Dutch Professor delivers detailed report on Armenian Genocide in Amsterdam
Amsterdam University professor Anthony Holslag, the author of “On the stones of Ararat”, has recently delivered a detailed report on “Comparative analysis of the genocide carried out towards the Armenians during the WWI period” at the University.
He presented a detailed analysis of the social side of the Armenian Genocide issue and the impact the mass violations have on the Armenian communities of the Netherlands and Britain by now.
According to the Armenian Foreign Ministry, in his report the scholar referred to the phenomenon of the genocide as a challenge to the humanity and condemned other comments. Genocide is an intention of annihilating a person, he described.
A. Holslag said he studied the genocide issue not as a political crisis, but as a dynamic, symbolic act, which allows to observe the consequences of the terrible phenomenon from social and public viewpoints.
University professors and students, representatives of the Armenian community were present.
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