Hrand Dink's lessons and spirit are alive
"Lessons and spirit of slain Hrant Dink, the editor-in-chief of Armenian-Turkish "Agos" weekly, are alive, Aleida Assman of Konstanz University in Germany said during "From the Burden of the Past to Societal Peace and Democracy" international conference at Bilgi University in Istanbul. "We still hear his voice, and aim for his beliefs to continue to exist," she told.
Drawing attention to the "We are all Armenian" slogan carried by those attending Hrant Dink's funeral in Istanbul, Assman said that "synagogues, homes and goods belonging to the Jewish minority were ransacked in Germany in 1938. If we had been able to say, "We are all Jewish," would Hitler have been able to do this?", Hurriyet reports.
Drawing attention to the "We are all Armenian" slogan carried by those attending Hrant Dink's funeral in Istanbul, Assman said that "synagogues, homes and goods belonging to the Jewish minority were ransacked in Germany in 1938. If we had been able to say, "We are all Jewish," would Hitler have been able to do this?", Hurriyet reports.
