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TURKISH TV AIRS HOLOCAUST DOCUMENTARY
ARMENPRESS
FEBRUARY 3, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 3, ARMENPRESS: Turkish state television channel
(TRT) has broadcast the first episode of a nine-hour-plus documentary
on the Holocaust which has sparked reactions from Turkish community,
Armenpress reports.
"Shoah"- the Hebrew word for the Holocaust - is a 1985 French
documentary directed by Claude Lanzmann which was aired on Thursday
as part of an Israeli campaign to fight Holocaust denial and to halt
what some Jewish groups have called increasing anti-Semitism in Turkey.
The documentary mainly consists of interviews with those who survived
Holocaust, exploring the alleged killing of European Jews in Nazi
death camps during the World War II.
It is the first time a predominantly Muslim country shows such a film
on state TV.
The documentary was also aired amid the dispute between Turkey and
France about French legislation to criminalize the denial of the
Armenian Genocide.
ARMENPRESS
FEBRUARY 3, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 3, ARMENPRESS: Turkish state television channel
(TRT) has broadcast the first episode of a nine-hour-plus documentary
on the Holocaust which has sparked reactions from Turkish community,
Armenpress reports.
"Shoah"- the Hebrew word for the Holocaust - is a 1985 French
documentary directed by Claude Lanzmann which was aired on Thursday
as part of an Israeli campaign to fight Holocaust denial and to halt
what some Jewish groups have called increasing anti-Semitism in Turkey.
The documentary mainly consists of interviews with those who survived
Holocaust, exploring the alleged killing of European Jews in Nazi
death camps during the World War II.
It is the first time a predominantly Muslim country shows such a film
on state TV.
The documentary was also aired amid the dispute between Turkey and
France about French legislation to criminalize the denial of the
Armenian Genocide.