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The work In Memoriam. In Memory of the Heroes Who Fell at the Nistru (1992) was developed within the Center for Culture and Military History and published under the auspices of the Government of the Republic of Moldova, the Bureau for Reintegration, and the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Moldova. Authors: Gheorghe Bălan, Vitalie Ciobanu, Gheorghe Cojocaru.

This work provides a retrospective of the events that led to the outbreak of the war on the Nistru, accompanied by photographs of the heroes who lost their lives in the battles to defend the independence and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova.

On March 2, 1992, the political conflict in the Nistru region escalated into a true fratricidal war. Under the fabricated pretext of "defending Russia's southern borders," political adventurers from the former Soviet metropolis encouraged Transnistrian separatism by arming secessionist paramilitary groups. At the same time, thousands of mercenary Cossacks and prisoners released early from jails, along with tanks and missiles, were sent against Independent Moldova, in a desperate attempt to revive the fallen empire.

Russia's undeclared war against the Republic of Moldova left behind hundreds of dead and wounded, shattered families, and villages in ruins. More than 50,000 peaceful residents from the conflict zone were forced to flee their homes, seeking refuge from the horrors of war.

For the sake of freedom and the future, Moldova's defenders faced death, enduring the hardships and humiliations of war.

During the Nistru war, 198 soldiers of the National Army and 89 personnel from the Ministry of Internal Affairs lost their lives, while 40 combatants went missing without a trace, and nearly 300 were left disabled.

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Exhibitions

„Bauhaus imaginista”

7-26 August 2019

The National Museum of History of Moldova together with the German Cultural Center AKZENTE invites you on August 7, 2019, at 6 pm, at the opening of the Bauhaus Imaginista exhibition.

Bauhaus Imaginista is an international project made on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus School in Germany, which has become one of the most important trends of modern architecture and an international style.

In its approach, the exhibition includes research conducted by curators, texts and images arranged on four thematic and conceptual chapters: Corresponding With, Learning from, Moving Away and Still Undead. For this purpose, artist Luca Frei developed a structure - partly sculpture, partly exhibition architecture - as a space where visitors can interact with the objects of the exhibition. A central role in the installation is occupied by the computer terminal, from which visitors can browse the online magazine of the Bauhaus Imaginista and can print the materials as image or text.

A separate film program presents works by contemporary artists and researchers Kader Attia, Otolith Group, Wendelien van Oldenborgh and Zvi Efrat on topics related to the Bauhaus movement.

The anniversary exhibition Bauhaus Imaginista "100 years of Bauhaus" is a collaboration between the Bauhaus Kooperation Berlin Dessau Weimar, the Goethe-Institut and the Haus der Kulturen der Welt. The project is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Kulturstiftung des Bundes. The curators of the project are Marion von Osten and Grant Watson, who also collaborate with an international team of scientists.

The exhibition will be open to public between August 7 and 26, 2019.