A Special Light Shines through Art
When artist Hakob Hovhannisyan returned to Armenia in 2008, after having lived and worked for years in St. Petersburg, he started looking for a place near his native Gumri to set up his studio. Among the many locations he surveyed was Gusanagyugh, a small village about 20 kilometers outside Gumri. Read Further...
When artist Hakob Hovhannisyan returned to Armenia in 2008, after having lived and worked for years in St. Petersburg, he started looking for a place near his native Gumri to set up his studio. Among the many locations he surveyed was Gusanagyugh, a small village about 20 kilometers outside Gumri. Read Further...
Interview: The Implosion of the Erdogan-Gülen Family Devastates Turkey
Armenians Celebrate to Help Artsakh Victims
The Challenge of Peace
Much has been made of the official Turkish reaction to statements made by Pope Francis during his visit to Armenia June 24-26. That hysterical response was as predictable as it was tasteless. One might take due note, but then move on.
The central thrust of the Pope’s visit was not his recognition of the genocide per se but his guidance on the course to follow to overcome the enduring adversary relationship between Armenians and Turkey, and beyond. His appeal to Armenia’s church and political leaders, as well as its people — especially the younger generation — was to mobilize those same spiritual and psychological resources which have made Armenian survival possible to intervene in the cause of peace and justice, not only there but throughout the world. Read Further...
Much has been made of the official Turkish reaction to statements made by Pope Francis during his visit to Armenia June 24-26. That hysterical response was as predictable as it was tasteless. One might take due note, but then move on.
The central thrust of the Pope’s visit was not his recognition of the genocide per se but his guidance on the course to follow to overcome the enduring adversary relationship between Armenians and Turkey, and beyond. His appeal to Armenia’s church and political leaders, as well as its people — especially the younger generation — was to mobilize those same spiritual and psychological resources which have made Armenian survival possible to intervene in the cause of peace and justice, not only there but throughout the world. Read Further...
Bundestag’s Genocide Recognition: A First Step
BERLIN — When the results of the vote were announced — all in favor, with only one nay and one abstention – the German Bundestag burst into applause. In the visitors’ gallery, rows of Armenians pulled out signs with the message “#Recognition Now says Thank you!” This was clearly a breach of parliamentary rules of conduct, but no one seemed to care. Then an Armenian flag was unfurled, another, more grave breach of conduct. Its bearer was discreetly escorted out of the hall. No matter.
Armenian women wept for joy. Read Further...
Genocide Is Genocide: Views from Berlin
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
BERLIN — The resolution on the Armenian Genocide, long awaited by the Armenian community especially in the diaspora, and long-feared by the Turkish establishment, is set to be put to a vote on June 2. As the Mirror-Spectator goes to press before that date, it is impossible to predict here how the proceedings will unfold and what they will yield. What is possible, however, is to present the content of the resolution, based on a draft proposal leaked to the press a few days before — a draft which as such is subject to changes in the course of the actual debate — and to sketch the parameters of the political debate it has unleashed. Read Further...
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
BERLIN — The resolution on the Armenian Genocide, long awaited by the Armenian community especially in the diaspora, and long-feared by the Turkish establishment, is set to be put to a vote on June 2. As the Mirror-Spectator goes to press before that date, it is impossible to predict here how the proceedings will unfold and what they will yield. What is possible, however, is to present the content of the resolution, based on a draft proposal leaked to the press a few days before — a draft which as such is subject to changes in the course of the actual debate — and to sketch the parameters of the political debate it has unleashed. Read Further...
Künstler fordern Anerkennung
des Völkermords an den Armeniern
Mehrere Kulturschaffende, darunter die Regisseure Fatih Akin und Christian Petzold, wenden sich in einem offenen Brief an die Kanzlerin. Weiterlesen...Sargsyan in Berlin: A Balancing Act
By Muriel Mirak-WeissbachBERLIN — The visit had been planned long in advance, but it could not have come at a more delicate moment. When Armenian President Serge Sargsyan (also written as Sargisian) came to Berlin on April 6 for a two-day visit, the conflict between Nagorno-Karabagh and Azerbaijan was raging and German-Turkish relations were still being shaped by concerns regarding the refugee crisis. Read Further...
