LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the lead sponsor of the Armenian Genocide Truth and Justice Resolution in Congress, released the following statement: “I commend the overwhelming vote by the German Bundestag to recognize the Armenian Genocide. With this acknowledgement of the facts of the genocide, Germany joins a host of other European countries in recognizing and condemning the slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923. The

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Armenian Assembly of America (Assembly) welcomes today’s near unanimous vote in the Bundestag, Germany’s National Parliament, affirming the Armenian Genocide. The resolution titled “Remembrance and commemoration of the genocide of Armenians and other Christian minorities in the years 1915 and 1916” was overwhelmingly approved despite threats emanating from Turkey. Prior to the vote, Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan warned that bilateral diplomatic, econ