Germany's role in annihilation of Armenians in Ottoman Empire to be
discussed in Frankfurt on Main
27.06.2009 18:38 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Today in Frankfurt-am-Main an event devoted to
`Deportation and annihilation of Christians in the Ottoman Empire and
the role of Germany' will be organized by the People's House of Turkey
union.
The Turkish historian, sociologist and writer, professor Taner Akçam
will make a report on `Ottoman documents on the deportation and
annihilation of Armenians".
Taner Akçam is one of the first Turkish academics who recognized the
Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, since 1978, he lives in
Germany, where he obtained a political refugee status.
German writer Wolfgang Gust, in turn, will make a report on "The Role
of Germany in the extermination of the Armenian people." Gust, a
former editor of the German weekly magazine «Spiegel», is the author
of two books on Armenian history and genocide.
The event will be attended by the head of Frankfurt's office for
multicultural affairs Helga Nagel.
discussed in Frankfurt on Main
27.06.2009 18:38 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Today in Frankfurt-am-Main an event devoted to
`Deportation and annihilation of Christians in the Ottoman Empire and
the role of Germany' will be organized by the People's House of Turkey
union.
The Turkish historian, sociologist and writer, professor Taner Akçam
will make a report on `Ottoman documents on the deportation and
annihilation of Armenians".
Taner Akçam is one of the first Turkish academics who recognized the
Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire, since 1978, he lives in
Germany, where he obtained a political refugee status.
German writer Wolfgang Gust, in turn, will make a report on "The Role
of Germany in the extermination of the Armenian people." Gust, a
former editor of the German weekly magazine «Spiegel», is the author
of two books on Armenian history and genocide.
The event will be attended by the head of Frankfurt's office for
multicultural affairs Helga Nagel.