‘Genocide Monument’ free iPhone app available at Apple Store

April 25, 2011 - 12:44 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - ‘Genocide Monument’, a free iPhone app dedicated to the recognition of the Armenian Genocide is now active and available for download at Apple Store, according to Masis Weekly.

The app has four basic components. The default page will feature an animated rendition of the eternal flame at the Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial in Armenia, with a duduk samples.

There is also a history section, covering the 1915-1923 Armenian Genocide, as well as a list of countries that have recognized the crime as genocide.

A latest News section provides app users with breaking developments on Genocide recognition efforts worldwide and gives users the ability to share the stories on their social networks.

And the other page is call-to-action section. It’s a tool to take action on pressing issues

Nisanian, the app creator said that he was working on it for nearly 2 years. “I started designing it 2 years ago and now with the help and credit of all my friends; Bei Ru for music, Zanazan System in Armenia for the development, other friends who helped develop the website and to illustrate the achievement badges”

The size of app is 6.8 MB, language is English: It demands iOS 3 or later version.

The Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres and deportations, involving forced marches under conditions designed to lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths reaching 1.5 million.

The majority of Armenian Diaspora communities were formed by the Genocide survivors.

Present-day Turkey denies the fact of the Armenian Genocide, justifying the atrocities as “deportation to secure Armenians”. Only a few Turkish intellectuals, including Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk and scholar Taner Akcam, speak openly about the necessity to recognize this crime against humanity.

The Armenian Genocide was recognized by Uruguay, Russia, France, Lithuania, Italy, 45 U.S. states, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Argentina, Belgium, Austria, Wales, Switzerland, Canada, Poland, Venezuela, Chile, Bolivia, the Vatican, Luxembourg, Brazil, Germany, the Netherlands, Paraguay, Sweden, Venezuela, Slovakia, Syria, Vatican, as well as the European Parliament and the World Council of Churches.