Khachkar Dedicated in Berlin
By Muriel Mirak-WeissbachAmong the events in the German capital commemorating the 101st anniversary of the Armenian genocide was a special ceremony to dedicate a khachkar in memory of the victims.
On the invitation of the German-Armenian Society (DAG) and the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia, a large crowd gathered on April 23 at the St. Hedwig's Cathedral for the unveiling of the impressive large stone cross.
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Traces of Germany
in Armenian History and Culture
What do we know about the footprints left since the Middle Ages in Armenia, footprints made by German emperors, bishops, researchers, artists, farmers and mountain climbers? This is the question that Armenian historian Azat Ordukhanyan delved into during a discussion with German author Heide Rieck on March12 in the Bochum University. Reaf the article...
A Special Day in the German Bundestag
Berlin – Will the German Bundestag ever make up its mind about the genocide? This is the question raised last October when the news broke that the government coalition of Christian Democrats and Social Democrats (CDU-CSU/SPD) had agreed to put the issue on the back burner, for an undetermined period of time. The reason, clearly, was Berlin’s concerns not to endanger negotiations with Turkey regarding the refugee crisis that is destabilizing German politics and threatening the European Union with internal strife if not dissolution.
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An Artist’s Journey Along The Trail of Tears
BOCHUM, Germany — Thousands of Armenian descendants of Genocide survivors, especially from the United States, have had the opportunity to travel though eastern Anatolia, in the search for the villages and towns their ancestors lost, many of them guided on pilgrimages organized by the indefatigable Armen Aroyan. In Germany over the past year large numbers of people have been able to make a similar trip, albeit vicariously, through the unique medium of art. Starting in 2015 in commemoration of the centenary of the genocide, Lisa Stybor, a German artist and art professor, launched a series of exhibits of works she composed during a six-week trek through those same lands. After having presented the show in Bochum in the context of Armenian cultural events, on February 5 she concluded an exhibit in Chemnitz, a city in the former Communist East Germany.
Germans Celebrate Paruyr Sevak
Wielding the Weapon of Truth
As politicians in Berlin debate the relative merits and dangers of Germany’s possible active military engagement in the war theatre against so-called Islamic State (IS), a number of public figures have taken up a precious weapon to wage in this conflict. This is the weapon of truth. Instead of calculating the numbers of ground troops that might be required, and who might provide them – considerations made in cheerful amnesia regarding the catastrophes wrought by similar conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq – several journalists and political figures have preferred to expose the forces behind the IS menace, in hopes of paralyzing the continuing financial, logistical, military and ideological support that has made IS a formidable agency. Read Further...
2015 Frankfurt Book Fair: New Studies on Armenia
Among the hundreds of thousands of new titles exhibited at the Frankfurt book fair, the largest such fair in the world, are numerous studies on Armenia published this year, the centenary of the genocide. The Fachbuchjournal, a bi-monthly publication that reviews non-fiction works, issued its book fair edition with a special focus on this theme, referencing 20 works, twelve of them with extensive reviews. In an in-depth interview which opens the section, Wolfgang Gust, who published the relevant documents from the Foreign Ministry archives of Ottoman Turkey’s wartime ally Imperial Germany, comments on the status of genocide studies and the significance of centenary events. Read Furtner...
Among the hundreds of thousands of new titles exhibited at the Frankfurt book fair, the largest such fair in the world, are numerous studies on Armenia published this year, the centenary of the genocide. The Fachbuchjournal, a bi-monthly publication that reviews non-fiction works, issued its book fair edition with a special focus on this theme, referencing 20 works, twelve of them with extensive reviews. In an in-depth interview which opens the section, Wolfgang Gust, who published the relevant documents from the Foreign Ministry archives of Ottoman Turkey’s wartime ally Imperial Germany, comments on the status of genocide studies and the significance of centenary events. Read Furtner...
