“The Holocaust was an indescribable tragedy that we cannot forget. We are obliged to bear in mind those atrocities and to do our best for such crimes against mankind not be possible,” Parliament Speaker Igor Grosu stated on the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day that is celebrated on January 27, IPN reports.
According to Igor Grosu, honoring the victims of the Holocaust means struggling for phenomena that are foreign to the laws of society, such as anti-Semitism, xenophobia, racism and other forms of discrimination.
Deputy Prime Minister Nicu Popescu, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, said this day is full of profound symbolism and reminds us of one of the saddest pages in the European history, which remains a deep wound for the whole humanity. During the past seven year, Moldova made considerable progress in the studying and commemoration of the Holocaust. Moldova was among the first states that officially accepted, by a Government decision of January 19, 2019, the working definition of anti-Semitism adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.
The official noted that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration will continue to promote, through the available diplomatic instruments, the building of the action framework at national or international level so as to prevent and penalize anti-Semitism and other manifestations of racism, xenophobia, racial discrimination or intolerance.
The Head of the EU Delegation to Moldova Jānis Mažeiks said that to keep the memory of the Holocaust alive, each of us should fight anti-Semitism and racism. “It is important to study the past and to support those who saved human lives during the Holocaust so as to make sure that such an odious crime as this never repeats,” Jānis Mažeiks posted on the EU Delegation’s Facebook page.
The Holocaust is a term used to describe the killing of about 6 million Jews of all ages, mostly from Europe, during World War II as part of the Final Solution to the Jewish Question that was a Nazi plan for the genocide of Jews. Among the victims were 1.5 million children.
