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April 24 Committee
for the recognition and commemoration of the Armenian Genocide of 1915
The 24 April Committee is an organ of the Federation of Armenian Organisations
in The Netherland (FAON)
Federation of Armenian Organisations in Netherlands (FAON)
24 April Committee for the recognition and commemoration of the Armenian Genocide of 1915
ANNOUNCEMENT
95th anniversary of Armenian Genocide
Demonstration in The Hague and Commemoration in Assen
Within the framework of 95th anniversary commemoration of the Armenian Genocide of 1915, the 24 April Committee
of the FAON is organising two activities, with the aim to commemorate the 1.5 million victims of the Genocide of
Armenians by the Ottoman Turks and to give a strong signal of Armenian Community in Holland about the fact that
after 95 years the Armenian Genocide is still denied and trivialised in a repulsive way by Turkey and even speaking
about it in Turkey is still punishable.
- On 20 April 2010 a rally and demonstration organised by the “Joint Armenian Organisations of the Netherlands”
will be held in The Hague, where a petition will be submitted to the Standing Committee
on Foreign Affairs of the Dutch Parliament.
- On 24 April 2010, a commemoration ceremony will take place at the Armenian memorial in Assen,
organised by 24 April Committee of FAON.
The 24 April Committee of FAON calls on everybody to participate in these actions to support our demand for the
commemoration and recognition of the Armenian Genocide and to commemorate respectfully the 1.5 million victims.
Please note down these dates and forward this information to your family, friends and to all those for whom the
Armenian question is important.
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I. Rally and demonstration on 20 April 2010 at 12.30 p.m. in The Hague
The 24 April Committee of FAON and the Hay Tad Holland cooperating as “Joint Armenian Organisations of the Netherlands”
are holding a rally and demonstration in The Hague to mark the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
The demonstration is intended to enforce:
- The requirement that Turkey recognises the Armenian Genocide
- Implementation of the Rouvoet’s Parliamentary Motion from 2004, which asks the Dutch government to put constantly
and expressly on the agenda the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Turkey
- The need to establish a memorial in The Hague, city of international law, for commemorating the victims of
the Armenian Genocide, as an example of how the international community should not handle such disastrous events.
Dutch politicians Kees van der Staaij (SGP) and Harry van Bommel (SP) and others will address the rally.
A petition of cooperating Armenian Organisations will be Submitted to the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs
of the Dutch Parliament.
Date: Tuesday, 20 April 2010 at 12.30 p.m.
Place: The Rally starts in Het Plein – The Hague, near the Parliament
March to the Turkish Embassy – End: Malieveld, The Hague
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II. Commemoration on 24 April 2010 at 1 p.m. in Assen
Solemn laying of wreaths at the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Assen in the presence of Dutch celebrities, who will
address the public.
Date: Saturday, 24 April 2010 at 1 p.m.
Place: Cemetery De Boskamp
Boskamp 5 – 9405 NN Assen, The Netherlands
Call for a demonstration on 20 April 2010
in The Hague, The Netherlands
The 24 April Committee of FAON and the Hay Tad Holland cooperating as "Joint Armenian Organisations
of the Netherlands" intend to organise a commemorative demonstration to mark the 95th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide.
Hereby we call on all other Armenian organisations and all Armenians in the Netherlands for a massive demonstration
to enforce our claims for recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Turkey and for implementation of the Motion by
Rouvoet by the Dutch government. This Motion has been adopted unanimously by the Dutch Parliament in 2004.
The demonstration will take place in Het Plein square, The Hague, The Netherlands on Tuesday,
20 April 2010 at 12:30 p.m.
It is of utmost importance that we, as the Armenian community in the Netherlands, give a strong signal to show
our horror about the Armenian Genocide and about the fact that after 95 years the Genocide is still denied and
trivialised in a repulsive way by Turkey and even speaking about it in Turkey is still punishable.
