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The Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument, better known as Montebello Genocide Memorial, is a monument in Montebello, California in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, dedicated to the victims of the Armenian genocide of 1915.
The first Armenian families began to settle in the Los Angeles area starting in the late 19th century. Aram Yeretzian, a social worker and Protestant Christian minister who wrote a 1923 University of Southern California thesis on the Armenians of Los Angeles, stated that the first Armenian in Los Angeles arrived in around 1900.
September 27, 1915, Los Angeles Times, "Massacre of Armenians at Height of its Fury.: Confirmation of Slaughter is Received by Prof. Dutton; Report States Five Hundred Thousand Men, Women and Children Have Either been Killed by the Turks or Driven to the Desert to Perish of Starvation--Extermination of Non-Moslems is Programme Decided Upon.
The city of Los Angeles itself had an Armenian population of 64,997 in 2000. [84] Several districts of Los Angeles have high concentrations of Armenians, particularly in San Fernando Valley: North Hollywood, Van Nuys, and Encino. [85] On 6 October 2000, a small community in East Hollywood was named Little Armenia by the Los Angeles City Council ...
The largest community in the United States is based in Los Angeles; however, other sizable communities exist in Boston, Detroit and the New York metropolitan area. Statistics from the United States 2000 Census, there are 385,488 Americans indicated either full or partial Armenian ancestry. [1]
Armenian Genocide Memorial Square in Los Angeles, not yet finished; Armenian Genocide Museum of America, not yet opened; The memorial monument in Petržalka, Bratislava, Slovakia (2011) The memorial monument in Košice, Slovakia (2016) Mémorial du génocide arménien de Décines-Charpieuat, Rue du 24 Avril 1915 in Décines-Charpieu, France
Simon Payaslian is an Armenian-American historian, author, editor, who has held the Charles K. and Elizabeth M. Kenosian Chair in Modern Armenian History and Literature at Boston University since 2007. [1] From 2002 to 2007, he held the Kaloosdian/Mugar Chair in Armenian genocide Studies and Modern Armenian History at Clark University. [2]
The Armenian revolutionary movement: the development of Armenian political parties through the 19th century. Berkeley-Los Angeles: University of California Press. de Waal, Thomas (2003). Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War. New York: New York University Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-1945-9.