Students from Around the World Take Part in the 14th Annual GHRUP – August 3-14, 2015
im NS-Dokumentationszentrum
1 Oktober – „Beihilfe zum Völkermord. Deutschlands Rolle bei der Vernichtung der Armenier“
15 Oktober – „Germany and the Secret Genocide“
Of Summer Doldrums, Scoops and Spoofs
By Muriel Mirak-WeissbachAUGUST 13 – One hot day in late July I received emails from two friends — one is Armenian and the other Italian — both alerting me to a curious letter circulating widely on the Internet. It had to do with the protests against electricity price hikes in Armenia, and coverage hinted that these might signal the start of a “colored revolution” in the country, aimed at toppling the government. Dated July 9, and written on the official letterhead of the USAID (United States Agency for International Development), the letter was addressed to Mr. Arthur Sakunts, President of the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Vanadzor Office. Read Further...
German-Armenian Forum Launched in Berlin
BERLIN – MAY 28, 2015— Ten years ago the Bundestag (Parliament) passed a resolution on the Armenian issue, but that focused on facilitating an Armenian-Turkish dialogue. The recent events in Berlin marking the centenary of the genocide constituted a breakthrough in the same direction, as reported in the Mirror-Spectator.
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Beyond Recognition
By Muriel Mirak-WeissbachSpecial to the Mirror-Spectator, MAY 7, 2015 – In times of grave crisis, when it seems that the world has gone insane, when violence reigns, taking the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocents, and more often than not, the ideologically crazed perpetrators claim to be killing in the name of religion, then conventional political discourse seems to ring hollow. Crisis management at urgently convoked special summits yields well-meaning declarations and peace plans, but the bloody conflicts spread. In such critical junctures it may be that institutional actors from a loftier stance enter the stage and speak out, to assert a moral authority capable of emboldening political forces to think and act on a higher level.
This is what has occurred on the occasion of the centenary of the Armenian Genocide. True, Armenians worldwide felt a stone had been lifted from their hearts, as one after another leading figure and institution acknowledged it was a genocide. True, the same Armenians felt disappointed (if not betrayed) when the American president failed to do so. Although of undeniable historic value, such events are not self-contained. Read Further
ACF Releases Second Edition
of Armenian Orphan Rug Book
Historic Genocide Remembrance in Berlin
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
Special to the Mirror-Spectator – April 30, 2015
BERLIN — Much has been made of the fact that German leaders, both spiritual and political, broke the taboo and acknowledged the Armenian genocide by name. More importantly, in their April commemorations they used Germany’s moral authority to shape an approach that Turkey could embrace. Read Further
Germans Say It Was Genocide
BERLIN — … As Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert announced, the final text that party leaders had presented their parliamentarians for the Bundestag debate would say that a hundred years ago the Turkish regime in Ottoman Constantinople began the planned expulsion and mass murder of over one million Armenians. Their fate serves as an example of the history of mass murders, ethnic cleansing, expulsions and genocides which has marked the 20th century in such a horrible manner.” Read Further
‘If Winter Comes, Can Spring Be Far Behind?’
With these words Percy Bysshe Shelley concluded his “Ode to the West Wind,” and they serve as well to characterize the mood pervading the commemorations in Germany of the 100th anniversary of the Genocide. On the one hand, it is the grim facts of that murderous process that are being presented in a variety of forms; on the other, it is the triumph of life over death which is being celebrated. True, the Armenians were massacred, their lands, homes and possessions confiscated, the traces of their very presence erased in clumsy attempts to write them and their culture out of the history of what is current-day Turkey. But the experiment has failed. Armenians and Armenian culture are alive and well, and that is cause for celebration. Read Further
Pope Francis Issues Challenge to Turkey – and Germany
By Muriel Mirak-WeissbachBERLIN — The news from Rome hit Germany like a thunderbolt. As soon as the Armenian rite mass on April 12 had ended, news media flashed headlines across their websites and radio waves. The evening news programs opened with the announcement that Pope Francis had commemorated the victims of the Armenian genocide, and in those words. Pinar Atalay, the Turkish-German anchorwoman on national TV, spoke against a backdrop photo of Istanbul, a city, she said, where Armenians and Turks had lived together for centuries until the First World War. Read Further...
