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GENOCIDE CONFERENCE UNVEILS HISTORIC RELICS
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17:05 26.03.2014
Armenian Genocide
Lilit Sedrakyan
Public Radio of Armenia
Los Angeles
Relics from the Armenian genocide were unveiled during a conference
focusing on the heroes and survivors of the genocide at the
Ararat-Eskijian Museum. The conference honored those who helped rescue
a generation of Armenian survivors between 1915 and 1930.
Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum Institute Hayk Demoyan
presented the recently revealed story of Genocide survivor Avrora
Mardiganyan, a woman, who settled in the US and told the story of her
people through Hollywood films. Little has been preserved from the film
"Ravished Armenia," but even this much is enough for remembering and
retelling the story to the world.
Another film titled "Orphans of the Genocide" presents how the Turks
tortured the children that survived the Armenian Genocide. While
researching the stories of orphans of the Armenian Genocide for his
documentary, Bared Maronian discovered information regarding a dress
once owned by an orphan in Hadjin, an Armenian town located roughly
125 miles north of Mersin in Turkey. After some time, he located the
dress at the Bethel College Library in Mishawaka, Indiana.
Another collection of evidences of Armenian Genocide - documentalist
Michael Hakobian's archive - will also be presented to the public in
the near future, director Carla Garapedian said.
"In the course of the past three years we have been working on
about 400 testimonies of witnesses to the Armenian Genocide, not
only Armenians, but also Arabs and missionaries. It's our history,
our pain. But it's also the history of the world," she said.
British journalist Robert Fisk urges Armenians to search for and
disseminate new facts about the Armenian Genocide ahead of the 100th
anniversary. He presented the recently published memories of a Britain
Officer, which include a description of the scene of torturing of
Armenians. The revealing of such facts, especially written down by
foreigners, is an effective tool for reaching the target, Fisk says.
He suggests inviting Turkish government representatives to such events.
"You can do only one thing to make Turkey face its history - to involve
them in such events. Another thing you can do is to honor those Turks
who tried and saved Armenians. If they come, recognition will be the
next step," he said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/03/26/genocide-conference-unveils-historic-relics/
17:05 26.03.2014
Armenian Genocide
Lilit Sedrakyan
Public Radio of Armenia
Los Angeles
Relics from the Armenian genocide were unveiled during a conference
focusing on the heroes and survivors of the genocide at the
Ararat-Eskijian Museum. The conference honored those who helped rescue
a generation of Armenian survivors between 1915 and 1930.
Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum Institute Hayk Demoyan
presented the recently revealed story of Genocide survivor Avrora
Mardiganyan, a woman, who settled in the US and told the story of her
people through Hollywood films. Little has been preserved from the film
"Ravished Armenia," but even this much is enough for remembering and
retelling the story to the world.
Another film titled "Orphans of the Genocide" presents how the Turks
tortured the children that survived the Armenian Genocide. While
researching the stories of orphans of the Armenian Genocide for his
documentary, Bared Maronian discovered information regarding a dress
once owned by an orphan in Hadjin, an Armenian town located roughly
125 miles north of Mersin in Turkey. After some time, he located the
dress at the Bethel College Library in Mishawaka, Indiana.
Another collection of evidences of Armenian Genocide - documentalist
Michael Hakobian's archive - will also be presented to the public in
the near future, director Carla Garapedian said.
"In the course of the past three years we have been working on
about 400 testimonies of witnesses to the Armenian Genocide, not
only Armenians, but also Arabs and missionaries. It's our history,
our pain. But it's also the history of the world," she said.
British journalist Robert Fisk urges Armenians to search for and
disseminate new facts about the Armenian Genocide ahead of the 100th
anniversary. He presented the recently published memories of a Britain
Officer, which include a description of the scene of torturing of
Armenians. The revealing of such facts, especially written down by
foreigners, is an effective tool for reaching the target, Fisk says.
He suggests inviting Turkish government representatives to such events.
"You can do only one thing to make Turkey face its history - to involve
them in such events. Another thing you can do is to honor those Turks
who tried and saved Armenians. If they come, recognition will be the
next step," he said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress