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    PEACE of ART, INC.
    Peace of Art, Inc.,
    Fort Point P.O. Box 52416 Boston, MA 02205
    PEACE of ART is dedicated to the peace keepers and peace achievers around the world, and those who had the courage to place themselves on the line for the betterment of humanity.


    Contact: Rosario Teixeira
    Phone: 617-578-0278
    [email protected]

    PRESS RELEASE


    Pomegranate
    By Rosario Teixeira

    Watertown, MA - In 1996 Peace of Art creator and founder, the artist
    Daniel Varoujan Hejinian, began to display the Armenian Genocide
    commemorative billboards in Watertown, MA. Each year the billboard
    message has consistently called for the recognition of the Armenian
    Genocide. Since 2004, Peace of Art, Inc., has sponsored the Armenian
    Genocide billboards.

    During the month of April 2008, the billboards will be displayed on
    School Street and on Mount Auburn Street in Watertown, MA. At the
    center of the word genocide there is the image of a ripe pomegranate
    cut in half. The pomegranate represents Armenia and it is the symbol
    of life and fertility. On April 24, 1915, when Armenian culture was
    going through a resurgence, the lives of 1.5 million Armenians, poets
    and intellectuals were cut short in the events which were marked as
    the Armenian Genocide.


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      PRESS RELEASE
      Clark University
      Angela M. Bazydlo
      Associate Director of Media Relations
      University Communications
      ph: 508-793-7635
      cell: 508-365-8736
      Clark University, founded in 1887, offers 30+ majors, 19 master's degrees, and nine Ph.D. programs to help you become a force for change.




      April 3, 2008

      Preeminent expert on the Armenian Genocide to lecture at Clark University

      WORCESTER, MA-Clark University's Strassler Family Center for Holocaust
      and Genocide Studies will present "Must We Still Remember? The
      Armenian Genocide as Prototype," a lecture by Richard Hovannisian,
      Professor Emeritus of Armenian and Near Eastern History, University of
      California, Los Angeles, at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22, in Tilton
      Hall, 2nd floor of the Higgins University Center, 950 Main Street,
      Worcester.

      This free, public lecture will be followed by a reception.

      The Armenian Genocide of 1915 was the most calamitous event in the
      long and turbulent history of the Armenian people. In many ways it
      also became the prototype of modern cases of forced population
      transfer and mass murder. Professor Hovannisian will analyze the
      murderous violence against the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in
      relation to subsequent genocides in the 20th and now in the 21st
      centuries.
      A member of the UCLA faculty since 1962, Professor Hovannisian
      has organized the undergraduate and graduate programs in Armenian and
      Caucasian history and served as the associate director of the G.E. von
      Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies from 1978 to 1995. He was
      the first to hold the post of Armenian Education Foundation Endowed
      Chair in Armenian History at UCLA.
      Professor Hovannisian received his bachelor's and master's degrees
      from the University of California, Berkley. He received his
      Ph.D. from UCLA. He is the author of "Armenia on the Road to
      Independence"; "The Republic of Armenia," Volumes I-IV; and "The
      Armenian Holocaust"; and has edited and contributed to many scholarly
      journals dedicated to Armenian history, politics and genocide. He
      serves on the board of directors of nine scholarly and civic
      organizations and has made numerous television and radio appearances.
      Professor Hovannisian will serve as the Robert Aram and Marianne
      Kaloosdian and Stephen and Marian Mugar Distinguished Visiting Scholar
      at Clark the week of April 14. He will deliver lectures in classes,
      as well as meet with doctoral students and faculty.
      The mission of the Strassler Family Center for Holocaust and
      Genocide Studies is to educate undergraduate and graduate students
      about genocide and the Holocaust; to host a lecture series, free of
      charge and open to the public; to use scholarship to address current
      problems stemming from the murderous past; and to participate in the
      public discussion about a host of issues ranging from the significance
      of state-sponsored denial of the Armenian genocide and well-funded
      denial of the Holocaust to intervention in and prevention of genocidal
      situations today.
      Clark University is a private, co-educational liberal-arts research
      university with 2,200 undergraduate and 800 graduate students. Since
      it's founding in 1887 as the first all-graduate school in the United
      States, Clark has challenged convention with innovative programs such
      as the International Studies Stream, the University Park Partnership,
      and the accelerated BA/MA programs with the fifth year tuition-free
      for eligible students. The University is featured in Loren Pope's
      book, "Colleges That Change Lives."
      -www.clarku.edu-


