SPEECHES TELL TALE STUDENTS LEARN ARMENIAN GENOCIDE HISTORY.Byline: Helen Gao Staff Writer GLENDALE - An estimated 1,500 Glendale High School Glendale High School can refer to:
 Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. with an assembly that featured speeches, ethnic music and dances. Organized by the campus's Armenian Club, the program featured Assemblyman Dario Frommer Dario Frommer (born October 22, 1963 in Long Beach, California) was a member of the California State Assembly from 2000 until 2006. He served as Majority Leader from 2004 until 2006. Frommer also served as Chair of the Health Committee. , who told the packed auditorium the state Assembly had passed two resolutions Monday - one designating April 24 as California Day of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide and the other urging the public schools to teach students about the tragedy. ``Many people don't understand what a genocide is,'' said Frommer, D-Glendale. ``Many of my colleagues asked me why it is so important .... to remember the genocide.'' Reading from clips from The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times, Frommer gave the students a history lesson on the Armenian Genocide - often identified as the first genocide of the 20th century. One newspaper clipping recounted the massacre of an Armenian town, while another reported Armenian villagers being locked in a wooden building and the building set aflame Verb 1. set aflame - set fire to; cause to start burning; "Lightening set fire to the forest" set ablaze, set afire, set on fire combust, burn - cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels" . ``These are real atrocities. These are not things you read in a book or see in a movie,'' he said. ``It's documented, yet it's been called the `forgotten genocide.' '' Armenians believe more than 1.5 million of their countrymen died between 1915 and 1923 as a result of massacres and forced relocations carried out by the Turkish Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire (ŏt`əmən), vast state founded in the late 13th cent. by Turkish tribes in Anatolia and ruled by the descendants of Osman I until its dissolution in 1918. . According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Armenian National Institute, on April 24, 1915, some 650 personalities - including writers, poets, lawyers, doctors, priests and politicians - were imprisoned im·pris·on tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons To put in or as if in prison; confine. [Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en- by the Turks, then deported and murdered in the succeeding months. Citing Germany and other nations that have admitted to atrocities and reconciled with their past, Frommer called on the Turkish government to do the same. ``I say today to the Turkish government, 'Rise above this and take your place among the great societies of this world. Recognize the genocide and apologize to the Armenian people,' '' he said. To date, the Turkish government denies that the Armenian Genocide happened, saying many people died on both sides of the conflict. ``There was no execution or any massacre of Armenians,'' said Deputy Consul Nevzat Uyanik, speaking from the Consulate General of the Republic of Turkey in Los Angeles. ``Yes, there was a civil war. Yes, there was starvation. Yes, there was shortage of food,'' he said. ``Therefore, there were heavy casualties on both sides. Considering only the Armenian side and totally ignoring the Turkish side is biased, immoral and unfair.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) Assemblyman Dario Frommer talks to Glendale High students about the Armenian Genocide, left. Below, Erebouni, a traditional Armenian dance group, performs. Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Staff Photographer |
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