Germanian-Armenians Struggle For Encrypting The Word ''Genocide'' On

[Kanayan Tamar]

GERMANIAN-ARMENIANS STRUGGLE FOR ENCRYPTING THE WORD "GENOCIDE" ON THE CROSSTONE, WHICH WILL BE ERECTED IN HALLE

09:30, 22 November, 2012

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 21, Armenpress: The Armenian Community of Halle
city of the Germany initiate a petition against the decision of the
Committee of the Culture of the Municipality.

As the Committee of the Culture of the Municipality informed
"Armenpress" that the Mayor of Halle Mrs. Dagmar Szabados gave
her agreement to the Armenian Community about erecting a monument
dedicating to the memory of the genocide victims. The word "Genocide"
was initially written on the template of the crosstone which will be
erected in 2015. But the Committee of the Culture of the Municipality
of Halle proposed to replace it with "massacre and deportation" words,
pointing on the resolution about that issue ratified on 2005 by German
Parliament the Bundestag.

However the Armenians from Halle claim that the existence of the word
"Genocide" on the crosstone does not imply a legal obligation either
for the administration of the city, or even for cultural committee.