NANCY K. KAUFMAN: ARMENIAN GENOCIDE AND HOLOCAUST – TWO OF MOST HORRENDOUS EVENTS OF 20TH CENTURY
PanARMENIAN.Net
25.04.2008 12:32 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On April 18, Nancy K. Kaufman, Executive Director,
Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston appeared before
the Massachusetts State House, where she represented her organization
in support of remembrance and recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
Following is a portion of her speech, made available through the
cooperation of the Armenian Assembly of America and the JCRC.
As the Jewish community prepares to celebrate Passover, the festival
that speaks to us about freedom from tyranny and oppression, I want
to share with you a few thoughts about what lessons we might learn
from the experiences of our two communities in the last century.
In the history of the world, the 20th century will be remembered as
a time of some good, some real evil, and many challenges, including
tragedy and transformation.
Two of the most horrendous events were the genocide of Armenians,
at the hands of the Turks, in the beginning of the century,
and the Holocaust at the hands of the Nazis during the middle of
the century. It is our responsibility, as the next generation,
to tell the story of our ancestors who were the victims of these
atrocities. In doing so, we bear witness to the dark chapter of our
particular histories. Only by doing that will we ensure that people
will not forget and will learn that "never again" will not ring hollow,
reports.