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Federation of Armenian Organisations in The Netherlands (FAON)
Address: Weesperstraat 91
2574 VS The Hague, The Netherlands
Telephone: +31704490209
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.faon.nl
Contact: M. Hakhverdian
PRESS RELEASE
Armenian Genocide at Holocaust Memorial Day
On 25 January 2014 an Armenian Genocide Memorial Event will be held in The
Hague as part of the Holocaust Memorial Day, coordinated by the Dutch
Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies NIOD:
www.niod.knaw.nl/nl/holocaust-memorial-day/over-leven-armeense-genocide
Holocaust Memorial Day, 27 January, is a worldwide memorial day for the
victims of the Holocaust and other genocides. The day was designated in 2005
by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in reference to the remembrance of the
liberation of Nazi death camp Auschwitz on 27 January 1945.
This event is organised by 24 April Committee of the Federation of Armenian
Organisations in the Netherlands (FAON).
Date: Saturday, 25 January 2014 at 4 p.m.
Place: Abovian Armenian Cultural Centre
Address: Weesperstraat 91 - 2574 VS The Hague, The Netherlands
The programme includes a number of elements that give meaning to the central
theme of Holocaust Memorial Day 2014: "Survival - Life", which means how to
live and to survive if you are victim of violence, oppression and
persecution?
Haygan Mardigjan will talk about how her grandmother survived the Armenian
Genocide of 1915 and about her life later. This story will be published
later this year in a book.
In the documentary "Grandma's Tattoos" by Suzanne Khardalian the
granddaughter is looking at the history of her grandmother, a survivor of
the Armenian Genocide, the secret of her tattoos, the mystery of her
attitude and her emotional world.
The pain and struggle of the survivors of the genocide is depicted in two
dances of youth dance group of Abovian Association.
To mark Holocaust Memorial Day there will be an exhibition of newspaper
articles from the First World War, cartoons and reports of the Dutch
ambassador in Constantinople to show how the news on the persecution and
extermination of the Armenians was transmitted in the Netherlands. This
exhibition is curated by Mr. Peter van der Velden .
There will be a collection of books on the Armenian Genocide.
Afterwards there will be drinks and opportunity to talk with each other.
The 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, perpetrated by the Ottoman
Empire during the First World War, will be commemorated next year with
several events. Please contact [email protected] for questions concerning these
events.
Address: Weesperstraat 91
2574 VS The Hague, The Netherlands
Telephone: +31704490209
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.faon.nl
Contact: M. Hakhverdian
PRESS RELEASE
Armenian Genocide at Holocaust Memorial Day
On 25 January 2014 an Armenian Genocide Memorial Event will be held in The
Hague as part of the Holocaust Memorial Day, coordinated by the Dutch
Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies NIOD:
www.niod.knaw.nl/nl/holocaust-memorial-day/over-leven-armeense-genocide
Holocaust Memorial Day, 27 January, is a worldwide memorial day for the
victims of the Holocaust and other genocides. The day was designated in 2005
by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in reference to the remembrance of the
liberation of Nazi death camp Auschwitz on 27 January 1945.
This event is organised by 24 April Committee of the Federation of Armenian
Organisations in the Netherlands (FAON).
Date: Saturday, 25 January 2014 at 4 p.m.
Place: Abovian Armenian Cultural Centre
Address: Weesperstraat 91 - 2574 VS The Hague, The Netherlands
The programme includes a number of elements that give meaning to the central
theme of Holocaust Memorial Day 2014: "Survival - Life", which means how to
live and to survive if you are victim of violence, oppression and
persecution?
Haygan Mardigjan will talk about how her grandmother survived the Armenian
Genocide of 1915 and about her life later. This story will be published
later this year in a book.
In the documentary "Grandma's Tattoos" by Suzanne Khardalian the
granddaughter is looking at the history of her grandmother, a survivor of
the Armenian Genocide, the secret of her tattoos, the mystery of her
attitude and her emotional world.
The pain and struggle of the survivors of the genocide is depicted in two
dances of youth dance group of Abovian Association.
To mark Holocaust Memorial Day there will be an exhibition of newspaper
articles from the First World War, cartoons and reports of the Dutch
ambassador in Constantinople to show how the news on the persecution and
extermination of the Armenians was transmitted in the Netherlands. This
exhibition is curated by Mr. Peter van der Velden .
There will be a collection of books on the Armenian Genocide.
Afterwards there will be drinks and opportunity to talk with each other.
The 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, perpetrated by the Ottoman
Empire during the First World War, will be commemorated next year with
several events. Please contact [email protected] for questions concerning these
events.