A number of organizations, museums, and monuments are intended to serve as memorials to the Armenian genocide and its over 1 million victims.
Turkey has campaigned against the establishment of such memorials. In 1983, Israeli diplomat Alon Liel reported that he was told by a representative of the Turkish Foreign Ministry that "Turkey will not accept the establishment of an Armenian Memorial in Israel. Establishing such a monument would jeopardize the relations between the two countries and might push them to the point of no return."[1]
List
editThe following table shows the major memorials around the world dedicated to the memory of the Armenian genocide victims.
Image | Memorial | Country | Location | Date |
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Huşartsan Memorial (Turkish: Taksim Ermeni Soykırımı Anıtı) | Turkey | Taksim Square, Allied-occupied Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey) | 1919–1922[2][3] | |
Armenian Genocide Memorial | Mexico | Mexico City | 1930 | |
Memorial Chapel | Lebanon | Armenian Catholicossate of Cilicia, Antelias | 1938 | |
Armenian Genocide Memorial | Brazil | São Paulo | 1965 | |
Armenian Genocide Memorial | India | Kolkata, West Bengal | 1965 | |
Memorial khachkar | Armenia | Etchmiadzin Cathedral compound, Vagharshapat | 1965 | |
Armenian Genocide Memorial | United States | Watertown, Massachusetts | 1965 | |
Armenian Genocide Memorial | Lebanon | Bikfaya | 1965 | |
Tsitsernakaberd (Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute) | Armenia | Yerevan | 1967 | |
Montebello Genocide Memorial | United States | Montebello, California | 1968 | |
Marseille Genocide Memorial (avenue du Prado) | France | Marseilles | 1973[4] | |
Armenian Genocide Memorial | Iran | Saint Sarkis Cathedral, Tehran | 1973 | |
Armenian Genocide Memorial | Iran | Holy Savior Cathedral, New Julfa, Isfahan | 1975 | |
Armenian Martyrs Memorial | Uruguay | St. Nerses Shnorhali Church, Montevideo | 1975[5] | |
Armenian Martyrs' Monument | USA | Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, Phoenix, Arizona | 1978[6] | |
Armenian Genocide memorial | United States | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1980s[7] | |
Armenian Genocide Memorial | Argentina | Buenos Aires | 1983 | |
Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex | Syria | Der Zor | 1990-2014 | |
Armenian Genocide Monument | Cyprus | Nicosia | 1990 | |
Armenian Genocide memorial | Syria | Cathedral of the Forty Martyrs, Aleppo | 28 May 1991 | |
Armenian Genocide memorial | Belgium | Ixelles | 1995 | |
Armenian Genocide Monument on Mt. Davidson | United States | San Francisco, California | 1997 | |
Armenian Genocide Memorial | Canada | Marcelin-Wilson Park, Montreal, Quebec | 1998 | |
Armenian Martyrs Memorial | United States | Providence, Rhode Island | 1999 | |
Holy Resurrection Church (site of mass grave in the Syrian desert discovered in the early 90s)[8] |
Syria | Margadeh village | 1999 | |
Mother Arising Out of the Ashes, memorial statue | Armenia | Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Park, Yerevan | 2002 | |
Memorial to Père Komitas and victims of the Armenian Genocide | France | Jardin D'Erevan , Paris | 2003 | |
Marseille Genocide Memorial (avenue du 24 avril 1915) | France | Marseille | 2006[9][10] | |
Armenian Martyrs Memorial on the grounds of Saints Vartanantz Armenian Orthodox Church | United States | Chelmsford, Massachusetts | 2005 | |
Khachkar in Nelson-Mandela-Park | Germany | Bremen | 2005 | |
Lyon Armenian Genocide Memorial | France | Lyon | 2006 | |
Armenian Genocide Memorial | Cyprus | Larnaca | 2008 | |
Armenian Heritage Park | United States | Boston, Massachusetts | 2012 | |
Genocidemonument | the Netherlands | Almelo | 2014 | |
Armenian Genocide Monument | United States | California State University, Fresno, Fresno, California | 2015 | |
Khachkar memorial to the 1915 Armenian Genocide | Ireland | Christ Church Cathedral Dublin, Ireland | 2015[11] | |
Mechelen Armenian Genocide Memorial | Belgium | Mechelen | 2015 | |
Memorial in memory of 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide committed by the Government of Ottoman Empire in 1915-1923 Archived 6 December 2021 at the Wayback Machine | Israel | Petah Tikva | 2019 | |
The Eternal Flame | United Kingdom | Ealing, London | 2023[12][13] |
Other
editOther notable monuments, squares, and memorials of the Armenian genocide include:
- A memorial khatchkar at the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate in Bzoummar, Lebanon (1960)
- The Armenian Genocide Monument in Buenos Aires, Argentina (1985)
- Relief at the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate in Bzoummar, Lebanon (1993)
- The Armenian Monument in De Boskamp cemetery, Assen, Netherlands (24 April 2001)
- The memorial monument in Rome, Italy (2006)
- The Wales Genocide Memorial in Cardiff, Wales, (2007)
- The memorial monument in Mislata, Valencia, Spain (2010)
