Genocide is subject of Holocaust exhibit
Article published on Monday, April 21, 2008
ST. PETERSBURG – The Florida Holocaust Museum will present the exhibit The Greatest Crime of the War: The Armenian Genocide during World War I, opening on Saturday, April 19, at 55 Fifth St. S.
The exhibition’s opening event will include a requiem ceremony by St. Hagop Armenian Church, a curator talk by Mary Johnson and a presentation by Eileen Barsamian Jennings, a child of Armenian Genocide survivors, on April 24, 7 p.m. This event is free and open to the public but seating is limited and reservations are encouraged. Call 820–0100, ext. 234.
The mass murder of the Armenian people in Anatolia, now referred to by most historians and human rights organizations as The Armenian Genocide, destroyed a civilization that had resided in Anatolia for thousands of years. The killing of between 1 million and 1.5 million Armenians occurred mostly in 1915-16 during World War I, but continued sporadically after the war until 1923.
Article published on Monday, April 21, 2008
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