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Commemorative actions dedicated to 23 August – the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of all Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes
23 August 2022
On 23 August 2022, in context the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of all Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes, the photo-documentary exhibition "Requiem for the Romanian Peasant: the Peasants and Communism" of the International Centre for Studies into Communism, part of the Memorial to the Victims of Communism and to the Resistance - Civic Academy Foundation (author: Romulus Rusan) was opened at the Association of Former Deportees and Political Detainees from the Republic of Moldova (Str. Mihail Kogălniceanu 52/A). By means of archival documents, genuine photographs and evidences of oral history, the exhibition reconstructs the world of a Romanian village, which disappeared as a result of forced collectivization imposed by the communist regime. One of the main elements of the exhibition is a map of the numerous peasant uprisings against collectivization and quotas that took place in 1949-1962.
The opening of the exhibition was followed by a sincere discussion about the memory of the victims of totalitarian regimes and the role of the Association of Former Deportees and Political Detainees from the Republic of Moldova in the processes of developing democratic institutions and values, building the European memory culture, combating militarist propaganda and nostalgia for the Soviet empire. Mr. Valeriu Darie, as a sign of respect and honoring the memory of his grandmother - Maria Darie (b. 1884), from Moșeni village, Râșcani district, deported in 1949 with her daughter and two grandchildren, handed over to the heritage of the National Museum of History of Moldova an object of value and dignity of his family, which witnessed the tragedy and sufferings experienced during the deportation - the Bessarabian carpet "Flower of the Mother of God", woven by Maria Darie. The event was organized by the Association of Former Deportees and Political Detainees from the Republic of Moldova, in cooperation with the Museum of Victims of Deportations and Political Repressions of the National History Museum of Moldova and the Institute of History. Through these actions, the National Museum of History of Moldova joins the campaign #RememberAugust23 #BlackRibbonDay initiated by the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity.
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