The exhibition dedicated to the memory of the victims of Stalinist deportations will be inaugurated on Saturday in the Great National Assembly Square. Here, two wagons will be placed. The first will display documents, photographs, personal items, and books illustrating the suffering of the deportees. The second wagon will present multimedia content about deportations, reports IPN.
The Government’s spokesperson, Daniel Voda, stated that this initiative aims to keep alive the memory of the tragic events from the past of the Republic of Moldova. “It’s about our collective memory, about history and the way we build our future. The Government is inaugurating the exhibition called ‘Soviet Terror in the Moldavian SSR’, in the Great National Assembly Square,” Daniel Voda emphasized.
The program will be complemented by a series of cultural events. On Sunday, July 6, at 8:30 PM, a flashmob will take place with the participation of the actors from the “Mihai Eminescu” National Theater, during which candles will be lit in memory of the victims of deportations. Film screenings, theater performances, and other thematic activities are also planned.
The traveling exhibition, now in its third edition, can be visited daily until July 27. The public will have free access between 9:00 and 21:00, and history specialists will guide the visitors.
On the night of July 5-6, 1949, the Soviet regime deported tens of thousands of people, including women, children, and the elderly, to Siberia, to concentration camps, and their assets were confiscated. It is estimated that at least 11 thousand families – in total over 35 thousand people were deported in the so-called “Operation South”, the purpose of which was the deportation of a large number of people considered “enemies of the people” or “socially dangerous elements”.