Papa Francesco sul genocidio armeno
- http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/papst-armenier-101.html
- http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/armenien-genozid-101.html
Gauck will an Genozid an Armeniern erinnern
Am 23. April wird mit Bundespräsident Gauck erstmals ein deutsches Staatsoberhaupt an einem Gedenkgottesdienst für die Opfer des Genozids an den Armeniern teilnehmen. In den Fraktionen von Union und SPD gibt es Unmut über die Streichung des Begriffs "Völkermord" aus einem Resolutionsentwurf.
http://www.heute.de/bundespraesident-gauck-will-an-genozid-an-armeniern-vor-100-jahren-erinnern-37876942.html
Der verdrängte Genozid
Warum Deutschland sich seiner Mitverantwortung am Völkermord an den Armeniern stellen muss
Germany and the Genocide
Witness, Accomplice or Perpetrator?
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach – Special to the Mirror-Spectator
BERLIN – MARCH 12, 2015 – While in Turkey institutions a good hundred years after the fact are still inventing ways to deny that their predecessors in the Ottoman Empire perpetrated a genocide against the Armenians, in Germany efforts are afoot to explore its role, as Turkey’s wartime ally, in the extermination campaign.
Among the numerous events organized throughout the country to commemorate the centenary was an international conference March 1-3, focusing on the role of the German empire.
Ehrung von Dogan Akhanli im Landtag von NRW
EPP Recognizes Armenian Genocide,
Calls on Turkey to Face History
BRUSSELS (A.W.)—On March 3, 2015, the European People’s Party (EPP) adopted a resolution recognizing and condemning the Armenian Genocide. According to the press service of the European Friends of Armenia, the resolution calls on Turkey to recognize and condemn the genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire as a basis for the complete normalization and Europeanization of its relationship along with its international commitments and European aspirations.
Calls on Turkey to Face History
BRUSSELS (A.W.)—On March 3, 2015, the European People’s Party (EPP) adopted a resolution recognizing and condemning the Armenian Genocide. According to the press service of the European Friends of Armenia, the resolution calls on Turkey to recognize and condemn the genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire as a basis for the complete normalization and Europeanization of its relationship along with its international commitments and European aspirations.
The Armenian Genocide Legacy, 100 Years On
6 and 7 March 2015
The Hague, The Netherlands
Armenian Cultural Autumn Concludes in Bochum:
‘Our Medium is Art, the Book, the Violin.. – What do Germans know about Armenians? The answer will vary from city to city and from one social layer to another. But surely overall it can be said, they do not know enough…Read the Article...
Teachers, Businessmen, Robots and Youth
United to Rebuild Armenian IT
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach, Special to the Mirror-Spectator
– groessenwahn-verlag.de
– onleihe.net
– blog.groessenwahn-verlag.de
– kurt-wolff-stiftung.de (Weiter zu Seite 30 oder "Mirak" suchen)
Buch bestellen...
A Fairy Tale — But True...
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
Special to the Mirror-Spectator
BERLIN — How can a film about the Genocide be good? How can one shape the representation of such a crime against humanity into a work of art? And how can one do that without reducing the magnitude of the horror or sacrificing historical veracity? The Turkish-German filmmaker Fatih Akin has succeeded with his work, “The Cut,” now playing in movie theatres across Germany.
Armenians Make a Strong Showing at Frankfurt Bookfair
FRANKFURT, Germany — Frankfurt plays host to the most important and the oldest book fair in the world. This year 7,400 exhibitors from more than 100 countries joined to present their most recent publications and other cultural products.
Much Ado About a Little Book
That little book by Dr. Hagop Martin Deranian continues to provoke debate, now even in Germany. The slim volume, President Calvin Coolidge and the Armenian Orphan Rug, released last fall by the Armenian Cultural Foundation, unleashed broad discussion in the US.
