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The bronze hoard was discovered on the territory of Mîndrești village, Telenești district, in 1968. It was identified accidentally by a group of students from the village school, and the materials later came to the attention of specialists at the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences. According to documentary records, the hoard was composed of ten pieces: four socketed axes (celts), a dagger fragment, a sword fragment, a sickle, a winged axe, an adze-axe, and a chain consisting of four links.
Currently, of the mentioned assemblage, six objects are preserved in the collections of the National Museum of History of Moldova: two socketed axes (celts), the winged axe, the adze-axe, the dagger fragment, and the chain made of four links.- Socketed axe (celt) with one loop. Dimensions: Length - 10.2 cm; Weight - 186 g.
- Socketed axe (celt) with one frontal loop. Dimensions: Length - 8.4 cm; Width: 33-46 mm; Weight - 124 g.
- Winged axe. Dimensions: Length - 14.0 cm; Width - 2.5-3.4 cm; Weight - 285 g.
- Adze-axe. Dimensions: Length - 14.8 cm; Width - 2.3-5.0 cm; Weight - 286 g.
- Dagger fragment. Dimensions: Length - 16.5 cm; Blade length - 9.8 cm; Blade width - 2.8 cm; Weight - 81 g.
- Chain formed of four links. Dimensions: Length - 17.1 cm; Link diameter - 3.8; Weight - 32 g.The bronze hoard of Mîndrești is important due to the association of objects that find analogies in the regional repertoire with pieces that show clear analogies in Central Europe and the Carpathian Basin. The assemblage reflects a zone of contact and interaction where metallic forms of different origins and traditions circulated and were integrated into the repertoire of local communities.
Chronologically, the bronze hoard of Mîndrești is attributed to the Early Hallstatt period - HaA1, being dated to 1200-1100 BC.

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“Reinhard Heydrich. The attempt. The death of Holocaust’s architect”

January 22 – February 4, 2024

Between January 22 and February 4, 2024, the National History Museum of Moldova hosts the exhibition “Reinhard Heydrich. The attempt. The death of Holocaust’s architect”.

On May 27, 1942, the Czech parachutists Jan Kubiš and Josef Gabčík assassinated SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich. They killed not only the hated oppressor of the Czech nation, but the man who was in charge of one of the most horrendous missions in the mankind history, the architect of the holocaust. This event, one of the most memorable in modern Czech history, also confirmed the approval which was given to both national and foreign representatives of the Zionist movement throughout inter-war Czechoslovakia.

Heydrich‘s assassinaton turned the wheel of the history marching on Prague Castle pavement. On October 29, 1941, Heydrich and Himmler were marching in front of an honorary SS unit and planning the "final solution of the Jewish question". The inauguration audience of the first Israeli ambassador, Ehud Avriel was carried out at the same place of the Prague Castle on July 28, 1948.

The exhibition has been prepared by the Military History Institute Prague together with Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic; the exhibit in the frames of the Holocaust Memorial Week 2024 is organized by the Jewish History Museum of Moldova and Embassy of the Czech Republic in Chișinău în partnership with National History Museum of Moldova, supported by the Ministry of Culture and și the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Intregration.

Exhibition graphic design: Petr Liška / ViaGaudium s.r.o.
Special thanks for providing materials and sources to: Czech National Archive, Central Military Archive and Czech National Museum Archive - Prague Castle Photographic Archives.

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The Bronze Hoard of Mîndrești

“Reinhard Heydrich. The attempt. The death of Holocaust’s architect”

January 22 – February 4, 2024

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