Professor Wolfgang Wippermann, known for his criticism of totalitarianism and extremism, has called on the international community to address the Armenian Genocide when discussing genocide-related issues.

“Once during a conference I said that the Holocaust of Jews was not unique and that the Nazi genocide of Gypsies and the Armenian Genocide should be considered,” he told Die Zeit newspaper.

Wolfgang Wippermann is Professor of Modern History at the Free University in Berlin. He is an expert on the history of fascism, antisemitism, and the National Socialist persecution of other minorities, such as the Roma and Sinti. Professor Wippermann is the recipient of numerous prestigious academic awards and has held guest professorships at Indiana University, the University of Minnesota, and Duke University.