- The Memorial monument at the Saint Abgar Church, Scottsdale, Arizona (2011)[14]
- Armenian Genocide Memorial Square in Los Angeles, not yet finished
- Armenian Genocide Museum of America, not yet opened
- The memorial monument in Petržalka, Bratislava, Slovakia (2011)
- The memorial monument in Košice, Slovakia (2016)
- Mémorial du génocide arménien de Décines-Charpieuat, Rue du 24 Avril 1915 in Décines-Charpieu, France
- Armenian Genocide Memorial, Paul Mistral Park, Grenoble, France
- Memorial, Rue du Génocide Arménien, Chasse-sur-Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
- Armenians, Greeks and Assyrians Genocide monument, Memorial park, Berlin, Germany
- Armenian Genocide Memorial, Nairyan Street, Seven, Armenia
- Cross stone memorial monument in Nîmes, France (2022)[15]
- Armenian Genocide Square in Haifa, Israel (2023)[16]
Gallery
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Inside the memorial chapel in Antelias: the remains of victims recovered from the Syrian desert
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Memorial khatchkar at the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate in Bzoummar, Lebanon (1960)
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Memorial at the Genocide complex in Deir ez-Zor, Syria. (1991)
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The Armenian Genocide museum at Der Zor, Syria.
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Relief at the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate in Bzoummar, Lebanon (1993)
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Memorial cross stone in Grenoble, France (1999)
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Memorial khatchkar at Saint Mary's Armenian Apostolic Church in Glendale, California (2000)
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Memorial monument in Romans-sur-Isère, France
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Memorial khatchkar (stone cross) in Whitinsville, Massachusetts
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Memorial cross stone in Boca Raton, Florida
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Memorial in Rosario, Argentina
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Memorial in Varna, Bulgaria
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For the 94th anniversary at the California State University, Northridge (2009)
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Armenian Martyrs Memorial - above view in Chelmsford, Massachusetts
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Memorial in the churchyard of St Sarkis, Kensington, the oldest Armenian church in the United Kingdom
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ben Aharon, Eldad (2018). "Between Ankara and Jerusalem: the Armenian Genocide as a Zero-Sum Game in Israel's Foreign Policy (1980's–2010's)". Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies. 20 (5): 459–476. doi:10.1080/19448953.2018.1385932. S2CID 216142254.
- ^ April 24: Can we start over again? Archived 2 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Today's Zaman. Retrieved 3 June 2013
- ^ Gezi Parkı'na Hrant Dink Parkı adını verelim, 1915'te katledilen Ermenilerin anısına yapılmış anıtı yeniden dikelim Archived 2 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Radikal. Retrieved 26 June 2013
- ^ acam-france.org (ed.). "Monument du Génocide" (in French).
- ^ armenian-genocide.org (ed.). "Memorial at Armenian Church of Montevideo, Uruguay".
- ^ "What is the significance of Armenian Genocide Memorial Day?". www.commemoration.info. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018.
- ^ "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Armenian Genocide Memorial". www.armenian-genocide.org.
- ^ Balakian, Peter (5 December 2008). "Bones". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
- ^ acam-france.org (ed.). "Mémorial du Génocide" (in French).
- ^ Comité de Défense de la Cause Arménienne, ed. (22 April 2005). "Marseille : pose de la première pierre du Mémorial du génocide arménien" (in French). Archived from the original on 12 March 2014.
- ^ "Armenian Memorial Dedicated at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin". Diocese of Dublin & Glendalough. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ "Federation President attends unveiling of Memorial to Armenian Genocide - National Federation of Cypriots". National Federation of Cypriots. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ "New Khachkar Unveiled in London". The Armenian Mirror-Spectator. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ "Հայոց ցեղասպանության հուշարձան' ԱՄՆ Արիզոնա նահանգում". Archived from the original on 22 March 2012.
- ^ "Square in Nimes, France renamed in honor of Armenian Genocide victims". armenpress.am.
- ^ "Armenian Genocide Square Inaugurated in Israel's Haifa". asbarez.com.
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