GERMAN PROFESSOR CALLS FOR MORE ATTENTION TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ISSUE
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 30, 2011 - 14:50 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Professor Wolfgang Wippermann, known for his
criticism of totalitarianism and extremism, has called on the
international community to address the Armenian Genocide when
discussing genocide-related issues.
"Once during a conference I said that the Holocaust of Jews was not
unique and that the Nazi genocide of Gypsies and the Armenian Genocide
should be considered," he told Die Zeit newspaper.
Wolfgang Wippermann is Professor of Modern History at the Free
University in Berlin. He is an expert on the history of fascism,
antisemitism, and the National Socialist persecution of other
minorities, such as the Roma and Sinti. Professor Wippermann is the
recipient of numerous prestigious academic awards and has held guest
professorships at Indiana University, the University of Minnesota,
and Duke University.
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 30, 2011 - 14:50 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Professor Wolfgang Wippermann, known for his
criticism of totalitarianism and extremism, has called on the
international community to address the Armenian Genocide when
discussing genocide-related issues.
"Once during a conference I said that the Holocaust of Jews was not
unique and that the Nazi genocide of Gypsies and the Armenian Genocide
should be considered," he told Die Zeit newspaper.
Wolfgang Wippermann is Professor of Modern History at the Free
University in Berlin. He is an expert on the history of fascism,
antisemitism, and the National Socialist persecution of other
minorities, such as the Roma and Sinti. Professor Wippermann is the
recipient of numerous prestigious academic awards and has held guest
professorships at Indiana University, the University of Minnesota,
and Duke University.