The history of the Chisinau Cemetery of Heroes that was illegally privatized and is now in a deplorable state was presented in a documentary entitled “Where mothers cry”, made by Olesea Coragau, third-year student of the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences of the State University of Moldova. The film was screened at the National Museum of History and Natural Ethnography on April 18.

The author said she wanted to reach the hearts and conscience of the people so that these do not show indifference to the state of the cemetery. The film was made under the guidance of her professor Andrei Dumbraveanu, IPN reports.

Olesea Coragau noted the documentary is about the illegal privatization of the territory of the cemetery where soldiers were buried during World War I and World War II. The graves there were demolished and cannot be noticed. The cemetery is falling into ruin. The people throw waste there and young people gather there to drink alcoholic beverages. An apartment building, a church, a shopping center and other constructions were erected on the territory of the cemetery. Now this monument cannot be found in the Register of State Protected Monuments.

Andrei Dumbraveanu, head of the Radio and Television Department of the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences, said this film is an investigation feature by which the student reconstructed a period of the cemetery’s history up to the present. The film author raises the problem of restoration and keeping of the given component of the heritage of Chisinau. “It is not a simple feature. It speaks about the author’s civic position. We must have people with a civic position,” stated the professor.

The documentary “Where mothers cry” was made during a month and lasts for about 20 minutes. The film was launched in connection with the Union Centenary and the International Day for Monuments and Sites whose theme this year is “Heritage for Generations”.