CHISINAU, Moldova, Jan. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An
AJC official addressed a Holocaust memorial ceremony and
conference marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of
Auschwitz. It was hosted by the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of Moldova together with the country's Jewish
community.
"It is symbolic that for the first time the Holocaust
commemoration conference in Moldova is organized in close cooperation
between the government and the vibrant Jewish community," said
Sam Kliger, AJC Director of Russian
Jewish Affairs, at the opening session.
Hundreds attended the gathering in Chisinau, including diplomats representing
Israel, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, the United
States, the EU and Council of Europe, as well as Moldovan government
officials.
A session at the conference on anti-Semitism in the media was
co-chaired by Natalia Gherman,
Moldova's acting Minister of
Foreign Affairs and European Integration, and AJC's Kliger.
It was the third visit to Moldova by AJC in the past eight months. AJC
signed an association agreement with the Jewish Community of
Moldova during a visit last
September, which included a ceremony at the memorial for the 1903
and 1905 pogroms in the city, then known as Kishinev.
"We attach particular importance to this partnership, as AJC
traces our very founding to the pogroms here," said AJC Executive
Director David Harris at the time.
Following reports of deadly violence, a group of American Jews came
together and founded AJC in 1906, with the goal of using advocacy
to help secure the well-being of Jews around the world.
"Moreover, AJC fully recognizes what's at stake in Moldova's future. We have visited Chisinau and met with Moldovan diplomats in an
effort to stress our strong support for the Moldovan people's
aspiration for a European and transatlantic orientation," Harris
added.
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