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COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS CONCERNING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BEING KEPT IN
FRENCH AND GERMAN ARCHIVES PUBLISHED IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN, JUNE 10, NOYAN TAPAN. On the occasion of the 90th anniversary
of the Armenian Genocide, the History Institute of the RA National
Academy of Sciences published the works "Great Powers, Ottaman Empire
and Armenians in French Archieves" by Artur Peylerian, a historian,
and "Armenians' Genocide" by Walfgang Gust. The books were published
at the "Hayastan" ("Armenia") publishing house. Artur Peylerian's work
was first published in French in 1983, and this year the work has
first been published in Armenian. The French Armenian historian found
757 documents in French archives, classified them on 5 themes
including main intents of Antanta states concerning eastern regions of
Turkey, Armenians' displacemets and massacres, activities of the
Armenian national delegation in France and Nubar Pashah, activities of
detachments formed from Armenian in the Eastern Legion's structure and
the Caucasian front. The work of Walfgang Gust, the editor of the
German famous "Schpigel" journal is published in Russian. Official
documents and materials from German archives which are being published
for the first time are presented in the book. Stepan Stepanian, Doctor
of historical sciences, Professor wrote in the preface to the book
that "Turks living in Germany having become furious of Walfgang Gust's
publications gathered then in front of the publishing house, demanded
liquidation of the print run. But, Gust continued Lepsius' activity
and found out that, in German archives, the number of documents
concerning the Genocide surpasses 3000." W.Gust placed about 100
documents in the armenocide.com Internet site opened by him.
FRENCH AND GERMAN ARCHIVES PUBLISHED IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN, JUNE 10, NOYAN TAPAN. On the occasion of the 90th anniversary
of the Armenian Genocide, the History Institute of the RA National
Academy of Sciences published the works "Great Powers, Ottaman Empire
and Armenians in French Archieves" by Artur Peylerian, a historian,
and "Armenians' Genocide" by Walfgang Gust. The books were published
at the "Hayastan" ("Armenia") publishing house. Artur Peylerian's work
was first published in French in 1983, and this year the work has
first been published in Armenian. The French Armenian historian found
757 documents in French archives, classified them on 5 themes
including main intents of Antanta states concerning eastern regions of
Turkey, Armenians' displacemets and massacres, activities of the
Armenian national delegation in France and Nubar Pashah, activities of
detachments formed from Armenian in the Eastern Legion's structure and
the Caucasian front. The work of Walfgang Gust, the editor of the
German famous "Schpigel" journal is published in Russian. Official
documents and materials from German archives which are being published
for the first time are presented in the book. Stepan Stepanian, Doctor
of historical sciences, Professor wrote in the preface to the book
that "Turks living in Germany having become furious of Walfgang Gust's
publications gathered then in front of the publishing house, demanded
liquidation of the print run. But, Gust continued Lepsius' activity
and found out that, in German archives, the number of documents
concerning the Genocide surpasses 3000." W.Gust placed about 100
documents in the armenocide.com Internet site opened by him.