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European Azerbaijan Society and Yahad-In Unum plan to establish network of researchers studying Holocaust and genocides

18 October 2012 15:14 (UTC +04:00)

Expressing his gratitude to the European Azerbaijan Society for organizing the event, Patrick Desbois said the symposium contributed to exchanging experience among researchers studying Holocaust and genocides from Germany, Ukraine, UK, US and Azerbaijan.

â€œDialogue has been established for future cooperation. I hope in future Holocaust will be studied more profoundly here, we will assist in the study of the issues causing Azerbaijanâ€™s concernâ€, he said.

Representative of the European Azerbaijan Society, historian Karim Shukurov said TEAS and Yahad-In Unum would continue cooperation.
â€œWe will especially continue studying the materials in the Azerbaijani archives regarding the Jews, who took refuge in our country. Interviews will be taken from the witnesses of these events. We also plan to jointly study Khojaly genocideâ€, he said.

The international symposium on â€œThe role of Azerbaijan in World War II and as a refuge from the Holocaust in the Caucasusâ€ was held in Baku on October 17-18. APA reports that the symposium was organized by the European Azerbaijan Society and Yahad-In Unum. Scientists and experts from Germany, US, Ukraine, France, UK, Azerbaijan, representatives of the diplomatic missions attended the symposium.