Offener Brief Kulturschaffender
in Deutschland zum Krieg in Gaza
http://www.gazaopenletter.de
Al Arab review of "Madmen at the Helm"
The London-based Arabic newspaper Al Arab published this review of the book, "Madmen at the Helm: Pathology and Politics in the Arab Spring."
http://alarab.co.uk/m/?id=22293
Buchbesprechung "Madmen at the Helm: Pathology and Politics in the Arab Spring" in der Zeitung Al Arab aus London:http://alarab.co.uk/m/?id=22293
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
Special to the Mirror-Spectator
GUMRI — Armenians in Gumri celebrated the 22nd anniversary of independence appropriately with music. On September 20, a day before the official festivities took place in Yerevan and other cities, leading national figures joined by international guests officiated over the open- ing of the brand new Octet music school, which had been destroyed in the 1988 earth- quake. Read Further...
German Government Sees
Erdogan Support for Islamist Militants
Rumors, reports and allegations pertaining to covert support for terrorists by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government have circulated since the first armed Syrian groups convened in Turkey, in the early stages of the Syrian crisis.
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Erdogan Support for Islamist Militants
Rumors, reports and allegations pertaining to covert support for terrorists by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government have circulated since the first armed Syrian groups convened in Turkey, in the early stages of the Syrian crisis.
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To Be a German
or a Turk,
That is the Question
Relations between Berlin and Ankara, already strained by the German Bundestag’s June 2 resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide, have ratcheted down since, reaching a new low point in the wake of the Turkish government’s responses to the failed coup attempt on July 15. Though sighs of relief could be heard throughout Germany when it was confirmed that a military coup had been defeated (albeit at the cost of many lives), new apprehensions arose with the blow by blow reports of mass arrests, not only of military actors who had commanded tanks and occupied buildings, but of legions of others whose alleged crime was association with the movement of Fethullah Gülen, the man promptly designated as the mastermind behind the coup.Read Further...
Artistic Journeys
through National Destinies
This is a most rare art exhibition. Not focused on one artist or even a school, it presents the works of distinct individuals joined through family ties, whose creative endeavors trace out a multifaceted cultural itinerary across vast geographical expanses through decades of turbulent political and social developments. The show that opened in Berlin on May 14, entitled “Four Life Paths: Two Artist Couples in the Armenian Tradition,” is indeed something very special. The works displayed are by four artists whose lives span a century, from before the First World War to the present.Read Further...
Am 2. Juni 2016 hat der Deutsche Bundestag eine Resolution verabschiedet, die die Vernichtung der 1,5 Millionen Armenier im Osmanischen Reich als Völkermord anerkennt.
Hier eine Erklärung von MdB Albert Weiler (CDU), Präsident des Deutsch-Armenischen Forums, und ein kurzes Interview von Muriel Mirak-Weißbach zum Thema in HR2 Info.
On June 2 2016, the German Bundestag (Parliament) passed a resolution recognizing the Annihilation of 1.5 Million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as genocide.
Bundestag Member Albert Weilter (CDU), who is also President of the German-Armenian Forum, released this statement. For a short commentary on the resolution, Radio HR2 Info interviewed Muriel Mirak-Weissbach.
Hier eine Erklärung von MdB Albert Weiler (CDU), Präsident des Deutsch-Armenischen Forums, und ein kurzes Interview von Muriel Mirak-Weißbach zum Thema in HR2 Info.
On June 2 2016, the German Bundestag (Parliament) passed a resolution recognizing the Annihilation of 1.5 Million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as genocide.
Bundestag Member Albert Weilter (CDU), who is also President of the German-Armenian Forum, released this statement. For a short commentary on the resolution, Radio HR2 Info interviewed Muriel Mirak-Weissbach.
