President on 75th anniversary of second deportation operation: We choose peace for all children of Moldova

Chisinau, July 6 /MOLDPRES/- The biggest deportation operation in our country is commemorated today. 75 years ago, on the night of July 5-6, small children, pregnant women, the most decent members of our communities were called "enemies of the people" and deported by the Stalinist regime during the SUD (IUG) operation. On this occasion, a commemoration rally was organized at the monument in memory of the victims of deportations of the communist regime, the presidential press service has reported.

"More than 35 thousand people were taken from their homes at night and sent thousands of kilometers away. Based on lists. That's what life was worth to a totalitarian regime - a name on a list. We did not choose to be deported. No one asked us. We didn't choose to be starved, killed, sent to war," President Maia Sandu said in her message.

The head of state emphasized that it is the duty of each of us to know our past. "Let us never forget its horrors and ensure that never again will our country go through such terror", said Maia Sandu.