Although there is an extensive recognition of the Armenian Genocide, the international community does not effectively
succeed to make clear to Turkey that the pattern of denial and trivialisation is unacceptable and to take the appropriate
measures for preventing this practice.
This same attitude of the world made it possible that in 1915 the Armenian Genocide could take place under the
eyes of the world.
It is therefore important that we work together to commemorate this 95th anniversary. We call on everyone to participate
in the joint demonstration in The Hague, the city of international law!
The demonstration is intended to enforce:
- The requirement that Turkey recognises the Armenian Genocide
- Implementation of the Rouvoet’s Parliamentary Motion from 2004, which asks the Dutch government to put constantly
and expressly on the agenda the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Turkey
- The need to establish a memorial in The Hague, city of international law, for commemorating the victims of
the Armenian Genocide, as an example of how the international community should not handle such disastrous events.
Together we can make a stand against injustice.
Commemoration of 94th Anniversary of Armenian Genocide
Organised by 24 April Committee of the
Federation of Armenian Organisations in The Netherlands – FAON
Commemoration in Amsterdam – 19 April 2009
Date: Sunday, 19 April 2009 at 2 p.m.
Place: Mozes & Aaronkerk, Waterlooplein 205 – Amsterdam
Programme
Lectures and performances – Lectures by experts from a variety of fields including Dr. Ton Zwaan,
researcher at the Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and professor at the University of Amsterdam, Mr.
Harry van Bommel, member of Socialist Party faction in the Dutch Parliament, Prof. Dr. Mihran Dabag,
director of the Institute for Diaspora and Genocide Studies at Ruhr University in Bochum in Germany, Mr. Recep
Marasli, writer and poet, Mr. Osman Koker, publicist, Mr Viguen Tchitetchian, Ambassador of Armenia
to Belgium and Mr Ronny Naftaniel, director of Centre for Information and Documentation on Israel (CIDI).
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The event will also include artistic interludes such as performances by Nicolai Romashuk Jr., Ruzan Hakobyan and
Hambardzum Sahakyan.
Adana 1909-2009 – During the commemoration particular attention will be paid to the 100th anniversary of
Adana massacre by Ottoman Turks. The Adana massacre occurred in the city and province of Adana in April 1909 and
resulted in 20,000 to 30,000 Armenian victims of violent Turkish anti-Armenian pogroms.
Exhibition – “Adana – Past and Present” with indication of Armenian buildings and institutions, which have
been perished as a result of the Armenian Genocide.
Commemoration in Assen – 24 April 2009
Date: Friday, 24 April 2009 at 2 p.m.
Place: Cemetery the Boskamp in Assen, Boskamp 5 – Assen
Programme: Laying of wreaths at the Armenian monument, Commemorative Ceremony
Commemoration of 94th Anniversary of Armenian Genocide Organised by 24 April
Committee of the Federation of Armenian Organisations in The Netherlands – FAON
1. Commemoration in Amsterdam Date: Sunday, 19 April 2009 at 2 p.m. Place: Mozes & Aaronkerk, Waterlooplein 205 – Amsterdam
Programme
- Lectures and performances – Lectures by experts
from a variety of fields including Dr. Ton Zwaan, researcher at the Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and
professor at the University of Amsterdam, Mr. Harry van Bommel, member of Socialist Party faction in the Dutch
Parliament, Prof. Dr. Mihran Dabag, director of the Institute for Diaspora and Genocide Studies at Ruhr University
in Bochum in Germany, Mr. Recep Marasli, writer and poet, Mr. Osman Koker, publicist. The event will also include
artistic interludes such as performances by Vahe Hovhanisyan, Ruzan Hakobjan, Ilda Simonian and Hambardzum Sahakyan.
- Adana 1909-2009 – During the commemoration
particular attention will be paid to the 100th anniversary of Adana massacre by Ottoman Turks. The Adana massacre
occurred in the city and province of Adana in April 1909 and resulted in 20,000 to 30,000 Armenian victims of violent
Turkish anti-Armenian pogroms.
