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April 6 2013
Holocaust Memorial Center Hosts Armenian Genocide Speaker April 10
Dr. Robert Melson will speak on the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust.
The Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus announced Dr.
Robert Melson as the featured speaker for a presentation on the
Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust at 7 p.m. on April 10.
Titled, `Two Survivors' Perspectives: The Armenian Genocide and the
Holocaust,' Melson explores perpetrators' means and motives, as well
as survivors' courage and survival during the Armenian Genocide and
the Holocaust, focusing on the stories of Armenian Bishop Grigoris
Balakian and the Jewish Mendelsohn family.
Melson is Professor Emeritus at Purdue University and past president
of the International Association ofGenocide Scholars. His
publications include `Revolution and Genocide: On the Orgins of the
Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust.' He also has lectured on ethnic
conflict and genocide at venues around the world.
This annual genocide commemoration is presented in cooperation with
the Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive, Cohn-Haddow
Center for Judaic Studies, and the Armenian Research Center at the
University of Michigan - Dearborn. Learn more at
www.holocaustcenter.org.
Source: Holocaust Memorial Center press release
http://farmington-mi.patch.com/articles/holocaust-memorial-center-hosts-armenian-genocide-speaker-april-10
From: A. Papazian
April 6 2013
Holocaust Memorial Center Hosts Armenian Genocide Speaker April 10
Dr. Robert Melson will speak on the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust.
The Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus announced Dr.
Robert Melson as the featured speaker for a presentation on the
Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust at 7 p.m. on April 10.
Titled, `Two Survivors' Perspectives: The Armenian Genocide and the
Holocaust,' Melson explores perpetrators' means and motives, as well
as survivors' courage and survival during the Armenian Genocide and
the Holocaust, focusing on the stories of Armenian Bishop Grigoris
Balakian and the Jewish Mendelsohn family.
Melson is Professor Emeritus at Purdue University and past president
of the International Association ofGenocide Scholars. His
publications include `Revolution and Genocide: On the Orgins of the
Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust.' He also has lectured on ethnic
conflict and genocide at venues around the world.
This annual genocide commemoration is presented in cooperation with
the Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive, Cohn-Haddow
Center for Judaic Studies, and the Armenian Research Center at the
University of Michigan - Dearborn. Learn more at
www.holocaustcenter.org.
Source: Holocaust Memorial Center press release
http://farmington-mi.patch.com/articles/holocaust-memorial-center-hosts-armenian-genocide-speaker-april-10
From: A. Papazian