'Dealing with the past - civil courage in difficult times'

The exhibition 'Dealing with the past - civil courage in difficult times' was opened in the 'Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews from Macedonia' in Skopje on 30 November.

The exhibition is a joint project within the framework of the Memorandum of Cooperation signed between the Holocaust Memorial Center, the Institute for National History – Skopje, the local Jewish community and the Institute for cultural and spiritual heritage of the Albanians.

The main aim of the exhibition is to use documents and photos to demonstrate coexistence between different ethnic and religious groups before and during WWII. The focus of the exhibition is on the joint effort by those living in Albania and in what is now the territory of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to save Jews during WWII.

The exhibition was opened by the highest representatives of the above mentioned institutions as well as by the German Ambassador to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the USA Aid Director and the ForumZFD Director, who were the main supporters of the project.

At the opening of the exhibition, representatives of the government of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Diplomatic Core, Religious communities, and the media were present.