Romania opens Shoah institute, vows to expand education

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BUCHAREST - Romanian authorities vowed yesterday to expand education about the Holocaust, as the country commemorated the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Jews and Gypsies during World War II.

Marking Holocaust Memorial Day in Romania, the country's first Holocaust institute was inaugurated in a recently renovated building in downtown Bucharest.

Officials said they hoped The Elie Wiesel Institute -named after the Romanian-born Nobel prize winner and Holocaust survivor - would help raise awareness about Romania's role in the Holocaust, when the country was an ally of Nazi Germany during 1941-1944.

"It is time the truth was known and Romanian society became aware of this event," Deputy Culture Minister Virgil Nitulescu said. "The truth isn't enough to be unveiled. It must be spread to make it known."

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1. Good. nt

[Behind the Aegis]

2. It is good.

Especially, since many of the Roma killed were from this country, this new thing is good. It shows hate knows no bounds!