ARMENIAN GENOCIDE HISTORY TO BE PRESENTED IN BRAZILIAN TOLERANCE MUSEUM

Pan Armenian News

05.09.2005 07:32

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The government of Brazil has passed a decision to
establish a Museum of Tolerance (Museo de Tolerancia) at the State
University of San Paolo with sections dedicated to grave crimes
against humanity, including the violence against Indians, Inquisition,
Holocaust and other genocides. As reported by the Armenian Foreign
Ministry, the $10-million-worth project will be completed in one and
a half year. The museum is likely to have a section on the Armenian
Genocide. In protest, Turkey’s ambassador to Brazil sent a letter to
the project director claiming the events that occurred during World
War I “were painful but cannot be characterized as genocide.” Armenian
Council General Ahsot Yeghiazarian, joined with Armenian Revolutionary
Federation’s South America Central Committee member Tigran Bokhchalian
and professors Hakob Keshishian and Yervand Tamjian, paid a visit
to the project director and handed a letter stating that despite the
Turkish government’s denial of the Genocide, it is proven by thousands
of documents. They also expressed hope that the section on the Armenian
Genocide will find its permanent place in the museum’s expositions.