- Exhibition – “Adana – Past and Present” with
indication of Armenian buildings and institutions, which have been perished as a result of the Armenian Genocide.
2. Commemoration in Assen Date: Friday, 24 April 2009 at 2 p.m. Place: Cemetery the Boskamp in Assen, Boskamp 5 – Assen Programme:
Laying of wreaths at the Armenian monument, Commemorative Ceremony
IKON TV (Netherlands Interdenominational Broadcasting Company)
Dutch TV Channel Nederland 2, Thursday 24 April 2008 from 10:50 to 11:50 p.m.
HOLLAND DOC: THE COUNTRY OF OUR GRANDPARENTS
A travel along Armenian Genocide Memories
These road movie leads to Eastern Turkey, in search of tracks that even today still testify of the Armenian Genocide
(1915-1916). Central figure of the film is the young Turkish Dutch scholar Ugur Üngör (28). He does postgraduate
research on Armenian Genocide. He found out duing his studies a book of Vahram Goekjian. Vahram survived as a young
person the Genocide and wrote his story in a book. Üngör’s travel partner is the scenario writer Alexander
Goekjian (36), the grandchild of Vahram. He has been connected inextricably with the destiny of the Armenians in
Eastern Turkey via his grandfather. The scenario writer and the researcher travel together to the area where the
Goekjian family lived for centuries: Kozan in Eastern Turkey. Film director Kay Mastenbroek follows them with a
second camera for the `making of”. He records especially scenes when tensions arise by curious questions of Ugur
and Alexander to the local authorities, but also among the Turkish and Armenian filmmakers’ team.
The film shows a number of historical places, which are of great importance in the history of the Armenian Genocide.
There are documents in the Turkish capital Ankara, which prove the involvement of the Turkish government in the
Genocide. The road leads also to Erzincan, the birthplace of Ugur Üngör. Here he heard from his grandfather
for the first time that the Genocide of the Armenians had effectively taken place. Up to that time he was, such
as the most Turks, a ‘mild denialist’ of the Genocide. In Zimara Goekjian and Üngör try to reconstruct
the history of the prosecution of the Armenians, which would lead finally to a massacre in the Euphrates and at
the banks of the Lake Hazar. The remains of the largest Armenian church of Eastern Turkey, a silent witness of
the past, are deeply hidden in the labyrinths of the old centre of the ‘Kurdish capital’ Diyarbakir. In Kozan Goekjian
and Üngör are looking for the house where Alexander’s grandfather was born.
Because of the obstinate denial of the Armenian Genocide by the Turkish government, the filmmakers have to be careful
with their behaviour during the whole travel. Also a dispute arises between Üngör and Turkish members
of the filmmakers' team, who cannot appreciate the continuing critical remarks of Üngör on their homeland.
Travel ends in Izmir, where in 1922 Vahram Goekjian escaped the Turkish soldiers and was rescued by the last refugee
ship. Izmir is the place for Goekjian and Üngör to assess how important is their grandparents past for
them? And what is for them the meaning of the history of the people, with whom they will always have ties?
Directed by: Alexander Goekjian and Kay Mastenbroek
Producers: Electrical films and Zelovic Productions
Commemoration of 93rd anniversary of Armenian Genocide
organised by the April 24 Committee of the Armenian
Federation (FAON)
Date: Thursday 24 April 2008
Time: 1 p.m.
Place: Cemetery "De Boskamp" in Assen ( www.boskamp.nl)
Boskamp 5 - Assen
Programme: Laying of wreaths at the Armenian Genocide monument, Commemorative
Ceremony followed by a meeting in the auditorium of the cemetery with
artistic performances and speeches by, among others:
Mrs. E. Wiegman, Dutch MP of Christian Union Faction,
Prof. Dr. J. Weitenberg, Armenologist at the Leiden University, and
Mr. A. Manoukian, the consul of Armenia in the Netherlands.
