Amsterdam: Armenian roots

Emil Lazarian News

Radio Netherlands, Netherlands
May 9 2006

Armenian roots
By Bertine Krol

09-05-2006

Alex Peltekian is a Dutchman with an extraordinary story to tell. He
was born 50 years ago as Alexander Luijten, but in 2000 took the
surname of his biological father, a French-Armenian army officer.

While looking into his roots, he also learned about the Armenian
people and their long history of repression and persecution,
including an horrific massacre by Turkish troops in 1915.

To listen to the program:

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Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS