NEW MONUMENT TO HOLOCAUST AND ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN YEREVAN
By Ruzan Poghosian

AZG Armenian Daily
11/10/2006

The Jewish community of Armenia will unveil a new monument to the
Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide in Circular Park in Yerevan
on October 27. The monument will come to replace a memorial plaque
erected in 1999. Head of the Jewish community, Rima Varzhapetian,
says the new monument is unique as it is dedicated not only to the
Holocaust but also the Armenian Genocide, thus uniting the sufferings
of the two peoples.

"We are very thankful to the Armenian authorities for providing a site
for the memorial plaque to the victims of the Holocaust in 1999. An
idea to erect a new monument to the Armenians who saw the first
genocide of the 20th century and to the Jews exterminated during
the WWII has been haunting me since that time. I am very pleased
that my idea has become reality thanks to the support of the Jewish
community, the Republican Party, Nushikian Association and others,"
says Rima Varzhapetian.

A great number of guests from different countries will be invited to
the unveiling ceremony and round tables will be held to discuss the
consequences of the genocides of the 20th century. "We want to prove
once again that the Jews of Armenia strive for good deeds and have
no aim of doing harm to the state. We are hopeful that no scoundrel
will dare to deface the monument as it is dedicated to the memory of
nations who were victims of barbaric actions," Mrs. Varzhapetian says.