Commemoration of Hrant Dink
organised by the 24 April Committee of the
Federation of Armenian Organisations in The Netherlands
(FAON)
What: Commemorative Meeting for Hrant Dink
at the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Assen
Date: Saturday, 19 January 2008
Time: 2 p.m.
Place: Cemetery "De Boskamp" in Assen (www.boskamp.nl)
Boskamp 5 – Assen, The Netherlands
Programme: Laying of flowers at the Armenian Genocide monument,
Commemorative Ceremony in memory of Hrant Dink.
Speeches of representatives of organisations
with the presence of Dutch Member of Parliament
Mrs. E. Wiegman-Van Meppelink Scheppink.
Adoption of a resolution calling among others for the
abolition of Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code and
for respecting human and minority rights in Turkey.
Commemoration of 92nd anniversary of Armenian Genocide
in The Netherlands
organised by the April 24 Committee of the Armenian Federation (FAON)
Commemoration on April 24 2007 in Assen
Date: Tuesday 24 April 2007
Time: 1 pm
Place: Cemetery "De Boskamp" in Assen ( www.boskamp.nl)
Boskamp 5 - Assen
Programme: Laying of wreaths at the Armenian Genocide monument,
Commemorative Ceremony followed by a meeting in the auditorium of
the cemetery with artistic performances and speeches by, among others,
Mr. Joel Voordewind, Dutch MP of Christian Union Faction,
Prof. Jan van der Dussen, author of several publications on the Armenian Genocide,
Mr. Eildert Mulder, journalist of Dutch daily newspaper Trouw,
Mr. Viguen Tchitetchian, the ambassador of Armenia and
Mr. Agit Queyner, the chairman of Kurdish Federation in the Netherlands.
Recommending Committee: Prof B. Bichakjian - Prof. French language and culture, University of Nijmegen,
Drs. H. van Bommel - Dutch MP, Prof. Dr. W. J. van der Dussen - Prof. Culture history and Philosophy at Open University
Netherlands, L. C. van Dijke - Public affairs VolkerWessels; Former Dutch MP, Mrs. Drs. K.G. Ferrier - Dutch MP,
Freek de Jonge - Dutch Comedian, Seth Gaaikema - Dutch Comedian, Mrs. Drs. F. Karimi – Former Dutch MP, Dr. Th.
M. van Lint - Calouste Gulbenkian Professor of Armenian Studies, University of Oxford, Mr. A. Rouvoet - Dutch Minister
of Youth and Family, Drs. Paul Scheffer - Particular Professor of metropolitan problems, University of Amsterdam,
publicist, Mr. C. van der Staaij - Dutch MP, Drs. E. van Thijn - Dutch senator, former Mayor of Amsterdam, Prof.
J. Weitenberg - Professor Armenology, University of Leiden
Genocide is of all times
What: Debate “Genocide is of all times”
organised by
Gladzor Armenian Students Association and
Mesopotamia Students Association
When: Thursday 15 March 2007 at 7 p.m.
Where: Haagse Hogeschool
Johanna Westerdijkplein 75
The Hague, The Netherlands
Programme: Debate on the Genocides of the 20th century, among which the
Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust
Participants:
Jan Pronk – Former Dutch minister of Development Cooperation
and former Secretary General of the UN in Sudan
Hajo Meyer – Board Member of A Different Jewish Voice
Ton Zwaan - Associate professor at Universiteit van Amsterdam
(Center for Holocaust- and Genocidestudies)
Lars van Troost (Chairman) - Amnesty International Netherlands
Info in Dutch: http://www.mesopotamiesv.nl/
1. Television programme on Dutch TV Station Nederland 2
When: Sunday, 11 February 2007 at 12 a.m.
Where: Nederland 2 (TV-Station)
Programme: InFocus, programme of the Dutch Moslem Broadcasting
Subject: Armenian Genocide, Hrant Dink and the situation in the Netherlands
with Ton Zwaan, genocide expert and
Ilhan Akel of Dutch Centre of Expatriates
Information: http://www.nmo.nl/?s=4&id=10&e=817
2. Radio broadcasting on Dutch Radio 1
When: Sunday, 11 February 2007, 9:04 p.m.
