exhibition will opened for public till the end of this week.

The event is organized by the parliament, in partnership with the Jewish Community of Moldova and the Moldovan government.   

Moldova’s parliament condemned the Holocaust in July 2014 by adopting a political declaration on the acceptance of the Report of the International Commission on the Holocaust, presided over by Elie Wiesel. The political declaration also condemns any attempts off ignoring or denying the Holocaust and pays respects to its victims and survivors. 

The National Holocaust Remembrance Day has been annually marked in Moldova since 2015, under a decision approved by the parliament.