On Strada Ierusalim (Jerusalem Street) is a plaque to commemorate the
3000th anniversary of the city of Jerusalem. The plaque shows the coat of
arms of the City of Jerusalem and the following text in Romanian, Hebrew,
Russian and English language:
Street named after the 3000
anniversary of Jerusalem
Jerusalem is much older than 3000 years, but we don't know what this
anniversary exactly refers to. Anyway, why exactly this street has been
chosen for the new name, is to be found elsewhere:
"In 1998, Pushkin Boulevard was renamed Jerusalem Street on the
3000th anniversary of the first recorded Jerusalem.
Between Grigore Vieru Boulevard and Pushkin Street, a monument to the
victims of the Jewish ghetto in Chisinau was erected on Jerusalem Street.
Nearby is the main entrance to the former ghetto, which was established in
the lower part of the city in July 1941 after German and Romanian units took
control of Chisinau. Within weeks, more than 11,000 Jews – men, women and
children – were imprisoned in the ghetto. An information board in front of
the monument shows the ghetto’s boundaries.
The exact number of Jews remaining in the city at the time is
unknown. Some were deported by the Soviets shortly before the war, while
others were evacuated or conscripted into the Red Army. However, thousands
of Jews were unable or unwilling to leave the city. Only six people emerged
alive from the ghetto in 1944…"
Source and further information:
www.smart-guide.org/destinations/en/chisinau/?place=Jerusalem+Street