Where: Radio 1 (Dutch radio station)
Programme: Radio Atelier - documentary programme of NPS/NOS/HUMAN
Subject: Girls from Zeeland in Armenian arms. The story of the descendants of
Armenian soldiers serving in 1943 in a German Labour battalion of
Prisoners-of-War, stationed in (Dutch Province) Zeeland.
Final editing: Dorothée Forma
Information: http://www.humanistischeomroep.nl/human/hos/html/programs/
program.jsp?program=22216&episode=59396
DEMONSTRATION ON 23 JANUARY IN
THE HAGUE
The Cooperating Armenian Organisations of the Netherlands organise a demonstration to protest against the assassination
of the prominent Armenian journalist Hrant Dink last Friday in Turkey. The demonstration will take place on the
funeral day of Hrant Dink, coming Tuesday,
What: Demonstration to protest against the murder of Armenian
journalist Hrant Dink
Submission of a declaration to the Dutch Parliament and to
the Turkish Embassy
When: Tuesday, 23 January 2007, from 12 a.m. till 3 p.m.
Where: Starting Point: The Hague, Plein, in front of the Parliament
Silent march to the Turkish Embassy - End: Malieveld
The Cooperating Armenian Organisations of The Netherlands
Memorial Service for Hrant Dink
On Sunday, 21 January 2007 all Armenian churches worldwide will hold a memorial service for the Armenian journalist
Hrant Dink, who was assasinated last Friday in Istanbul.
The memorial services in the Netherlands will be held in Amsterdam and Almelo.
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Location:
Armenian Church Amsterdam
Krom Boomsloot 22
1011GW Amsterdam
Armenian Church Almelo
Chiel Dethmersstraat 1
7603 SM Almelo
Dialogue and reconciliation
This is an announcement concerning a meeting organised by the Kurdish Dutch Cultural Centre Amsterdam (KNCCA) for
a dialogue on the Armenian Genocide of 1915, whereby the Kurds also played a role. The goal of the meeting is to
start a dialogue with each other based on the facts of the Armenian Genocide and to try to come to a reconciliation.
What: Dialogue and reconciliation
Meeting on Armenian Genocide of 1915
organized by Kurdish Dutch Cultural Centre Amsterdam (KNCCA)
When: Thursday 21 December 2006 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Felix Meritis
Keizersgracht 324 - Amsterdam
Admission: Free
Programme: Opening by the discussion facilitator, introduction by the Genocide scholar,
introduction of members of the panel, questions and discussion with the audience
Announcement:
On Dutch TV Wednesday Sept. 20 : Nederland 2, between 10.30 and 11.15 pm: about genocide denial of candidates
of Turkish origine for next elections for Dutch parliament (Tweede Kamer), following a letter of 24 April Committee
of the Federation of Armenian Organisations in the Netherlands (FAON) In the letter het CDA party is asked for
clearence about candadacy on CDA draftlist of mr Tonca, who recently and more often had denied the Armenian genocide
publicly.
With: Mrs Huizinga-Heringa (MP, ChristenUnie), Mr Noubar Sipaan, chairman 24 April Committee, Mrs Bijsterveld (president
of Christian Democrat Party CDA)
Announcement:
Dutch bill against negotianism
In a press conference on 1 June 2006 MP Mrs. Tineke Huizinga of Christian Union Faction will present a parliamentary
initiative bill that criminalises the denial of genocides and other crimes against huminity. The explanatory note
specifically mentions the Armenian genocide as one of the genocides that the bill is meant for.
At the press conference besides Christian Union parliamentaries Huizinga and Rouvoet will be present the representatives
of 24 April Committee of FAON (Federation of Armenian Organisations in the Netherlands), CIDI (Centre for Information
and Documentation Israel) and LBR (Dutch anti-racisme organisation)
More news will follow on this website of 24 April Committee.