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        RESIDENTS PROTEST ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
        By Juliet Werner

        Queens Tribune

        April 3 2008
        NY

        The New York Armenian Home in Flushing feels more like a community
        center than a nursing home. Residents trade memories of Armenia,
        or "our country," during meals. In the evening, the men and women,
        many in their 90s, dance in the traditional Armenian style; arguments
        over the correct steps frequently overpower the music.

        "It's called an adult care facility," case manager Karine Barsoumian
        said. "But it's a kindergarten."

        Barsoumian spends many hours a week with the home's 79 residents,
        all members of what the home's Web site calls, the "global Armenian
        community."

        "It's not Armenian Home, it's International Home," she said.

        Residents speak Armenian, Arabic, Russian and Bulgarian. Turkish is
        occasionally heard as well, but not without opposition.

        "They'll say, 'don't use that language,'" Barsoumian explained.

        Several of the residents are survivors of the Armenian Genocide carried
        out by the "Young Turk" government of the Ottoman Empire from 1915-1923
        that killed 1.5 million.

        Onorik Eminian, 95, witnessed the death of her parents and siblings.

        The Red Cross picked her up and escorted her to an orphanage. She later
        made her way to Greece, and, finally, to the United States in 1930.

        In anticipation of the 93rd Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide
        scheduled for April 27 in Times Square, several residents of the
        Armenian Home shared their stories of survival with the press on
        Sunday. Eminian became anxious as soon as she saw a group had gathered.

        "Are there Turks among you?" she wanted to know.

        Eminian's paranoia has only heightened as a result of an October 2007
        trip to Washington D.C. where she was harassed by a group of Turkish
        protestors. The Armenian National Committee had invited Eminian, along
        with other survivors, to the capital for the House of Representatives'
        Oct. 10 vote on House Resolution 106.

        The resolution, which called upon the President to "ensure that the
        foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding
        and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic
        cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States record relating
        to the Armenian Genocide and for other purposes," was approved by
        the Foreign Affairs Committee by 27 to 21 despite President Bush's
        warning that it would strain America's relationship with Turkey,
        an ally in the War in Iraq. Democratic support exists in the Senate,
        but the resolution has lost momentum.

        "It's time has passed," Dr. Denis Papazian, Director of the Armenian
        Research Center at the University of Michigan - Dearborn, said. "We
        are in the election cycle where this issue will be placed on the back
        burner. The Turkish government made a big fuss about the resolution,
        and the administration caved in. The spin doctors tried to make the
        resolution seem anti-patriotic, and succeeded to some extent. There
        is no use fighting a losing battle at this point. Better to declare
        victory for its passage through the Foreign Relations Committee than
        to take it back on the floor during this administration and having
        the Armenians look unpatriotic."

        Eminian, once she agreed to tell her story, revealed an intense
        patriotism.

        "Don't forget the American navy is the best in the world," she said.

        "I'm not lying what they did to me."

        Perouz Kalousdian, 98, also traveled to D.C. to support the resolution,
        but quickly slips back into apathy.

        "They can feel sorry, that's all. What can they do,"

        Kalousdian said. "We're in America. We're saved. But I never forget."

        According to Papazian, forgetting exonerates the genocide's
        perpetrators.

        "The last stage of genocide is denial," Papazian said. "You counter
        opponents of Armenian genocide recognition by presenting the truth,
        evidence, reason and perseverance. It is a fight of memory against
        forgetting."

        The fight isn't over and the resolution has a better chance if the
        next administration is Democratic - both Hillary Clinton and Barack
        Obama favor it. But Jenny Akopyan, the Armenian Home assistant director
        who accompanied the survivors to Washington, isn't holding her breath.

        "If they ask us to bring residents [again] we will do our best,"
        Akopyan said. "But time passes by and they're not getting younger."

        The April 27 event in Times Square is free and open to the public.

