Responsibility for the Holocaust

IntMin Bode: I deeply regret the police involvement in the Iasi Pogrom

Bucharest, June 30 /Agerpres/ - Interior Minister Lucian Bode has voiced regret for the involvement of the police authorities in the Iasi Pogrom, saying that Parliament's solemn session of Wednesday dedicated to the commemoration of the victims of the 1941 pogrom is a strong signal of firm condemnation of this tragic moment for Romania and the Jews of Romania.

Pogrom Commemoration/Saranga: We cannot ignore history between us; we must accept it, learn its lessons

Bucharest, June 30 /Agerpres/ - The Ambassador of the State of Israel in Bucharest, David Saranga, on Wednesday stated, in the context of the commemoration of the victims of the Iasi Pogrom, of June 1941, that Romania must accept "honestly the history" that binds the two countries, and learn from its lessons.

Pogrom Commemoration/Citu: The abominable events a black page in our history; we must protect victims' memory

Prime Minister Florin Citu on Wednesday told the joint plenary sitting of Parliament that the June 1941 Iasi Pogrom represents a "black page" in the history of Romania, and also that Romania needs to take responsibility for its past. He stated that the Pogrom of Iasi was the largest anti-Semitic massacre in Romania in the modern era.

Speaker Orban: The Iasi Pogrom is the bitter lesson of a history not to be forgotten

Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Ludovic Orban said on Wednesday that the Iasi Pogrom is the bitter lesson of a history that, although it moves away from us, must not be forgotten. The Romanian Parliament on Wednesday commemorated for the first time ever the victims of the June 1941 Iasi Pogrom in a solemn session as part of a joint plenary sitting.

Polish leader visits Istanbul monument of envoy who saved Jews from Holocaust

Polish President Andrzej Sebastian Duda has inaugurated a monument erected in the Latin Catholic Cemetery in Istanbul's Şişli district in honor of Wojciech Rychlewicz, a Polish diplomat who served as the mission chief in his country's consulate-general to Istanbul during World War II.

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