Looking back, Moving forward
Film symposium on the Armenian Genocide
On May 7th, the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies together with Filmhouse Kriterin, organizes a CinemaDiscutabel
on the Armenian Genocide. How this genocide is placed in history is still an apparent complex issue, especially
in the political arena. As journalists and academics speak up in Turkey and the rest of the world one would assume
that the past will be positioned as it should be soon. The discussion is nevertheless still developing. Together
with national and international acclaimed guests on this subject we would like to invite you for an event of film,
lecture and panel discussion.
Date: Sunday, 7 May 2006
Time: 1 to 6 pm
Place: Filmhuis Kriterion (www.kriterion.nl)
Roetersstraat 170, Amsterdam
Tel: 020-6231708
Programme:
1:00 – 1:15 Introduction by prof. dr Johannes Houwink ten Cate, director
of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
1:15 – 2:15 Film: I hate dogs, 2005, 29 min by Suzanne Khardalian.
A small but impressive tale of a 96 year old survivor.
2:15 – 2:30 Break
2:30 – 3:15 Lecture: Prof. dr Donald Bloxham, of the University of Edinburg
3:15 – 4:15 Documentary The Armenian Genocide, 2006, Dutch premiere,
56 min. by Andrew Goldberg
This new documentary contains a lot of archival imagery, commentaries
by leading professionals in the field and responses by people on the
streets in Turkey.
4:15 – 4:30 Break
4:30 – 4:50 Film: Turkey – Facing up to the Past, ABC, 2006, 18m.
4:50 – 6:00 Panel discussion on the developments in the current academic
debate as reflected in politics, with short opening statements lead by Nena Tromp
Ara Sarafian – Historian, publisher and director of Gomidas Institute.
Kerem Oktem – Senior Associate Member of St Antony's College, University of Oxford
Jos Weitenberg – Professor of Armenian Studies at Leiden University
Donald Bloxham – Professor at the University of Edingurgh
Admission: 8 Euro
Reservation: Kriterion: email: LookingbackMovingforward@kriterion.nl
More info: www.chgs.nl of talin.sahakian@gmail.com
Commemoration programme in The Netherlands
organised by the April 24 Committee of the Armenian Federation (FAON)
Commemoration on 23 April in Amsterdam
Date: Sunday 23 April 2006
Time: 2 pm
Place: Hofkerk (www.hofkerk.nl)
Linnaeushof 94 - 1098 KT Amsterdam
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Programme: Khachatour Avetisian’s Armenian Oratorium performed by the Dutch choir Sophie's Voice,
other artistic performances and speeches by, among others, Dutch Senator and former burgomaster (mayor) of Amsterdam
Ed van Thijn, the winner of education prize 2005 of Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies Dirk Roodzant
and on behalf of Armenian Students’ Association Gladzor Lilit Arakelian
Admission: Free
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Commemoration on April 24 in Assen
Date: Monday 24 April 2006
Time: 2 pm
Place: Cemetery "De Boskamp" in Assen ( www.boskamp.nl)
Boskamp 5 - Assen
Programme: Laying of wreaths at the Armenian monument,
Commemorative Ceremony
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Recommending Committee: Prof B. Bichakjian - Prof. French language and
culture, University of Nijmegen, Drs. H. van Bommel - Dutch MP, Prof. Dr. W. J. van der Dussen -
Prof. Culture history and Philosophy at Open University Netherlands, L. C. van Dijke - Public affairs VolkerWessels;
ex-MP, Mrs. Drs. K.G. Ferrier - Dutch MP, Freek de Jonge - Dutch Comedian, Seth Gaaikema -
Dutch Comedian, Mrs. Drs. F. Karimi - Dutch MP, Dr. Th. M. van Lint - Calouste Gulbenkian Professor
of Armenian Studies, University of Oxford, Mr. A. Rouvoet - Dutch MP, Drs. Paul Scheffer - Particular
Professor of metropolitan problems, University of Amsterdam, publicist, Mr. C. van der Staaij - Dutch MP,
Drs. E. van Thijn - Dutch senator, former Mayor of Amsterdam, Prof. J. Weitenberg - Professor Armenology,
University of Leiden
An Armenian History
Dutch TV programme on 23 March 2006
What: Dutch TV programme “De Donderdag Documentaire”
The Story of My Name
An Armenian History
When: Thursday 23 March 2006, at 10:58 p.m.
