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Remembering crimes against humanity

Last night's special screening of the film "Forty Days of Musa Dagh," in Newcomb Theater set a pensive tone at the first annual Virginia Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide.

Earlier this year, the Virginia General Assembly officially proclaimed April 24th as the Day of Remembrance for the genocide that occurred in 1915 at the hands of the Turkish government.

Turks and Armenians lived in relative peace for centuries until the Ottoman Empire began to collapse. A coup d'teat was initiated against the sultans of the empire, and the nationalistic dictators decided to eradicate all Armenians to promote what they perceived as the national purity of Turkey.

Over 500,000 Armenians were killed between 1908 and 1915.

The film, based on a novel by German missionary Franz Werfel, attests to the atrocities committed against the Armenians by the Turkish government.

A question and answer session followed the film.

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    The event was structured differently from previous years, and the discussions were truncated for the purpose of showing the film, Hovanesian said.

    He said that it is a good step that Virginia has taken in finally recognizing the genocide and the Day of Remembrance.

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