Moldova to commemorate 75th anniversary of second deportation operation of July 5-6, 1949

Chisinau, July 4 /MOLDPRES/- This week we mark the 75th anniversary of the second and largest deportation operation on the current territory of the Republic of Moldova. The event will be marked in Chisinau on July 6, starting at 8 a.m., with commemoration actions - laying of flowers and a minute of silence with the participation of the country's leadership, the government's communication department has reported.

Later, at 9.00 a.m., the Train of Sorrow exhibition, now in its second edition, will be launched in the Great National Assembly Square. This year, the exhibition will be presented in a new format, with digital and graphic elements, multimedia content, objects, pictures and stories from the lives of deported families. A library with books about those sad events will also be set up in the two wagons, and visitors will be able to find the names of deported relatives in the Book of Memory.

People visiting the exhibition in the center of the capital will be accompanied by historians and guides. Thanks to virtual reality elements, the exhibition can be viewed from anywhere in the Republic of Moldova, as well as from outside the country, by scanning a QR code.

Also, in memory of the victims of the 1949 deportation, the Ministry of Culture together with its subordinate institutions and partners will organize several commemorative events in July and August.

The mass deportation of July 6-9, 1949 is the largest mass deportation on the current territory of the Republic of Moldova, which affected 36 thousand people or more than 11 thousand families. To carry out the operation, 3,071 trucks and 1,736 wagons were mobilized.