Holland to host events for 94th Anniversary Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide

PanARMENIAN.Net - Holland will host events for 94th Anniversary Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, organized by Federation of Armenian Organizations in Netherlands (FAON).



Commemoration in Amsterdam will be held on Sunday, 19 April 2009 at 2 p.m.



Commemoration Programme will feature lectures by experts from a variety of fields including Dr. Ton Zwaan, researcher at the Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and professor at the University of Amsterdam, Mr. Harry van Bommel, member of Socialist Party faction in the Dutch Parliament, Prof. Dr. Mihran Dabag, director of the Institute for Diaspora and Genocide Studies at Ruhr University in Bochum in Germany, Mr. Recep Marasli, writer and poet, Mr. Osman Koker, publicist. The event will also include artistic interludes such as performances by Vahe Hovhanisyan, Ruzan Hakobjan, Ilda Simonian and Hambardzum Sahakyan.



During the commemoration particular attention will be paid to the 100th anniversary of Adana massacre by Ottoman Turks. The Adana massacre occurred in the city and province of Adana in April 1909 and resulted in 20,000 to 30,000 Armenian victims of violent Turkish anti-Armenian pogroms.



The event will also feature "Adana - Past and Present" exhibition with indication of Armenian buildings and institutions, which have been perished as a result of the Armenian Genocide.



Commemorative Ceremony in Assen will be held on Friday, 24 April 2009 at Boskamp Cemetery.