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TWIN CITIES TO 'REMEMBER THE ARMENIANS'
The Sun Current, MN
April 6 2015
By Sun Current
April 6, 2015 at 9:00 am
This spring, Armenians in Minnesota and around the world solemnly
recall the crime against humanity known as the Armenian Genocide.
Beginning on April 24, 1915, more than 1.5 million Armenians - 75
percent of the entire population of Armenians in the world at that
time - were massacred by the Ottoman Turks in a state-sponsored policy
of extermination.
Despite copious documentation, scholarly consensus and international
recognition, the Armenian Genocide is still actively denied by the
present-day Republic of Turkey.
Minnesotans took part in national efforts to provide life-saving
humanitarian assistance to survivors of the Armenian Genocide. Some
found safe haven in Minnesota, where their descendants continue to
play a vital, productive role in community life.
One of the free public events in the Twin Cities that will honor
'Remember the Armenians' is in Edina. "Days of Remembrance: From the
Armenians to the Holocaust," is scheduled for 1-3:30 p.m. Sunday,
April 19, at Edina City Hall.
The event will feature lectures by World Without Genocide Executive
Director Ellen Kennedy and Holocaust survivor Dora Zaidenweber,
followed by a play, "Upstanders: Saving Armenians and Jews."
http://current.mnsun.com/2015/04/twin-cities-to-remember-the-armenians/
The Sun Current, MN
April 6 2015
By Sun Current
April 6, 2015 at 9:00 am
This spring, Armenians in Minnesota and around the world solemnly
recall the crime against humanity known as the Armenian Genocide.
Beginning on April 24, 1915, more than 1.5 million Armenians - 75
percent of the entire population of Armenians in the world at that
time - were massacred by the Ottoman Turks in a state-sponsored policy
of extermination.
Despite copious documentation, scholarly consensus and international
recognition, the Armenian Genocide is still actively denied by the
present-day Republic of Turkey.
Minnesotans took part in national efforts to provide life-saving
humanitarian assistance to survivors of the Armenian Genocide. Some
found safe haven in Minnesota, where their descendants continue to
play a vital, productive role in community life.
One of the free public events in the Twin Cities that will honor
'Remember the Armenians' is in Edina. "Days of Remembrance: From the
Armenians to the Holocaust," is scheduled for 1-3:30 p.m. Sunday,
April 19, at Edina City Hall.
The event will feature lectures by World Without Genocide Executive
Director Ellen Kennedy and Holocaust survivor Dora Zaidenweber,
followed by a play, "Upstanders: Saving Armenians and Jews."
http://current.mnsun.com/2015/04/twin-cities-to-remember-the-armenians/