make preferableVIENNA. - The Student and Youth Organization of Austria (ASV) organized the mourning march commemorating the Armenian Genocide victims.
The march started from the St Hripsime Church in Vienna and ended in the Stephansdom Square the most crowded part of the city. The Armenian youth distributed information notes to passers-by on various languages presenting the reality of the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire in 1915.
The world commemorates on April 24 the 97th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the first genocide of the 20th century.
Commemoration actions are held in all states, people remember this monstrous crime against humanity as over one and a half million innocent Armenians were massacred in the Ottoman Empire, while hundreds of thousands were tortured and deported.
The fact of the Armenian Genocide is recognized by many states. It was first recognized in 1965 by Uruguay. In general, the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey has already been recognized by Russia, France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Switzerland, Sweden, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Venezuela, Argentina, and 42 U.S. states.
