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Institute of Asian and African Studies
Armenian Studies Program
Jerusalem Center for Genocide Prevention
Combat Genocide Association
Evening Commemorating the 99th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
April 22nd, 2014
This month Armenians everywhere mark 99 years since the beginning of the
Genocide committed by the Turkish Regime of that time, on April 24, 1915.
Between 1 and 1.5 million Armenians were murdered during the years of World
War I in organized killings and in death marches and exiled from their
historical homeland towards the Syrian Desert. Those who survived became
refugees scattered around the globe, and some of them joined the ancient
Armenian community of Jerusalem. Armenian culture too suffered great
losses but managed to survive in new and old communities.
Many countries around the world have recognized the Armenian Genocide,
one of the first organized horrors of the twentieth century that
preceded the Holocaust by almost three decades. Unfortunately, Israel
is not yet among them although in recent years the Knesset has held
hearings in which speakers from the entire political spectrum have
called for recognition.
The Armenian Studies Program at the Hebrew University, the Jerusalem
Center for Genocide Prevention, and Combat Genocide Association, will
commemorate the Armenian Genocide on Tuesday April 22nd, 2014 in Beit
Belgia, Givat Ram Campus, Jerusalem, Starting at 18:30.
The event is taking place in collaboration with the Armenian community
of Jerusalem, the Armenian Patriarchate and the Honourary Consul of
Armenia in Jerusalem. The key speakers will be the Holocaust Scholar
Prof. Yehuda Bauer who would speak about `The Armenian Genocide in
Context', and medical epidemiologist Prof. Elihu D. Richter who would
focus on `The Long Shadow: >From Turkish Doctors Gassing Armenian
Children to Nazi Medicine'. The event will include renditions of
Armenian music, performed by members of the Armenian community in
Jerusalem.
For further details, see the attached invitation that also serves as
an access to Givat Ram campus and for parking near Beit Belgia. We
would be honored to see you at this important event. Entrance is
free.
For more information and for coordinating interviews, please contact
Yoav Loeff, Tel. 052-2673939, or Tamar Pillegi, Tel. 058-6339968.
For further information about the Armenian Studies at the Hebrew
University contact Prof. Michael Stone at [email protected].
Armenian Studies Program
Jerusalem Center for Genocide Prevention
Combat Genocide Association
Evening Commemorating the 99th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
April 22nd, 2014
This month Armenians everywhere mark 99 years since the beginning of the
Genocide committed by the Turkish Regime of that time, on April 24, 1915.
Between 1 and 1.5 million Armenians were murdered during the years of World
War I in organized killings and in death marches and exiled from their
historical homeland towards the Syrian Desert. Those who survived became
refugees scattered around the globe, and some of them joined the ancient
Armenian community of Jerusalem. Armenian culture too suffered great
losses but managed to survive in new and old communities.
Many countries around the world have recognized the Armenian Genocide,
one of the first organized horrors of the twentieth century that
preceded the Holocaust by almost three decades. Unfortunately, Israel
is not yet among them although in recent years the Knesset has held
hearings in which speakers from the entire political spectrum have
called for recognition.
The Armenian Studies Program at the Hebrew University, the Jerusalem
Center for Genocide Prevention, and Combat Genocide Association, will
commemorate the Armenian Genocide on Tuesday April 22nd, 2014 in Beit
Belgia, Givat Ram Campus, Jerusalem, Starting at 18:30.
The event is taking place in collaboration with the Armenian community
of Jerusalem, the Armenian Patriarchate and the Honourary Consul of
Armenia in Jerusalem. The key speakers will be the Holocaust Scholar
Prof. Yehuda Bauer who would speak about `The Armenian Genocide in
Context', and medical epidemiologist Prof. Elihu D. Richter who would
focus on `The Long Shadow: >From Turkish Doctors Gassing Armenian
Children to Nazi Medicine'. The event will include renditions of
Armenian music, performed by members of the Armenian community in
Jerusalem.
For further details, see the attached invitation that also serves as
an access to Givat Ram campus and for parking near Beit Belgia. We
would be honored to see you at this important event. Entrance is
free.
For more information and for coordinating interviews, please contact
Yoav Loeff, Tel. 052-2673939, or Tamar Pillegi, Tel. 058-6339968.
For further information about the Armenian Studies at the Hebrew
University contact Prof. Michael Stone at [email protected].