A monument dedicated to the memory of Holocaust victims in Romania was inaugurated on Thursday in Bucharest, in the presence of survivors and government officials.

The memorial designed by Romanian sculptor Peter Jacobi consists of an austere concrete structure, a column bearing the inscription "Remember" in Hebrew, a star of David and a wheel, symbolizing the Roma community, itself a victim of persecutions and deportation during World War II.

"By inaugurating this memorial, Romania reaffirms its determination to assume its past," President Traian Basescu said during the ceremony.

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