Wales Genocide Memorial

The Wales Genocide Memorial ( German genocide memorial Wales) is a monument in the garden of the Temple of Peace of the Welsh city of Cardiff, which commemorates the victims of the Armenian genocide, which from 1915 to 1922 took place in the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish government against the Armenian population has been done.

Opening

The memorial was built by an initiative of the Wales - Armenian Society and inaugurated on November 2, 2007. The inauguration of the monument was completed in a church by Bishop Nathan Hovhannisian, Primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church of Great Britain. The ceremony was accompanied by Lord Dafydd Elis -Thomas, Presiding Officer of the National Assembly of Wales, David Yeoman, the Assistant Bishop of Llandaff, and Dr. Vahe Gabrielyan, the Armenian Ambassador in the United Kingdom.

About 300 people attended the opening ceremony. Attempts Turkish protesters to disrupt the service, were controlled by the Welsh police.

Desecration

In the early hours of 27 January 2008, the richly decorated Armenian cross was smashed with a hammer, which was found at the scene. Eilian Williams of Wales Armenia Solidarity condemned the attack, which took place hours before a memorial service, the. , In memory of the Holocaust, the genocide of the Armenians and the murder of Hrant Dink by Ogun Samast should be held

Eilian Williams said:

"We shall repair the cross again and again, no matter How often it is desecrated. We therefore challenge the UK government and the Turkish Embassy to condemn this racist attack. "

"We need to repair the cross again and again, no matter how often it is desecrated. We call on the British government and the Turkish Embassy to condemn this racist attack. "