The exhibition Childhood in the Gulag
The exhibition showcases photos and documents depicting the life of Bessarabian children deported, starved, russified, indoctrinated and/or forcibly separated from their families by the totalitarian-communist regime in the Moldovan SSR during the years 1940-1941 and 1944-1953. The exhibition features approximately 180 photos and documents, as well as some memoirs and archival documents sourced from the collections of several institutions: the National Museum of History of Moldova, the Edineț County Museum, the Soroca Museum of History and Ethnography, the archive of the ProMemoria Institute for Social History of the State University of Moldova, and of the communities and survivors of the totalitarian-communist regime in the Moldovan SSR.
The exhibition Anti-Communist Resistance in Nucșoara: Family Portraits
Memoirs on Romanian prisons often document the horrors inflicted by the communist regime. Yet, there are comparatively few accounts chronicling the plight of the tens of thousands from rural areas who endured the Romanian gulag. Ioana Voicu-Arnăuțoiu’s exhibition pays homage to this overlooked demographic, featuring portraits of 33 families who either joined or supported the Arnăuțoiu brothers’ resistance group in Nucșoara. The exhibition was organised in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the trials and executions of those involved in the anti-communist resistance in Nucșoara (1959).
The exhibition Restoring and Reaffirming the Historical Significance of the Remembrance of the Victims of the Totalitarian Communist Regime in the Moldovan SSR during 1940-1941 and 1944-1953
The exhibition within the programme Restoring and Reaffirming the Historical Significance of the Remembrance of the Victims of the Totalitarian Communist Regime in the Moldovan SSR during 1940-1941 and 1944-1953 was curated by Dr Elena Postica and Dr Ludmila D. Cojocaru. The exhibition was organised by the National Museum of the History of the Republic of Moldova in collaboration with the State University of Moldova. It was accessible to visitors year-round at the Sighet Memorial Exhibition Space, located on the second floor.
