Illinois Holocaust Museum Hosts Symposium for 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide From Ambassador Morgenthau to Raphael Lemkin, to Franz Werfel and into the modern era of Jewish scholars working on and standing up for the Armenian Genocide discourse, Balakian noted that “the role Jews have played in bearing witness to and later defining the Turkish genocide of the Armenians has been profound.”

Smith spoke about the 70 anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and its impact on survivor culture of the 20th century, and he noted the seminal importance of Armin T.