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Moldavian Jewish community to issue study guide on Holocaust.

The Association of Jewish Communities and Organizations of Moldova (AJCORM) has held organizational session for the group which is going to in prepare materials for edition of the manual study guide, devoted to the Holocaust.
Moldavian Ministry of Education and Youth has agreed to issue the study guide for teachers-historians and pupils by new academic year. Probably, this small monography would be the best way to resolve the tightened disputes concerning school textbooks on history, which included chapters about Holocaust on the territories of Bessarabia (Moldova) and caused furious protest of nationalist circles in Moldova, including - scientists-historians and teachers.
Meeting of experts of the Ministry of Education and Jewish community activists on creation of the monography is planned on May, 17th.
Jewish community workgroup includes representatives of the Association of former ghetto and nazi concentration camps' prisoners, Co-ordinating Committee of Jews - Participants of the Second World War, the Jewish Library - the Cultural center named after I.Manger, the Museum of history of Jews of Moldova, weekly journal "the Jewish place", participant of intense search work to preserve Jewish burial places, chairman of Edinetz public organization "Nemurirea" ("Immortality") Jury Zagorcha, leader of Beltz Jewish Community Lion Бондарь and others.

Источник: ijc.ru