Turkish-German Relations: Threats, Taboos and Truth
BERLIN — As the croupier at the roulette table says, “les jeux sont fait.” The die is cast. In the wake of the German Bundestag’s resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide, the hysterical reaction from Erdogan and his co-thinkers has raised the stakes in a risky gamble with political counterparts in Europe, a game that Ankara, contrary to its delusions of grandeur, has no chance of winning. Read Further...Of Politics and the Pope
Pope Francis is preparing to visit first Armenia, then Azerbaijan and Georgia. With this visit, he is trying to bring peace and hope to a region that has been recently beset by troubles. He will visit Armenia June 24-26, and in the autumn, go to Georgia and Azerbaijan.
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Erdogan Overplays His Hand
There are good reasons to believe that on June 2, the German Bundestag (Parliament) will vote up a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide. The government coalition parties, Christian Democratic Union and Christian Socialist Union (CDU-CSU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD), plus the Green party, have agreed on a unified text, after intense debate and repeated postponements.
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German-Armenian Ties Live On In Music
When Bernhard Scheidt passed away in October last year, those closest to him thought long and hard about the most appropriate way to execute his estate. The German pianist and conductor, born in 1929 in Wiesbaden, had led a long and rich life in music, excelling as a student at the Detmold College of Music, and continuing with extensive studies under authorities like Theodore W. Adorno, whose seminar in Philosophy he attended at Frankfurt University.
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Sharing the Gift of Music
By Muriel Mirak-WeissbachStudents at the Anahit Tsitsikyan Music School in Yerevan celebrated the donation of new instruments in the most appropriate fashion possible: by playing them in concert for a capacity audience of friends and family. On April 25, guests gathered in the recital hall, which had been fully renovated in 2014, by the US Embassy’s organization Helping Hands and the Fuller Center for Housing Armenia. After a brief welcoming, all stood for a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide. Read Further...
Let The Trumpets Sound!
YEREVAN — “The world is changing, and so are human values. Only music remains a constant spiritual island.” These wise words are those of Diana Hovhannisyan, director of the Anahit Tsitsikian Music School, in Yerevan. In a message to readers of the school’s home page she points to the responsibility of parents and teachers in guaranteeing that the younger generation preserve “timeless human values” Read Further...Paruyr Sevak, Patriot and World Citizen
“Can poetry open the hearts of people, even at a distance?“ This is a question that Azad Ordukanyan, President of the Armenian Academic Society in Bochum, Germany, had included in a letter written to Armenian Ambassador Ashot Smbatyan, inviting him to open an event in Berlin featuring the poetry of Paruyr Sevak. Read Further...
des armenischen Dichters in deutscher
und armenischer Sprache
Paruyr Sewak: Und sticht in meine Seele.
Potsdam, Freitag 19. Februar (Einladung)
Berlin, Samstag 20. Februar (Einladung)
But the Birds . . .
Of a Trip to Armenia with Trees at the Conclusion of a three-year Armenian-German Cultural Project
by Heide Rieck Read Further...
Friends of ISIS Unmasked
– First in Riyadh, Now in Ankara?
Following a series of detailed exposés of Saudi Arabia’s complicity with the so-called Islamic State, German government leaders have broken diplomatic protocol, and openly issued warnings that Riyadh must cut its ties to terrorists. ... The Turkish connection is perhaps even more insidious, given it is a member of NATO and an aspirant to membership in the European Union.Read Further...
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Recognition, Realpolitik and the Ravages of War
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
BERLIN, Oct. 22, 2015— No one engaged in efforts to have the Armenian Genocide officially recognized — at whatever level and in whatever venue — can suffer under the illusion that it is simply a matter of acknowledging historical facts as truth. It has been, and remains a political football, which is tossed, carried or kicked according to the game plans drafted by the coaches of the opposing teams. Or, as in the case of Germany, it is punted. Instead of following through on the courageous initiatives taken by President Joachim Gauck and the Bundestag (Parliament) last April, to finally formulate and pass a unified resolution acknowledging the Genocide, the political leadership has preferred to put the entire issue on hold. Read Further...