        For more information call Linda Millman Guller at (203) 454-9800.
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          PROTEST ACTION TO BE HELD IN FRONT OF TURKISH CONSULATE BY ARMENIAN COMMUNITY OF CHICAGO ON APRIL 24

          Noyan Tapan
          April 3

          On April 24, 26 and 27 a Genocide Commemoration event will be held
          in Chicago by the Armenian National Committee of Illinois. On April
          24 a demonstration will be held in front of the Turkish Consulate
          in Chicago. On April 26 a commemorative program will be held with
          guest speakers Congressman Daniel Lipinski, State Representative
          John A. Fritchey and Henry D. Astarjian. The program will be held at
          Shahnasarian Hall in Glenview. And on April 27 a requiem service will
          be conducted in the Armenian Apostolic Church of Glenview.


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            PRESS RELEASE
            National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)
            395 Concord Avenue
            Belmont, MA 02478
            Phone: 617-489-1610
            Fax: 617-484-1759
            E-mail: [email protected]
            The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research NAASR advances Armenian Studies, operates a leading bookstore on Armenian topics, provides grants and research support to scholars, holds public lectures on contemporary and historical topics, and conserves the 30,000-volume rare book NAASR Mardigian Library


            Dr. Verjine svazlian to speak on genocide survivor testimonies IN GLENDALE


            Dr. Prof. Verjine Svazlian, Leading Researcher, Museum-Institute of the
            Armenian Genocide and Institute of Archaeology & Ethnography of the
            National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Armenia, will speak at the
            Armenak Der Petrossian Hall of St. Mary's Armenian Apostolic Church, 500
            S. Central Ave., Glendale, CA, on Tuesday, April 8, at 7:30 p.m. The
            lecture will be co-sponsored by the Ararat-Eskijian Museum and the
            National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) and will
            be held under the auspices of the Western Prelacy of the Armenian
            Apostolic Church of America, His Eminence Archbishop Moushegh
            Mardirossian, Prelate.

            Since the 1950s, Svazlian has dedicated herself to collecting and
            recording and thereby saving from total loss the popular oral tradition
            communicated, in different dialects, by the Armenians forcibly exiled
            >From Western Armenia, Cilicia, and Anatolia, as well as the testimonies,
            memoirs, and songs of historical character narrated by the eyewitness
            survivors of the Armenian Genocide.

            She has presented her research in many conferences around the world and
            in many articles and books, including Hayots tseghaspanutyun: Akanates
            veraproghneri vkayutyunner (The Armenian Genocide: Testimonies of the
            Eyewitness Survivors), Kilikia: Arevmtahayots banavor avandutyune
            (Cilicia: The Oral Tradition of the Western Armenians), and Bolsahayots
            banahyusutyune (The Oral Tradition of the Armenians of Constantinople).

            Dr. Prof. Svazlian has been honored with the Fridtjof Nansen Memorial
            Medal by the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of the
            Republic of Armenia in 2003, the Memorial Medal "for meritorious
            services in the field of Genocide Studies" by the Government of the
            Republic of Armenia on the occasion of the 90th Anniversary of the
            Armenian Genocide in 2005, and the Presidential Prize and Gold Memorial
            Medal of the Republic of Armenia "for the valuable contribution in the
            recognition of the Armenian Genocide" in 2006, among many other
            distinctions.

            More information on Dr. Prof. Svazlian's talk may be had by
            calling 617-489-1610, faxing 617-484-1759, e-mailing at [email protected], or
            by writing to NAASR, 395 Concord Ave., Belmont, MA 02478; or by
            contacting the Ararat-Eskijian Museum at 818-838-4862 or
            [email protected].
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              ARMENIANS of COLORADO
              P.O. Box 13854
              Denver, Colorado 80201
              Website: www.armeniansofcolorado.org

              PRESS RELEASE
              Contact: Kim Christianian
              Telephone: (303) 588-5524
              E-mail: [email protected]

              Denver, Colorado
              Wednesday April 2, 2008


              Armenians of Colorado Inc, and Facing History And Ourselves,
              together with the Political Science and History Departments at the
              University of Denver will sponsor a talk with Harvard Professor David
              L. Nersessian, JD, PhD entitled The Power of a Word - Recognition of
              the Armenian Genocide as a Path to Reconciliation. The lecture will be
              held at University of Denver`s Lindsay Auditorium in Sturm Hall 2000
              E. Asbury Avenue, Denver on Saturday April 19, 2008 1:30PM. A Q&A will
              follow the talk as will a coffee reception. Books and DVD's on the
              Armenian Genocide will be available for purchase.

