Moldova's domestic security service SIS transmitted on Wednesday 61 files with copies of Holocaust-related documents to United States Ambassador to Moldova Heather M. Hodges. The files will be passed by the U.S. Embassy in Chisinau to the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

The U.S. Embassy to Moldova said in a communication made available to BASA that the collection of dossiers transferred on Wednesday includes copies of investigation and trial documents from more than seventy crimes committed against civilians in Moldova and Ukraine during the World War II. Most of these documents have never before been seen outside of the former Soviet Union.

"These documents will provide historians insight into the Holocaust experience of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Used in conjunction with the 20 million documents on file at the Holocaust Memorial Museum, these records will provide a better understanding of the tragic events of the Holocaust. Through the Holocaust Memorial Museum these materials will be made available to researchers worldwide," the source noted.

"The U.S. Embassy is very pleased to support the collaboration between the Holocaust Memorial Museum and the SIS," reads a communication released by the U.S. diplomatic mission in Chisinau.

Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin promised during his travel to Washington in 2002, when he visited the Holocaust Memorial Museum, that Moldovan special services will transmit copies of the files related to the Holocaust to the U.S.