The German-Armenian Society informs that on 29 January, a group of anonymous persons destroyed certain copies of the samples of the Society’s exhibition called “1915-2015: Armenian Architecture and the Genocide”, which is being held as part of the “Homeland” series of events at the Folk School in Aachen, Germany.

The Society has reported the Police about the incident with a relevant message.

In the Society’s press release, President of the German-Armenian Society Raffi Kantian mentions that the exhibition has been held successfully and without any incidents in various cities across Germany. “The vandalism that took place at the folk school of Aachen was extraordinary not only for the German-Armenian Society, but also the school.”

What’s interesting is that the bandits destroyed the sample of the exhibition (they tore the sample with a knife) that portrayed the Armenian church of Urfa in southeastern Anatolia. It was in that church where in the winter of 1895, 3,000 Armenians were burned alive, on the occasion of which the term ��?holocaust’ was first used.

The German-Armenian Society still accepts the fact that two Aachen-based groups had disseminated a letter of protest against the exhibition, presenting Turkey’s position and accusing the Society of unilateralism. “However, the vandalism of the unknown persons is completely unacceptable. It serves the goals of those groups,” the press release reads.

Thus, the German-Armenian Society strictly condemns this act with the conviction that violence doesn’t solve problems, but creates them.

Let us remind that the Aachener Zeitung Daily has also covered the incident in its February 13 edition with the title “Vandalism Case For National Security Authorities”.

The folk school of Aachen has also issued a press release.