Between 1915 and 1923 The Turkish state perpetrated the first genocide of the twentieth centurywith the slaughter of a million and a half members of the Armenian population, in the shadow of World War I.
On April 24, 1915, the attack began, with the kidnapping of more than 200 Armenian leaders and intellectuals in Constantinople, current Istanbul.
Genocide, Taken as a model by Adolf Hitler to design the Jewish holocaust, It included persecutions, murders and forced deportations that resulted in a massive migration.
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{{msj}} {{msj}}In that context, thousands of Armenians arrived in Argentina and today the community is made up of descendants of those same survivors who managed to escape the massacre.
Even today, and despite the international conviction to Türkiye, The successive Turkish governments never recognized that crime -A difference, for example, of what happened in Germany with Nazism-but even claim the actions of their leader of those years, Kemal Ataturk.
In our country, Law 26,199, approved in 2006, determined that the date of April 24 is a call to reflection on the importance of respect between nations and the defense of human rights. Therefore, the day of action for tolerance and respect between peoples was instituted.
In the city of Buenos Aires there will be a series of reminder activities, which will begin at 9 with a blood donation campaign for patients from the Garrahan hospital in the Armenian cultural association, in Palermo.
Then, at 11, the religious ceremony will be held in the San Gregorio the Illuminator (Armenia 1359, CABA). The Armenian ambassador to Argentina will attend, Hovhannes Virabyanas well as representatives of the community and the community in the country.
Subsequently, there will be an act in front of the monument to the martyrs of the Armenian genocide, to the right of the atrium of the Catholic Armenian cathedral located in Charcas 3528.
In the afternoon, at 19, There will be a march in commemoration of the 110th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. The participants will concentrate on the UBA Law Faculty and will march towards the residence of the Turkish ambassador. At that same time the documentary will be screened “Aurora’s dawn “, Inna Sahakyan, in the Liberty Palace, Manuel Antín Sala.
