MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE TO BE FOUNDED IN SAN PAOLO, BRAZIL
Yerkir
05.09.2005 16:10
YEREVAN (YERKIR) – 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
projects 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
on August 23, claiming the events that occurred during WWI “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 on August 31 and handed a letter
stating that despite the Turkish government’s denial of the Genocide,
it is proven by thousands of documents, and expressed hope that the
a section on the Armenian Genocide would find its permanent place in
the museum’s expositions.