              Dr. Nersessian is the Executive Director of the Harvard Law School
              Program on the Legal Profession and Center on Lawyers and the
              Professional Services Industry. He earned his D Phil (PhD) in Law
              from Oxford University (St. Catherine's College), where his research
              concentrated on public international law, international criminal law,
              and genocide. He earned his JD magna cum laude from Boston University
              School of Law in 1995.
              The lecture, hosted by Armenians of Colorado, Inc., will be part of
              the Armenian
              Genocide awareness and remembrance events in Colorado that will
              include a
              commemoration program on Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 1:30PM at the
              State Capitol's
              Armenian Genocide Memorial Plaque located in the NE quadrant of the
              State Capitol grounds, Colfax and Grant.

              The Armenian Genocide was carried out by the Ottoman Turks during
              and after WWI. It resulted in the complete extermination of modern
              Turkey's indigenous Armenian population (1.5 million), and in the
              annihilation of Armenian cultural artifacts dating back thousands of
              years. The Turkish government to this day denies that the Armenian
              Genocide ever happened despite scholars', historians', and most
              western governments' published reports and archives affirming the
              facts.

              For additional information please contact Kim Christianian
              303-588-5524. Armenians of Colorado, Inc. (AOC) was established in
              June 1982. It is a 501(c) (3) non-profit, cultural organization
              charged with a purpose to create a cohesive Armenian community and to
              further the understanding of Armenian history, culture, and
              heritage. AOC actively supports issues and concerns of the
              Armenian-American community here in Colorado as well as those
              identified within the Armenian Diaspora throughout the world. For more
              information about Armenians of Colorado go to
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                More info on the play.

                Chalfant to Star in Red Dog Howls, Drama of Armenian Genocide, May 14 in CA

                By Adam Hetrick
                28 Mar 2008

                Tony nominee Kathleen Chalfant will star in the world premiere of Red Dog Howls — a drama about family secrets relating to the early 20th-century Armenian genocide — at North Hollywood's El Portal Theatre in May.

                The cast also includes Matthew Rauch (Prelude to a Kiss, Edward the Second) and Darcie Siciliano (Don't Hug Me, First in Flight). Red Dog Howls begins performances May 14 and will continue through June 13. Opening is May 19.

                Penned by Drama Desk nominee Alexander Dinelaris (Zanna Don't!), Red Dog Howls "deals frankly with the terrible legacy of the Armenian genocide, and brings to light the human toll of one of the darkest chapters of world history… It tells the story of Michael Kiriakos, a young man who is forced to confront his family's most terrible secret, in order for him to move forward with his own life."

                Rauch will play Kiriakos, with Siciliano as his wife, and Chalfant as his secret-revealing grandmother, Rose.

                Michael Peretzian directs the drama with a design team including Tom Buderwitz (set design), Bobby Pearce (costume design), Michael Gilliam (lighting design) and original music composed and performed by Ara Dabandjian.

                Kathleen Chalfant – who currently stars in New York City productions of Dead Man's Cell Phone and Vita & Virginia – earned a Tony nomination for her work in Tony Kushner's Angels in America: Millennium Approaches. Chalfant's credits include her Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Obie, Drama League, Lucille Lortel and Los Angeles Ovation Award-winning performance in Wit. Her additional credits include I>Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell, M. Butterfly, Racing Demon, The Vagina Monologues, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You, Henry V, and Nine Armenians.

                Tickets, priced $42-$65, are available by phoning (818) 508-4200, or by visiting www.elportaltheatre.com.

                The El Portal Theatre is at 5269 North Lankershim Blvd. in North Hollywood.

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                  [The following is an automatic translation using SYSTRAN.
                  Though the text below does not mention it, Robert Guediguian, the film director, is the "honorary president" of the event. Also, other known artists are supposed to participate. Siamanto].


