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Press Information published by the International Auschwitz Committee

25.04.2021

President Biden recognizes Armenian genocide

 
 
Ottoman military forces march Armenian men from Kharput to an execution site outside the city. Kharput, Ottoman Empire, March 1915-June 1915.

Ottoman military forces march Armenian men from Kharput to an execution site outside the city. Kharput, Ottoman Empire, March 1915-June 1915. Image: anonymous German traveler, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

 

 

 

In a statement about President Biden’s recognition of the Armenian genocide, Christoph Heubner, the Executive President of the International Auschwitz Committee said in Berlin:

"In the knowledge of their own fatal experiences, the survivors of the Holocaust have felt a deep empathy with the Armenian people for very many years. The Turkish government still insists on playing down, or shrouding in silence, the genocide committed by Turks against the Armenian people. The Holocaust survivors see the recognition and conscious naming of the genocide by America’s President Biden as an important gesture and a clear political signal to the Turkish government to finally face up to the truth and historical responsibility."

 
 
 

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Christoph Heubner

Executive Vice President
International Auschwitz Committee
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