NAPLES DAILY NEWS PUBLISHED “LEST WE FROGET” ARTICLE BY MANUEL ESAYIAN, BONITA SPRINGS

21:59, 22 April, 2013

YEREVAN, APRIL 22, ARMENPRESS: Naples Daily News published “Lest we
froget” article by Manuel Esayian, Bonita Springs, reports Armenpress.

The article runs as follows:

“On April 24, 1915, the Ottoman Turkish government began the systematic
massacre and deportation of 1.5 million Armenians. My grandparents,
uncles and aunts were all lost during this tragic event.

Unfortunately, this history did not serve as a lesson, because it
was followed by the Jewish Holocaust during World War II and several
genocides over the past few years.

A number of countries, most notably France, have recognized this
massacre and deportations as the first genocide of the 20th century.

Several other countries, primarily the United States, have avoided
the use of the term genocide under pressure from the government of
Turkey which denies this tragedy as being nothing but a result of
conditions prevalent during World War I. Most Armenians place no blame
on the present government and people of Turkey. They only wish for a
true recognition of what happened at the time of the Ottoman Turks,
and not have a reconstruction of history.

Continued rejection and lack of condemnation of the genocide can
only lead to repeated events of this type. In the late 1930s, about
25 years after the Armenian Genocide, Adolf Hitler, in a speech many
feel heralded the coming Holocaust, stated: “Who now remembers the
Turkish massacre of the Armenians?”

By 2015, a memorial museum commemorating the 100th anniversary of
the Armenian Genocide, will be established in Washington, D.C. Our
hope is that this edifice will be a constant reminder of the Armenian
Genocide, and that the world will never again see a repeat of this
tragedy to any other nation’s people.”

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress