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TOLERANCE CENTER TO SHOW DOCUMENTARY TOMORROW ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
The Desert Sun
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100420/NEWS0 1/100420039/Tolerance+Center+to+show+documentary+t omorrow+on+Armenian+genocide
April 20 2010
Through the lens of history, Adolf Hitler's killing machine looks a
lot the Armenian Genocide during World War I.
An estimated 1.5 million Armenians were killed or died of starvation
from the epidemics that swept through the concentration camps,
according to the Armenian National Institute, a nonprofit "dedicated
to the study, research and affirmation" of the genocide.
The Tolerance Education Center in Rancho Mirage tomorrow will show
a 40-minute documentary called, "The Armenian Genocide" narrated by
actor Julianna Margulies at 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
"We want to educate people about the atrocities in the past so that
they are not repeated," said Melisse Banwer, director of the Tolerance
Education Center.
"We just can't be apathetic."
Armenians remember the genocide victims on April 24, the day Turkish
authorities arrested more than 800 journalists, writers, doctors
and clergy.
A question-and-answer time with Yeghig L. Keshishian, the director
of the western regional office of the Armenian Assembly of America,
and a reception will follow the documentary.
The event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. RSVP
by calling (760) 328-8252.
The Desert Sun
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20100420/NEWS0 1/100420039/Tolerance+Center+to+show+documentary+t omorrow+on+Armenian+genocide
April 20 2010
Through the lens of history, Adolf Hitler's killing machine looks a
lot the Armenian Genocide during World War I.
An estimated 1.5 million Armenians were killed or died of starvation
from the epidemics that swept through the concentration camps,
according to the Armenian National Institute, a nonprofit "dedicated
to the study, research and affirmation" of the genocide.
The Tolerance Education Center in Rancho Mirage tomorrow will show
a 40-minute documentary called, "The Armenian Genocide" narrated by
actor Julianna Margulies at 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
"We want to educate people about the atrocities in the past so that
they are not repeated," said Melisse Banwer, director of the Tolerance
Education Center.
"We just can't be apathetic."
Armenians remember the genocide victims on April 24, the day Turkish
authorities arrested more than 800 journalists, writers, doctors
and clergy.
A question-and-answer time with Yeghig L. Keshishian, the director
of the western regional office of the Armenian Assembly of America,
and a reception will follow the documentary.
The event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. RSVP
by calling (760) 328-8252.