100 meter long Armenian tricolor flag was waved in front of Bundestag

14:15, 4 April, 2015

YEREVAN, 4 APRIL, ARMENPRESS. On April 3, a 100 meter long Armenian tricolor flag symbolizing the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide was waved in front of the Bundestag (National Assembly) of Germany in Berlin. As the event organizer, “Tigran Mets” Charitable Foundation reports to “Armenpress”, near the building, President of the Foundation, participant of the Artsakh liberation struggle, photojournalist Srapion Gevorgyan was joined by active members of the German-Armenian community, after which a flashmob was held at the coast of Shpre River. The Armenians of Germany waved the 100 meter Tricolor Flag symbolizing the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in front of the Bundestag and respected the memory of the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide with 100 seconds of silence.

 The participants of the action also waved the tricolor flags at the place where Soghomon Tehleryan had shot Minister of Internal Affairs of the Young Turks and main organizer of the Armenian Genocide, Talaat Pasha as part of Operation Nemsis on March 15, 1921.

 After being waved in different parts of Armenia and Artsakh and in the Armenian Diaspora, the 100-meter Tricolor made by members of “Tigran Mets” Charitable Foundation will be placed on top of Mount Ararat in April. 


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