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The National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust -LRB- Ziua Nationala de Comemorare a Holocaustului in Romanian -RRB- is a national event held on October 9 in Romania .. Romanian. Romanian language. Romania. Romania. Holocaust. Holocaust. It is dedicated to the remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust and particularly to reflecting on Romania 's role in the Holocaust .. Romania. Romania. Holocaust. Holocaust. Various commemoration events and ceremonies take place throughout Romania in order to remember the Jews and Romani who died in the Holocaust .. Romania. Romania. Holocaust. Holocaust. Jews. Jews. Romani. Romani people. The first National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust was held in 2004 .. Holocaust. Holocaust. October 9 was chosen as a date for this event because it marks the beginning of Romanian deportations of Jews to Transnistria , in 1942 .. Romanian. Romanian language. Jews. Jews. Transnistria. Transnistria. On October 9 , 2005 , the Romanian Minister for Foreign Affairs , Mihai Razvan Ungureanu , participated in the laying of a wreath at the Holocaust Memorial in Iasi .. Romanian. Romanian language. Holocaust. Holocaust. Mihai Razvan Ungureanu. Mihai Razvan Ungureanu. Iasi. Iasi. The Centre for Hebrew Studies , part of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University , was also inaugurated on the same day by Ungureanu .. Alexandru Ioan Cuza University. Alexandru Ioan Cuza University. During the inaugural National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust , the Elie Wiesel National Institute for Studying the Holocaust in Romania was also opened .. Romania. Romania. Holocaust. Holocaust. Elie Wiesel National Institute for Studying the Holocaust in Romania. Elie Wiesel National Institute for Studying the Holocaust in Romania. On October 9 , 2006 , a ceremony took place for setting the keystone of the National Holocaust Memorial in Bucharest .. Holocaust. Holocaust. National Holocaust Memorial. National Holocaust Memorial ( Romania ). Bucharest. Bucharest. The ceremony was attended by President Traian Basescu , Foreign Minister Affairs Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu , Culture Minister Adrian Iorgulescu , as well as representatives of the Romanian and international Jewish community .. Romanian. Romanian language. Mihai Razvan Ungureanu. Mihai Razvan Ungureanu. Traian Basescu. Traian Basescu. Adrian Iorgulescu. Adrian Iorgulescu. A commemoration march also took place through Bucharest in order to remember the Romani victims of the Holocaust and to demand greater recognition by the government of Romani Holocaust victims .. Holocaust. Holocaust. Romani. Romani people. Bucharest. Bucharest