                  International Amnesia
                  4th edition
                  March 22, 2008 with the dock of the suds


                  The meeting
                  At 6 p.m. the meeting on this topic in the presence of Bernard-Henri Levy will begin.
                  Other speakers will express themselves with the same platform.


                  The concert of support
                  From 9 p.m., several committed artists will follow one another on the plate.
                  Bratsch and Keren Ann are announced right now.

                  Bratsch is a group of French music of influence at the same time jazz and gypsy. It was founded in 1972 per daN Gharibian and Bruno Girard and borrows his name from a Rumanian instrument. With the passing of years, the group cotoyé many artists: for example, in 2000, it takes part in the title “the circus of people who cry” of the group Weepers Circus. Their last album “Full with the world”, left in 2007, is done with many guests among whom one can quote Khaled, Debout at counter, Lhasa, Charles Aznavour, Tété, Nourith, Juliette, the Street Kétanou… In the same way, the concert celebrating their 25 years, with the Cicada on May 31, 2007 is a true festival with him only, from the number of guests coming to share their music.

                  Keren Ann Zeidel was born in Israel; it is a musician and singer of French and English expression. Its songs approach a style folk. Its career solo begins in 2000, with its first album the Biography of Luka Philipsen, written in collaboration with Benjamin Biolay. The two accomplices write the same year an album for Henri Salvador, Chambre with sight, which gained two Victories of the music in 2001 and bore their names to the knowledge of the general public. Keren Ann occurs on scene, where it ensures the first parts of various singers, of which Matthieu Chedid, an assumed influence. In 2006, it records already are fifth album entirely sung in English, of a sonority slightly more rock'n'roll that the precedents. The album, as of its exit is a rather good success since it is sold with 35.000 specimens very quickly.



                  The Village of the Memory
                  This year still, of the stands of information and mobilization join the cause of International Amnesia; one will be able to thus find representatives of the communities xxxish, Rwandan, Kampuchean and Armenian but also of fight associations against all the forms of racism such as the MRAP (Movement Against Racism and for the Friendship between the People) as well as the LICRA (International League Against Racism and the Anti-semitism). Associations of sensitizing on the genocides will be also present like the Passeurs movement of Memories.

                  As of 4 p.m. and until late in the evening, the whole of the stands will present their activities and will communicate on their actions relating to the combat of International Amnesia


                  The implication citizen
                  This year, more than ever, International Amnésie the spokesperson of the mobilization citizen wants to be. Beyond the personalities which will come to be expressed, at the time of the debate or on scene, they is truly the French, any confused origin, at which it Armenian Youth of France will leave the word this day. A room will be dedicated to moments of free expression, in all its forms. The fourth edition of this event will be the edition of the citizens who want to fight the negationnism, to respect the duty to remember, and to link themselves to give at this time the departure of the fight citizen.

                  [The original French text]
                  Amnésie internationale
                  4 ème édition

                  22 mars 2008 au dock des suds

                  Le meeting
                  A 18 heures débutera le meeting sur ce thème en présence de Bernard-Henri Lévy.
                  D’autres intervenants s’exprimeront à la même tribune.


                  Le concert de soutien
                  A partir de 21 heures, plusieurs artistes engagés se succèderont sur le plateau.
                  Bratsch et Keren Ann sont d’ores et déjà annoncés.

                  Bratsch est un groupe de musique français d'influence à la fois jazz et tzigane. Il a été fondé en 1972 par Dan Gharibian et Bruno Girard et emprunte son nom à un instrument roumain. Au fil des années, le groupe a cotoyé de nombreux artistes: par exemple, en 2000, il participe au titre "Le cirque des gens qui pleurent" du groupe Weepers Circus. Leur dernier album "Plein du monde", sorti en 2007, se fait avec de nombreux invités parmi lesquels on peut citer Khaled, Debout sur le zinc, Lhasa, Charles Aznavour, Tété, Nourith, Juliette, La Rue Kétanou... De même, le concert fêtant leurs 25 ans, à la Cigale le 31 mai 2007 est un véritable festival à lui seul, de par le nombre d'invités venant partager leur musique.

