A solemn commemoration for the victims of the Chișinău Ghetto was held in the capital

On July 25, members of the Jewish Community of the Republic of Moldova, led by President Alexander Bilinkis, together with the Vice-President of the PAS party and Member of Parliament Mihai Popșoi, the Deputy Head of Mission at the German Embassy Ulrich Kinne, and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova Ambassador Claus Neukirch, paid tribute to the victims of the Chișinău Ghetto by laying flowers at the monument on Ierusalim Street. 

The Second World War fundamentally altered the landscape of Chișinău and the demographic composition of its population. While Jews constituted approximately 40% of the city's population prior to the war, virtually no Jewish residents remained within the first years of the conflict. Following the war, some returned from evacuation; however, Chișinău would never fully recover its former character.

On July 23, an exhibition entitled "80 Years Since the Creation of the Chișinău Ghetto," dedicated to the history of the ghetto, was officially opened. Additionally, a press conference marking the 80th anniversary was held at the INFOTAG news agency. The event was attended by Alexander Bilinkis, President of the Jewish Community of the Republic of Moldova; Mihai Popșoi, Vice-President of the PAS party and Member of Parliament; Paul Shapiro, Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies; Dr. Diana Dumitru, Doctor of History; and Dr. Galina Corman, Lecturer at the Faculty of History and Philosophy of the Moldova State University.