List of Armenian genocide memorials explained

A number of organizations, museums, and monuments are intended to serve as memorials to the Armenian genocide and its over 1 million victims.

Turkey has campaigned against the establishment of such memorials. In 1983, Israeli diplomat reported that he was told by a representative of the Turkish Foreign Ministry that "Turkey will not accept the establishment of an Armenian Memorial in Israel. Establishing such a monument would jeopardize the relations between the two countries and might push them to the point of no return."[1]

List

The following table shows the major memorials around the world dedicated to the memory of the Armenian genocide victims.

ImageMemorialCountryLocationDate
Huşartsan Memorial (Turkish: Taksim Ermeni Soykırımı Anıtı)TurkeyTaksim Square, Allied-occupied Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)1919–1922[2] [3]
Armenian Genocide MemorialMexico City1930
Memorial Chapel 1938
Armenian Genocide MemorialSão Paulo1965
Armenian Genocide MemorialKolkata, West Bengal1965
Memorial khachkarArmeniaEtchmiadzin Cathedral compound, Vagharshapat1965
Armenian Genocide MemorialUnited StatesWatertown, Massachusetts1965
Armenian Genocide MemorialLebanonBikfaya1965
Tsitsernakaberd (Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute)ArmeniaYerevan1967
Montebello Genocide MemorialUnited StatesMontebello, California1968
Marseille Genocide Memorial (avenue du Prado)FranceMarseilles1973[4]
Armenian Genocide MemorialIranSaint Sarkis Cathedral, Tehran1973
Armenian Genocide MemorialIranHoly Savior Cathedral, New Julfa, Isfahan1975
Armenian Martyrs MemorialUruguaySt. Nerses Shnorhali Church, Montevideo1975[5]
Armenian Martyrs' MonumentUSAWesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, Phoenix, Arizona1978[6]
Armenian Genocide memorialUnited StatesPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania1980s[7]
Armenian Genocide MemorialBuenos Aires1983
Armenian Genocide Memorial ComplexDer Zor1990-2014
Armenian Genocide MonumentNicosia1990
Armenian Genocide memorialSyriaCathedral of the Forty Martyrs, Aleppo28 May 1991
Armenian Genocide memorialBelgiumIxelles1995
Armenian Genocide Monument on Mt. DavidsonUnited StatesSan Francisco, California1997
Armenian Genocide Memorial Marcelin-Wilson Park, Montreal, Quebec1998
Armenian Martyrs MemorialUnited StatesProvidence, Rhode Island1999
Holy Resurrection Church
(site of mass grave in the Syrian desert discovered in the early 90s)[8]
SyriaMargadeh village1999
Mother Arising Out of the Ashes, memorial statueArmeniaTsitsernakaberd Memorial Park, Yerevan2002
Memorial to Père Komitas and victims of the Armenian Genocide France, Paris2003
Marseille Genocide Memorial (avenue du 24 avril 1915)FranceMarseille2006[9] [10]
Armenian Martyrs Memorial on the grounds of Saints Vartanantz Armenian Orthodox ChurchUnited StatesChelmsford, Massachusetts2005
Khachkar in Nelson-Mandela-ParkGermanyBremen2005
Lyon Armenian Genocide MemorialFranceLyon2006
Armenian Genocide MemorialCyprusLarnaca2008
Armenian Heritage ParkUnited StatesBoston, Massachusetts2012
Genocidemonumentthe NetherlandsAlmelo2014
Armenian Genocide Monument United StatesCalifornia State University, Fresno, Fresno, California2015
Khachkar memorial to the 1915 Armenian GenocideIrelandChrist Church Cathedral Dublin, Ireland2015[11]
Mechelen Armenian Genocide MemorialBelgiumMechelen2015
Memorial in memory of 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide committed by the Government of Ottoman Empire in 1915-1923 IsraelPetah Tikva2019
The Eternal FlameUnited KingdomEaling, London2023[12] [13]

Other

Other notable monuments, squares, and memorials of the Armenian genocide include:

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Ben Aharon . Eldad . Between Ankara and Jerusalem: the Armenian Genocide as a Zero-Sum Game in Israel's Foreign Policy (1980's–2010's) . Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies . 2018 . 20 . 5 . 459–476 . 10.1080/19448953.2018.1385932. 216142254 .
  2. http://www.todayszaman.com/newsDetail_getNewsById.action;jsessionid=13853DB347F74BFFD738FAE038BFBCC1?newsId=241830 April 24: Can we start over again?
  3. http://blog.radikal.com.tr/Sayfa/gezi-parkina-hrant-dink-parki-adini-verelim-1915te-katledilen-ermenilerin-anisina-yapilmis-aniti-yeniden-dikelim-24665 Gezi Parkı'na Hrant Dink Parkı adını verelim, 1915'te katledilen Ermenilerin anısına yapılmış anıtı yeniden dikelim
  4. Web site: Monument du Génocide. acam-france.org. fr.
  5. Web site: Memorial at Armenian Church of Montevideo, Uruguay. armenian-genocide.org.
  6. Web site: What is the significance of Armenian Genocide Memorial Day? . www.commemoration.info . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181004225946/http://www.commemoration.info/pages/entries/entries.php?post=n76 . 2018-10-04.
  7. Web site: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Armenian Genocide Memorial. www.armenian-genocide.org.
  8. News: Peter . Balakian . Bones . . 5 December 2008 . 26 April 2009.
  9. Web site: Mémorial du Génocide. acam-france.org. fr.
  10. Web site: Marseille : pose de la première pierre du Mémorial du génocide arménien. Comité de Défense de la Cause Arménienne. 22 April 2005. fr. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140312213232/http://www.cdca.asso.fr/s/detail.php?r=8&id=306. 12 March 2014.
  11. Web site: Armenian Memorial Dedicated at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin. Diocese of Dublin & Glendalough. 2019-09-03.
  12. Web site: Federation President attends unveiling of Memorial to Armenian Genocide - National Federation of Cypriots . . 29 September 2023.
  13. News: New Khachkar Unveiled in London . 29 September 2023 . . 28 September 2023.
  14. Web site: Հայոց ցեղասպանության հուշարձան' ԱՄՆ Արիզոնա նահանգում. https://web.archive.org/web/20120322080059/http://www.1in.am/arm/world_wusa_15094.html . dead . 22 March 2012.
  15. Web site: Square in Nimes, France renamed in honor of Armenian Genocide victims. armenpress.am.
  16. Web site: Armenian Genocide Square Inaugurated in Israel's Haifa. asbarez.com.