The Elie Wiesel National Institute for Studying the Holocaust in Romania, ''Institutul Naţional pentru Studierea Holocaustului din România „Elie Wiesel”'' in
Romanian
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*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
**Romanians, an ethnic group
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) is a public institution established by the
Romanian government
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, leader_title = Prime Minister
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on August 7, 2005, and officially opened on October 9 of the same year, which is
Romania
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's
National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust.
The institute is named after the Romanian-born Jewish Nobel Prize winner
Elie Wiesel, who chaired the
Wiesel Commission which reported on Romania's involvement in the Holocaust to the Romanian government in 2004, and which recommended that such an institute be established. The institute is responsible for researching Romania's role in the Holocaust, and gathering, archiving and publishing documents relating to this event.
The institute is currently headed by Mihail E. Ionescu
Interview with general major dr. Mihail E. Ionescu, director with the Institute for Studying the Holocaust in Romania
''Divers.ro'', October 10, 2005 ''Obsolete: 08.08.2012'' and falls under the responsibility of the Ministry of Culture of Romania.
See also
* Wiesel Commission
* Romania's role in the Holocaust
* National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust
*Holocaust research
Holocaust studies, or sometimes Holocaust research, is a scholarly discipline that encompasses the historical research and study of the Holocaust. Institutions dedicated to Holocaust research investigate the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinar ...
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