For 40 consecutive days, events dedicated to the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide with the title “It’s Snowing in April” will be held at Maxim Gorky Theater in Berlin, writes Neue Zürcher Zeitung newspaper, as News.am reports.

The events will bring back memories of the monstrous acts committed in the Ottoman Empire 100 years ago, things that the Turks don’t recall to this day. A century ago, the Turkish government annihilated 1.5 million Armenians with its policy on wiping the Armenians out of the empire. Women, children and men were killed in their homeland, or were exiled. To this day, the official Turkey refuses to call this planned operation by its name, that is, genocide that became the first crime against humanity of the 20^th century, writes the newspaper.

“I had been contemplating the Armenian Genocide since childhood, viewing it as a  big wound in the history of mankind. The goal of the events is to remind people of what happened in 1915 and reinterpret the consequences through events and film screenings,” the theater’s director Shermin Langhof of Turkish descent declared. Langhof has sent invitations to Germany-based Turkish intellectuals and MPs to take part in the premiere. According to Langhof, the time has come to lift the taboo.

The events in Berlin also show other countries’, particularly Germany’s share of the blame for the Armenian Genocide. To this day, Germany persistently continues to keep silent. “Turkey persecutes those who speak out about the truth that has been proved, but Germany also hasn’t officially recognized the monstrous events as “genocide” to this day, mentioning that it doesn’t want to interfere in Turkey’s domestic affairs,” writes the newspaper.

As part of the “It’s Snowing in April” events, the play “Musa Dagh: Days of Resistance” by director Hans Verner Kroisinger will be presented at Berlin’s Gorky Theater. The play presents the desperate, but successful struggle of a small group of Armenians. The director lets the facts speak for themselves. The actors cite the Protocols of the German Bundestag and the claims, giving specific names and mentioning specific figures.

At the end of the play, like Noah’s Ark, the ship that saved the Armenians of Musa Dagh also lands on the plateau of Mount Ararat, which is sacred for all Armenians. In the closing act accompanied by Oriental music, the actress voices hope that this will mark the end of the misery of Armenians and that there will be no more evil.