Khojaly Genocide Memorial (The Hague)

Khojaly Genocide Memorial
Location Kamperfoeliestraat park, The Hague, Netherlands
Type Memorial
Height 2 m
Completion date 2008
Opening date 2008
Dedicated to Victims of the Khojaly Massacre

The Khojaly Genocide Memorial in The Hague, Netherlands and the first public memorial in Europe dedicated to victims of the Khojaly Massacre.[1]

Construction and unveiling

The memorial was built in 2008 at Kamperfoeliestraat park of The Hague, and funded on the initiative of Holland-Azerbaijan Turk Circle.[2][3]

The memorial were unveiled on 24 February 2008, with support of the Embassy of Azerbaijan to the Netherlands, State Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan for Work with Azerbaijanis Living in Foreign Countries and Heydar Aliyev Foundation.[1][4]

Design

The monument stone depicts a mother with a dead child in her arms and land that on which the monument has been leased for 30 years.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "First monument in Europe for Khojaly tragedy erected in Hague, Holland". www.heydar-aliyev-foundation.org. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  2. ↑ В Голландии будет установлен памятник Ходжалинской трагедии
  3. 1 2 В Голландии будет установлен памятник Ходжалинской трагедии. Журнал RUS
  4. ↑ First monument in Europe for Khojaly tragedy erected in Hague, Holland. Официальный сайт Фонда Гейдара Алиева

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