VOICE OF AMERICA: Turkey's observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day began with a broadcast of a French documentary on the Holocaust on state run television.
Filmmaker Claude Lanzmann's “Shoah” [WIKI] was shown late Thursday, on the eve of the observance.
Lanzmann says the broadcast marked the first time a predominantly Muslim country has shown his 1985 biographical film of the Holocaust era.
The nine-hour film was aired to help build understanding between Muslims and Jews, and to combat denials that the Holocaust occurred. » | Friday, January 27, 2012