Armenia and Germany Renew
a Thousand-Year-Old Friendship
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
Bochum – September 17, 2015 – For centuries Germany and Armenia have maintained friendly relations, but there are probably only a handful of individuals, whether in Berlin or Yerevan, who have any inkling of this fact. Read Further...
Happy Birthday Wolfgang Gust!
Festschrift
Wolfgang Gust zum 80.Geburtstag
„Was hat der Mensch dem Menschen Größeres zu geben als Wahrheit?“
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The rise and fall of Neo-Ottomanism in Syria
Since the beginning of the crisis in Syria, the statesmen in Turkey were sure that one of the main keys for regional hegemony in the Middle East passes through Syria. In June 2011, a Western diplomat revealed to AFP, that Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered President Assad via his foreign minister a plan that includes the Syrian President is to ensure between a quarter and a third of ministers in his government to be members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood….
...In a recently published book “Turkish Foreign Policy” by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach and Dr. Jamal Wakim; the authors documented the rise of the AKP government and their neo-ottoman project…
Schweigen ist Sprengstoff
von Richard Rabensaat
Stück über armenische Identität in der Reithalle
Ein roter Faden zerschneidet das Gesicht von Sabiha. Unter dem straffen Faden quellen die einzelnen Partien des Gesichts hervor. Das Antlitz zerfällt in Einzelteile, das Ganze ist nicht erkennbar. Es ist ein starkes Bild für die Zerrissenheit der Protagonistin, das der Regisseur Ron Rosenberg zusammen mit der Schauspielerin Bea Ehlers-Kerbekian gefunden hat…
Read Further: http://www.pnn.de/potsdam-kultur/967304/
Armenian Trees Planted in Germany
to Bear Fruits of Friendship and Reconciliation
BOCHUM, Germany — Exactly one year ago, as Germans celebrated Pentacost, a massive storm “Ela,” swept through the industrial heartland of the Ruhr, destroying thousands of trees. As Azat Ordukhanyan, Chairman of the Armenian Academic Society 1860, witnessed the devastation in Bochum, he was reminded of the 1988 earthquake that struck his native land in his student days in Yerevan. Germany — both east and west — had at the time joined many other nations worldwide to provide relief, and in a spirit of gratitude and compassion, he decided to organize a donation of 155 trees from Armenia to plant in Bochum. It was to celebrate the 155th anniversary of the founding (in Leipzig) of his Armenian Academic Society that he chose that number. Read Further
Viva Dante, viva Italia! Roberto Benigni ehrt den großen Dichter zu seinem 750. Geburtstag
http://schmid.welt.de/2015/05/05/viva-dante-viva-italia-roberto-benigni-ehrt-den-grossen-dichter-zu-seinem-750-geburtstag/
‘With Giant Steps into the 100th Year’:
Ragip Zarakolu Honored in Berlin
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Armenian Orphan Rug Displayed in Washington
After months of hopes and setbacks, the famous Armenian orphan rug was finally put on display in Washington, at the White House Visitors Center. It was exhibited there from November 18 - 23. On November 18th, a press conference was held at the National Press Club, to announce the exhibit and explain its importance.
Armenian Orphan Rug on Display at White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/10/15/statement-nsc-spokesperson-bernadette-meehan-display-ghazir-rug-white-hoCreating a Transnational Memory Space
Dogan Akhanli Honored in Cologne
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
Special to the Mirror-Spectator
Dogan Akhanli, left, with Fatih Akin
Gedenken an Völkermord
Einblick in die armenische Geschichte und Kultur
BOCHUM Im April 2015 jährt sich zum 100. Mal der Völkermord an den Armeniern. Im Vorfeld lädt der Armenisch-Akademische Verein 1860 (AAV) zum „Armenischen Kulturherbst“ ein. „Wir wollen zeigen, das wir noch leben, musizieren, schöpfen, arbeiten, produzieren“, sagt dessen Leiter Azat Ordukhanyan: „Wir wollen unsere Kultur vorstellen.“ Artikel lesen...
