29.10.2022


A delegation, led by Klaus Pavel, the former governor of the Ostalbi district and head of Germany’s “Charity Kitchen” management committee, visited the Armenian Genocide memorial complex on October 29.

The guests were welcomed by Lusine Abrahamyan, AGMI Deputy Director for Museum Affairs, who described the history of the creation of the memorial. She also presented the history of the three khachkars placed in the Tsitsernakaberd area in memory of the Armenians who died in the massacres organised by the Azerbaijani government in the cities of Sumgait, Kirovabad (Gandzak), and Baku in the last century, stressing that those events were a continuation of the Armenian Genocide itself.

Mr. Klaus Pavel laid a wreath at the memorial to the victims of the Armenian Genocide, after which they placed flowers near the eternal fire and honoured the memory of innocent martyrs of the Armenian Genocide with a minute’s silence.

Lusine Abrahamyan accompanied the guests to the Memory Wall, the reverse of which holds relics of foreign public figures, politicians, and missionaries who raised their voices protesting the Armenian Genocide carried out by the Ottoman government. They heard, with great interest, about the pro-Armenian activities of Johannes Lepsius and Armin Wegner.

They also toured the Armenian Genocide Museum accompanied by museum senior guide Hasmik Martirosyan, where they became acquainted with its permanent and temporary exhibitions. The guests made notes in the Memory Book for Honorable Guests. At the end of their visit they went to the Memory Park where they planted a silver fir.

The “Charity Kitchen” management committee has been implementing charitable projects in Armenia for more than twenty years.