Netherlands to commemorate 94th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide

PanARMENIAN.Net - On 24 April 2009 the Armenian community of Holland commemorated the 94th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide by laying wreaths at the Armenian Genocide Memorial

in Assen, The Netherlands. The ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. at

the cemetery "De Boskamp". Many interested and prominent people are

expected to attend. The program is part of the annual commemoration

of the Armenian genocide of 1915, which is organized by 24 April

Committee of the Federation of Armenian Organizations in the

Netherlands (FAON).



The commemoration event started this year on Sunday April 19th in the

Mozes and Aaronkerk church in Amsterdam. The event included a meeting

and an exhibition marking 100th anniversary of the massacres of

Armenian and other Christian population of Adana in 1909. During the

meeting prominent Dutch, Jewish, Turkish, Kurdish and Armenian

speakers addressed a few hundred people present.