Where: NL-TV Channel 1 (Nederland 1)
Programme: Alex Luijten (1955) is 19 years old when he gets to know his biological father, an Armenian living in
France. Luijten was raised in The Hague, but is now living on the isle of Terschelling, off the northern coast
of Holland, and still working `at the shore.' He is a multi-sided entrepreneur, but also the head of a primary
school in Kijkduin. At the age of 44, he decides to take on his father's family name - Alex Luijten becomes Alex
Peltekian - a new name with a foreign flavor. He then decides to find out the story behind it.
After his father's death, papers and deeds emerge in France revealing that the Peltekians used to be a wealthy
family in Turkey, at least until World War One, when Turkey proceeded to rid herself of her Armenian minority.
The survivors of Alex's branch of the family ended up in France.
Alex learns about the existence of Peltekians in Lebanon and gradually becomes more interested in the story behind
his name. In the film, the quest brings him via Beirut to the Turkish town of Dörtyol in the Hatay Province,
where his father was born in 1912. The Peltekian family had property everywhere.
Can his grandfather's orange plantation still be found? Does anyone still remember the Peltekians? And what happened
to the family's estate? Alex's journey leads to remarkable and, occasionally, tense encounters with the present
inhabitants of Dörtyol.
Scenario and directon: Dorothée Forma
Camera: Peter Lataster
Info: http://www.humanistischeomroep.nl
The Armenian Genocide
Debate and Lecture at Erasmus University Rotterdam
Studium Generale of Erasmus University Rotterdam organises a debate on the Armenian Genocide in historical and
international legal perspective on 16 March 2006 and a lecture on the Armenian identity in European perspective
on 22 March 2006.
I. Thursday 16 March 2006
Date: Thursday 16 March 2006
Time: 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
What: Debate: The Armenian Genocide
in historical and international legal perspective
Panel: Dr. Ton Zwaan (Centre for Genocide Studies and University of Amsterdam),
Harry van Bommel (MP - Socialist Party faction) and Prof. Dr. Fred Grünfeld(professor of Causes of Human Rights
Violations, University of Utrecht, and International and European Law, University of Maastricht).
Panel Chairman: Drs. Cock van Horzen (Faculty of the Art and Historical Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam).
Also will be present Timur Erogluer, active at the Utrecht College (namely
Middle East History)
Where: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Compound Woudestein, Room LB-107
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50 - Rotterdam
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Topic: Since a process was hanging above the head of the Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk for insulting Turkish
State, because he mentioned ‘the massacre of one million Armenians’, the Armenian question revived again. What
has exactly happened
in that period (1915-1916) during World War I, when the Ottoman Empire was seriously in decline?
Although many European countries, among them the
Netherlands, and the European Parliament have recognised this Genocide as such, the issue is almost taboo in Turkey.
Will this remain in this way, given the possible accession of Turkey to Europe? What is the purpose of recognition
for the perpetrator and victims of the Genocide, so many years later?
Art: At the start of the discussion evening Mrs. Stephanie Benzaquen (Jan
van Eyck Academy, Maastricht) will show digital images with historical
material on the Armenian and other genocides.
Admission: Free
Info: Department Studium Generale, Tel. +31104081144
http://www2.eur.nl/studium/frames/agenda_frame.html
II. Wednesday 22 March 2006
Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006
Time: 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
What: Lecture: The Armenian identity
in European perspective
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Jos Weitenberg (Armenologist, Literature Faculty Leiden)
Where: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Compound Woudestein, Room B-2
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50 - Rotterdam
Topic: Armenian culture has often developped parallel to the modern European cultural history. How was
the development of Armenia from the 17th century up to present?