                  Keren Ann Zeidel est née en Israël ; elle est une musicienne et chanteuse d'expression française et anglaise. Ses chansons se rapprochent d'un style folk. Sa carrière solo débute en 2000, avec son premier album La Biographie de Luka Philipsen, écrit en collaboration avec Benjamin Biolay. Les deux complices écrivent la même année un album pour Henri Salvador, Chambre avec vue, qui remporta deux Victoires de la musique en 2001 et porta leur noms à la connaissance du grand public. Keren Ann se produit sur scène, où elle assure les premières parties de différents chanteurs, dont Matthieu Chedid, une influence assumée. En 2006, elle enregistre déjà sont cinquième album entièrement chanté en anglais, d'une sonorité légèrement plus rock que les précédents. L'album, dès sa sortie connaît un assez bon succès puisqu'il se vend à 35 000 exemplaires très rapidement.


                  Le Village de La Mémoire
                  Cette année encore, des stands d’information et de mobilisation rejoignent la cause d’Amnésie Internationale ; on pourra ainsi retrouver des représentants des communautés juive, rwandaise, cambodgienne et arménienne mais également des associations de lutte contre toutes les formes de racisme telles que le MRAP (Mouvement Contre le Racisme et pour l’Amitié entre les Peuples) ainsi que la LICRA (Ligue Internationale Contre le Racisme et l’Antisémitisme). Des associations de sensibilisation sur les génocides seront également présentes comme le mouvement Passeurs de Mémoires.

                  Dès 16 heures et jusqu’à tard dans la soirée, l’ensemble des stands présenteront leurs activités et communiqueront sur leurs actions relatives au combat d’Amnésie Internationale


                  L’implication citoyenne
                  Cette année, plus que jamais, Amnésie Internationale se veut le porte-parole de la mobilisation citoyenne. Au-delà des personnalités qui viendront s’exprimer, lors du débat ou sur scène, c’est véritablement les Français, toute origine confondue, à qui la Jeunesse Arménienne de France laissera la parole ce jour-là. Une salle sera dédiée à des moments de libre expression, sous toutes ses formes. La quatrième édition de cet événement sera l’édition des citoyens qui veulent combattre le négationnisme, respecter le devoir de Mémoire, et s’unir pour donner à ce moment le départ de la lutte citoyenne.

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                    Re: In Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide - 2008

                    ARMENIAN GENOCIDE PROGRAM AT BCC

                    Holmdel Independent

                    April 9 2008
                    NJ

                    Brookdale Community College's Center for Holocaust Studies will present
                    a performance of the musical "The Georgetown Boys" on Saturday, May 3,
                    at the Long Branch Middle School.

                    The musical tells the true story of about 109 young boys who, after
                    being orphaned during the Armenian Genocide, were brought to Canada
                    to be trained as farmers in Georgetown, a suburb of Toronto.

                    Written and directed by Dr. Herand Markarian, the musical features
                    the Hamazkayin Youth Theater Group of New Jersey. Through music and
                    drama, it captures the experiences of the boys as they adapt to a
                    new country thousands of miles from their ancestral homeland. Most
                    of the performers are descendants ofArmenian Genocide survivors.

                    This theatrical presentation is sponsored by the Center for Holocaust
                    Studies as this year's Annual Armenian Genocide Remembrance Program.

                    The center established the annual program in 1988. Each year since
                    its inception, the center has sponsored programs including lectures
                    by prominent genocide scholars.

                    The performance will be held at 8 p.m. at the Long BranchMiddle
                    SchoolAuditorium, 350 Indiana Ave. (corner of Indiana and Bath
                    Avenues). Ticket prices are $20, $25 after April 20, $12 for students
                    and Center for Holocaust Studies members. For tickets call (732)
                    842-8028 or visit www.holocaustbcc.org.

                    The Armenian Genocide was carried out duringWorldWar I between the
                    years 1915 and 1918 by the Turkish government. The Armenian people were
                    subjected to deportation, expropriation, abduction, torture, massacre
                    and starvation. After only a little more than a year of calm at the
                    end of World War I, the atrocities were renewed between 1920 and 1923,
                    and the remaining Armenians were subjected to further massacres and
                    expulsions. Over 1.5 million Armenians perished between 1915 and 1923.

                    Genocide is the organized killing of a people for the express purpose
                    of putting an end to their collective existence.
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