ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MARKED IN A NUMBER OF GERMAN CITIES
ARMENPRESS
April 24, 2008
YEREVAN, APRIL 24, ARMENPRESS: On the initiative of the Armenian
Central Council and with the support of German Diocese of the Armenian
church a service was conducted today in Frankfurt church to commemorate
the victims of the Armenian genocide.
An official from the Armenian Central Council told Armenpress that
at the event present were political, cultural and scientific figures.
Professor from Leipzig university Georg Megle, official of the
Evangelic Church Council of Germany and the EU Stefan Reimer,
Archbishop Garegin Bekchian delivered speeches.
"Time will come when the denial of the Armenian genocide will at
last be punished in Germany and time will come when the genocide and
violence of the 20th century will be included in the education system,"
the chairman of the Armenian Central Council Shavarsh Hovasapian said.
"It is necessary to break the silence which is being displayed by a
number of European and other countries. Those who keep silence become
participants of the crime. It is a historic mistake that time may
clear the issue. Just the opposite, the developments of recent years
show that history does not forget anything," he said.
The council also urged the Turkish organizations of Germany come to
terms with history and recognize the Armenian genocide.
Commemorating services were also held in Berlin, K?ln, Stuttgart and
other German cities.