In this lecture the emphasis will lie on the existance and the
formation of the Armenian identity as a result of the contact with Islam and with European cultural trends. The
topic will cover Armenia and European Enlightenment, Armenian nationalism, the Armenian Genocide and the position
of Armenians within the former Soviet Union.
Misc: Coctail after the lecture
Admission: Free
Info: Department Studium Generale, Tel. +31104081144
http://www2.eur.nl/studium/frames/agenda_frame.html
The Armenian Genocide
TV programme on 12 February 2006
Debate in Amsterdam on 14 February 2006
12 February 2006 at 8:40 pm
What: NPS-VPRO history TV programme dedicated to the Armenian Genocide
When: Sunday, 12 February 12 2006, at 8:40 - 9:20 pm
Where: NL-TV Channel 3
Programme: Recent pictures recorded in the Netherlands. Photos and testemonies of Genocide survivors
Info: http://geschiedenis.vpro.nl/programmas/2899536/afleveringen/26605365/
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14 February 2006 at 8 pm
What: Following the TV program a Discussion Evening about the Armenian Genocide is organized in De Rode
Hoed - Amsterdam
When: Tuesday, February 14, 2006, 8-10 pm
Where: De Rode Hoed
Keizersgracht 102, 1015 CV Amsterdam
Phone: 020- 6385606
Program: Lecture by T. Zwaan, interviews with third generation Armenian survivors, Turkish and Dutch researchers,
discussion about how nowedays historical facts are handled.
Presentation: Hans Goedkoop.
Info: http://www.rodehoed.nl/index.php?pagina=programma.php
Admission: 5 euro, you can order on line
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Commemoration programme in The Netherlands
organised by the April 24 Committee of the Armenian Federation (FAON)
Commemoration concert on
April 17 in the Pieterskerk in Leiden
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Pieterskerk, Leiden (http://www.pieterskerk.com) |
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Armenian classical music, performed by Armenian and Dutch professional
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15 euros per person (including exhibition) |
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Please call +31-70-4490209 and leave your name and phone number, or at april24committee@wanadoo.nl |
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| Child care: |
In case of sufficient interest child care will be arranged. Please sign up a.s.a.p.
at above phone number or e-mail to
april24committee@wanadoo.nl) |
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Exhibition in the Pieterskerk
| Date: |
From April 17 to April 21 2005 |
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| Place: |
Pieterskerk, Leiden |
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| Adress: |
Kloksteeg 16 - Leiden (for Map
look here) |
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| Time: |
On April 18 and April 21: from 1:30pm to 5pm |
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| Opening: |
April 17 2005, 12:30pm |
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| Content: |
Photo's of the Armenian genocide and revival of the Armenian culture from the Centre
for Information and Documentation Armenia in Berlin,
as well as published material on the Armenian genocide in The Netherlands. |
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Planting of 90 trees April 20
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On April 20, 90 trees will be planted in Veenhuizen nearby Assen, in commemoration of the victims
of the Armenian gencide that took place 90 years ago. |
| Time: |
At 2.30 pm. |
| Place: |
Go to Veenhuizen, and you will find it easily. |
Church service and Commemoration April 24
| Church service: |
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| Date: |
April 24 2005 |
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| Service: |
Armenian Church in Amsterdam |
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| Place: |
Kromboomsloot 22 - Amsterdam
(for maps look here:) |
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| Time: |
Begin 10:30 a.m. |
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| Commemoration: |
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| Place: |
Cemetery "De Boskamp", Assen |
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| Adress: |
Boskamp 5 - Assen (for Map look
here) |
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| Time: |
Begin 3 pm |
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| Programme: |
Laying of wreaths at the Armenian monument, gathering in the auditorium with speakers
and Armenian music |
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