1. The Importance of Khojali Remembrance – The Responsibility of Memory
The first lesson is the importance of remembrance, of the duty of remembrance itself. For as we remember the 613 Azerbaijani victims of Khojali were murdered in a cold-blooded manner with an evil purpose in mind – to terrify others still alive to leave their homes, lands and properties without a fight. As a prologue or justification for genocide — we have to understand that the mass murder of 613 innocent Azerbaijanis is not a matter of abstract statistics. Each victim has a name, has an identity.