‘HOLOCAUST IN ROMANIA’
DIGITAL PLATFORM
Remembrance and education play a significant role in securing future democratic societies, where solidarity, diversity, and multicultural dialogue are primary values. Enhancing access to information, free speech, and communication, digital technologies offer a proper environment for developing educational tools and initiatives that encourage remembrance.
We cannot ignore the challenges generated by the misunderstanding of one significant benefit provided by online communication: the freedom of speech. The lack of knowledge combined with stereotypes converts free speech into hate speech that often goes beyond the online environment.
Willing to fight against hate messages and discrimination, the 'Elie Wiesel' Institute invests in education and is an active promoter of Holocaust remembrance.
Thus, improving the online access to information about the Holocaust in Romania, the Institute has created the digital platform www.roholocaust.com/en, for the general public, students, teachers, and those curious to deepen their knowledge of the Holocaust in Romania.
The platform presents personal stories, testimonies of survivors, stories of Jewish communities in various regions in Romania, contextual historical information of the main stages of the Holocaust in Romania (the National Legionary State, anti-Semitic legislation, Forced Labor, deportations to Transnistria, the Pogroms in Iași and Bucharest, etc.). All these aspects offer a big picture of the Holocaust in Romania, guiding the user towards understanding this historical episode and the role of remembrance.
The information is structured both chronologically and geographically. Users can access content filtering by region (Romania, Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina, Transnistria), period, or can look at the full list of events.
To overcome the barrier of language, the content is both in Romanian and English.
The project is a work-in-progress as content will continue to be uploaded on the platform.
Users are also encouraged to contribute. If they have relevant information about lesser-known events during the Holocaust in various locations in Romania, we encourage them to contact the Institute at [email protected].
Visit the Holocaust in Romania platform
The 'Elie Wiesel' National Institute for the Study of the Holocaust in Romania, is launching a digital project, the Holocaust in Romania platform, meant to promote the remembrance of Holocaust victims and encourage the discovery of the past.
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