POTSDAM, Germany — Johannes Lepsius is known for his work as a pastor and humanitarian who intervened on behalf of the Ottoman Armenians in the late 19th century. When the Genocide began he returned to Constantinople from Berlin and tried in vain to dissuade the Young Turk leaders from their extermination project. His report on the systematic elimination of the Armenians through murder and deportation raised the alarm in Germany. Read further...
Armenian Embassy Hosts Book Launch in Berlin
A new little book written by an Armenian and about Armenians has been attracting public attention in the United States. This is the volume by Dr. Hagop Martin Deranian, which tells the story of an oriental rug, woven by Armenian orphan girls in Ghazir, Lebanon and sent in 1925 to Calvin Coolidge…
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Annes Schweigen + Մոր լռությունը + Annenin sessizliği
Ein deutsch –türkisch – armenisches Gemeinschafts-Projekt. Koproduktion und Aufführungen.
Theater unterm Dach Berlin - Oktober/November 2012
Book on Orphan Rug Released – But Where is the Rug?
http://asbarez.com/114508/new-book-unveils-the-history-of-the-armenian-orphan-rug/
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-armenian-genocide-rug-20131112,0,6283493.story#axzz2s6WZ9Cpz
http://www.mirrorspectator.com
"Der armenische Waisenteppich" jetzt in Deutsch
Das Buch von Dr. Hagop Martin Deranian ist von Verlag Hans Schiler in Berlin erschienen.
http://www.mirrorspectator.com/pdf/052414.pdf
"Book on the Armenian Orphan Rug Now in German"
The book by Dr. Hagop Martin Deranian on the controversial story of the Armenian orphan rug is now available in German translation, Verlag Hans Schiler in Berlin.
http://www.mirrorspectator.com/pdf/052414.pdf
Neues Buch über die Türkei in Beirut vorgestellt
Die neue Außenpolitik der Türkei unter der AKP-Regierung (All-Prints Distributors & Publishers, Beirut) ist am 18 Dezember bei der Beiruter Internationalen Buchmesse in der libanesischen Hauptstadt vorgestellt worden. Nachdem Sarkis Abu Zaid und Saad Mehio das Buch in arabischer Sprache präsentiert haben, antworteten die beiden Autoren Muriel Mirak-Weißbach und Dr. Jamal Wakim auf Fragen des Publikums. Rezensionen sind in mehreren arabischen Zeitungen erschienen.
New Book on Turkey presented in Beirut
Turkey’s New Foreign Policy under the AKP (All-Prints Distributors & Publishers, Beirut) was presented on December 18 at the Beirut International Book Fair in the Lebanese capital. Following introductions to the book (in Arabic) by Sarkis Abu Zaid and Saad Mehio, the two authors, Muriel Mirak-Weissbach and Dr. Jamal Wakim engaged in discussion with the audience. Reviews appeared in several Arabic newspapers.
Istanbul Conference on Islamized Armenians
The issue of Armenian identity in Turkey was at the center of a well-attended conference in Istanbul, held from November 2-4, 2013. The Hrant Dink Foundation outlined the concept of the gathering in a call: http://www.hrantdink.org/?Detail=645&Lang=en
For initial coverage of the event, see:
- http://www.todayszaman.com/news-330509-islamized-armenians-in-turkey-represent-age-long-assimilation-policy.html
- http://asbarez.com/115747/istanbul-conference-opens-discussion-on-islamized-armenians/
- http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/islamized-armenians-voice-their-100-years-in-purgatory-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=57432&NewsCatID=339
- http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/render/live/en/sites/
almonitor/contents/articles/originals/2013/11/turkey-armenians-islamized-genocide-acknowledgement.html#ixzz2kM80uzZo
Mirak-Weißbach-Stiftungunterstützt Musikschule in Armenien
Die “Mirak-Weißbach-Stiftung” wurde offiziell am 1. August 2012 als rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts registriert und als gemeinnützige Einrichtung anerkannt, so dass alle Zuwendungen von der Steuer abzugsfähig sind. Weiterlesen...
Die neue Musikschule in Gjumri (in Bau)
