Monument to the Victims of the Jewish Ghetto

Small, moving memorial

This is an easily visited memorial not far from the center of Chișinău. It is hard to believe that at one time, 47 per cent of Chișinău’s population were Jewish. Again, another dynamic Jewish commun...

Great to be able to read about this one in English

Not only is it nice to see events of the past commemorated, but so often in the former USSR, it is done so with a typically brash and brutalist sculpture that could have been located anywhere and visi...

Nice monument

It was great to see that this dark part of history is acknowledged and recognised by this monument. The Jewish ghetto was an integral part of Chisinau and this is part of a fitting tribute.

Chisinau's Jewish Monument

Simple monument in Chisinau to the victims of the holocaust, It sits on the edge of the Jewish ghetto that existed in Chisinau through to the 1940s. Nice to see Moldova recognize this part of their hi...

An important Jewish site in Chisinau

For those interested in Jewish history (and historical Kishinev had a major Jewish community), this memorial to the ghetto during WWII is a very important place to visit.