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USC Shoah Institute Begins Armenian Genocide Testimony Clip Series
By MassisPost
Updated: March 31, 2015
LOS ANGELES -- To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide and the first integration of Armenian Genocide testimonies
into the Visual History Archive, USC Shoah Foundation will release one
clip from the Armenian Genocide collection on the Institute's website
each day for the next 30 days.
The clips will showcase some of the more than 400 testimonies from the
Armenian Genocide that will be integrated into the Institute's Visual
History Archive, which contains 53,000 testimonies from survivors and
witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides. The Armenian
testimonies were first delivered to the Institute in April 2014 to
begin the integration and indexing process.
To help put the clips into perspective, each one will be introduced by
experts steeped in knowledge about the Armenian Genocide. The
presenters will also recommend additional resources for those who
would like to learn more.
The first five clips will be introduced by Professor Richard
Hovannisian, one of the world's leading scholars on the Armenian
Genocide. Hovannisian is professor emeritus of History at UCLA and an
adjunct professor at USC.
The Armenian testimonies were filmed by J. Michael Hagopian and the
Armenian Film Foundation between 1972 and 2004 when most of the
survivors were in their 70s and 80s. Testimonies in the collection,
the largest archive on film of Armenian Genocide interviews in the
world, were recorded in 10 countries and 10 languages, including
English, Armenian, Arabic, Kurdish and Turkish.
Hagopian was an Emmy-nominated filmmaker who made 70 educational
documentaries - including 17 on Armenian culture and history,
including an epic trilogy on the Armenian Genocide comprised ofVoices
from the Lake, Germany and the Secret Genocide, and The River Ran Red.
He was a survivor of the genocide that killed an estimated 1.5 million
people in Turkey from 1915-23. In 1979, he founded the Armenian Film
Foundation, a Thousand Oaks, California-based nonprofit dedicated to
documenting Armenian heritage. Hagopian died in December 2010 at age
97.
http://massispost.com/2015/03/usc-shoah-institute-begins-armenian-genocide-testimony-clip-series/
By MassisPost
Updated: March 31, 2015
LOS ANGELES -- To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide and the first integration of Armenian Genocide testimonies
into the Visual History Archive, USC Shoah Foundation will release one
clip from the Armenian Genocide collection on the Institute's website
each day for the next 30 days.
The clips will showcase some of the more than 400 testimonies from the
Armenian Genocide that will be integrated into the Institute's Visual
History Archive, which contains 53,000 testimonies from survivors and
witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides. The Armenian
testimonies were first delivered to the Institute in April 2014 to
begin the integration and indexing process.
To help put the clips into perspective, each one will be introduced by
experts steeped in knowledge about the Armenian Genocide. The
presenters will also recommend additional resources for those who
would like to learn more.
The first five clips will be introduced by Professor Richard
Hovannisian, one of the world's leading scholars on the Armenian
Genocide. Hovannisian is professor emeritus of History at UCLA and an
adjunct professor at USC.
The Armenian testimonies were filmed by J. Michael Hagopian and the
Armenian Film Foundation between 1972 and 2004 when most of the
survivors were in their 70s and 80s. Testimonies in the collection,
the largest archive on film of Armenian Genocide interviews in the
world, were recorded in 10 countries and 10 languages, including
English, Armenian, Arabic, Kurdish and Turkish.
Hagopian was an Emmy-nominated filmmaker who made 70 educational
documentaries - including 17 on Armenian culture and history,
including an epic trilogy on the Armenian Genocide comprised ofVoices
from the Lake, Germany and the Secret Genocide, and The River Ran Red.
He was a survivor of the genocide that killed an estimated 1.5 million
people in Turkey from 1915-23. In 1979, he founded the Armenian Film
Foundation, a Thousand Oaks, California-based nonprofit dedicated to
documenting Armenian heritage. Hagopian died in December 2010 at age
97.
http://massispost.com/2015/03/usc-shoah-institute-begins-armenian-genocide-testimony-clip-series/