Memorial complex commemorating Armenian Genocide victims opened in Almelo, Netherlands

YEREVAN, APRIL 25, ARMENPRESS. On the 99th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide a memorial complex was opened in the city Almelo in the Netherlands. The construction of the complex exclusive in its kind started in 2013. The memorial complex dedicated to the memory of 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide bears a symbolic meaning: reminding of the committed crime, never allow such a tragedy be repeated.

The complex built on the land belonging to the Armenian Apostolic Church has a special style typical of the Armenian church architecture: on 16 pillars. The 16 stone crosses of the memorial complex are engraved from tuff stone imported from Armenia.

The fact of the Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman government has been documented, recognized, and affirmed in the form of media and eyewitness reports, laws, resolutions, and statements by many states and international organizations. The complete catalogue of all documents categorizing the 1915 wholesale massacre of the Armenian population in Ottoman Empire as a premeditated and thoroughly executed act of genocide, is extensive. Uruguay was the first country to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide in 1965. The massacres of the Armenian people were officially condemned and recognized as genocide in accordance with the international law by France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Greece, Slovakia, Cyprus, Lebanon, Uruguay, Argentina, Venezuela, Chile, Canada, Vatican and Australia.