“The desecration of any memorial is incredibly unacceptable, moreover the kind of memorials that are related to the minorities living in town,” acknowledged the mayor of town.
Polish born Mordechai Fox, an 89-yr-frail Holocaust survivor, wears a yellow Valuable individual of David on his jacket during a ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day
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The “To Are living and Not Forget” Holocaust memorial in the Armenian city of Yerevan turned into desecrated with paint sprayed everywhere in the Hebrew writings.
The memorial turned into built to honor both the Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide victims and includes two main pillars, with “To Are living and Not Forget: To the Memory of the Victims of the Genocides of the Armenian and Jewish Peoples” written in Armenian on the sincere pillar and Hebrew on the left pillar.
Yerevan Mayor Hayk Marutyan’s spokesperson Hakob Karapetyan strongly condemned the desecration, noting that such incidents ought to be ruled out in Yerevan “the build representatives of diverse nations are living facet by facet as Yerevantsis.”
“The desecration of any memorial is incredibly unacceptable, moreover the kind of memorials that are related to the minorities living in town. I think this enviornment ought to be solved thru cooperation with the legislation enforcement businesses,” Karapetyan acknowledged when requested about actions for ruling out identical incidents in the long bustle, given the true fact that right here is already the 2nd time this divulge memorial is focused by vandals in the last few months, the Armenian Press internet dwelling reported.
Vice Speaker of Parliament Alen Simonyan from the ruling My Step bloc strongly condemned the desecration of the Holocaust and Armenian Genocide memorial in central Yerevan, the Armenian Press internet dwelling moreover reported.
“We strongly condemn the desecration of the memorial of the Genocides of the Jewish and Armenian Peoples located in the Yerevan Round Park,” Simonyan acknowledged in a press originate.
“This manifestation of vandalism is nothing else nonetheless a crime against smartly-liked values, and it ought to be smartly investigated, and folks that committed this crime ought to be held to narrative in dispute to rule out and forestall the repetition of such incidents in the long bustle,” Simonyan acknowledged.
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The World Jewish Congress reacted to the desecration on Twitter, calling it “vile antisemitic graffiti.”
It’s sprint to be conscious that the #Holocaust memorial in Yerevan, Armenia turned into vandalized with vile antisemitic graffiti. The vandalism turned into condemned by town mayor. pic.twitter.com/NoYmNwesBI
— WJC (@WorldJewishCong) February 12, 2021
Among totally different folks that posted photos on Twitter of the vandalized memorial, Rabbi Zamir Isayev shared his consternation.
What a disgrace!
A monument to the victims of the Holocaust turned into as soon as again desecrated in Yerevan. Moreover, the vandals painted over precisely that fragment of the monument, which turned into dedicated to the victims of the Holocaust.#StopArmenianVandalism#stopArmenianNazism pic.twitter.com/uY0n2MxSzM— Rabbi Zamir Isayev (@ZamirIsayev1) February 12, 2021
Yerevan Police acknowledged an investigation turned into launched to name the vandals.
