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LASHA BAKRADZE READS THE TESTIMONY OF DAVIT FARMANIAN
April 9, 2015 09:43
EXCLUSIVE
Lasha Bakradze
Photo: From L.Bakradze 's personal archive
Mediamax presents 100 Seconds project devoted to Armenian Genocide
Centennial. The project is based on testimonies of Genocide survivors
published by the National Archive of Armenia.
Lasha Bakradze is a Georgian historian and philosopher. For "100
seconds" project he reads an extract from Armenian Genocide survivor
Davit Farmanian's testimony.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6UYxlW2qKc National Archives of
Armenia Collection of Documents
Testimony of survivor Davit Farmanian the massacre at the Village of
Khachan in Berkri district of Van province
First they stripped the priest of our village Ter Mesrob and said:
"If you convert to Islam, you are free, if not , we'll kill you". Of
course, the priest refused, and they started plucking his beard, then
with a yataghan cut off his limbs one by one and at the end they cut
his head and threw him into the water.
In the same way tortured and killed our village head Avetis and the
church wardens Hakob, Grigor and Avag. Their fate was shared by the
Nazarove villagers Asatur Hovsepian, Hakob Petrosian und Baghdasar
Galoyan.
My turn came. I was stripped like the others. The butchers were
standing like angels of death waiting for the order. The sun had
already set down. I slipped away from them and jumped into water. They
started shooting. I swam with my powerless arms and made it to the
other bank. Only two villagers from Nazarove followed my example.
Producer: Ara Tadevosyan Filming: Alexander Alimov Post Production:
Tumo LLC
The source of Davit Farmanian's testimony: National Archives of
Armenia, Armenian Genocide by Ottoman Turkey, 1915, Testimony of
survivors, Collection of documents, Yerevan-2013.
VivaCell-MTS is the general partner of 100 seconds project.
http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/100seconds/13770/#sthash.njAyV6hM.dpuf
April 9, 2015 09:43
EXCLUSIVE
Lasha Bakradze
Photo: From L.Bakradze 's personal archive
Mediamax presents 100 Seconds project devoted to Armenian Genocide
Centennial. The project is based on testimonies of Genocide survivors
published by the National Archive of Armenia.
Lasha Bakradze is a Georgian historian and philosopher. For "100
seconds" project he reads an extract from Armenian Genocide survivor
Davit Farmanian's testimony.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6UYxlW2qKc National Archives of
Armenia Collection of Documents
Testimony of survivor Davit Farmanian the massacre at the Village of
Khachan in Berkri district of Van province
First they stripped the priest of our village Ter Mesrob and said:
"If you convert to Islam, you are free, if not , we'll kill you". Of
course, the priest refused, and they started plucking his beard, then
with a yataghan cut off his limbs one by one and at the end they cut
his head and threw him into the water.
In the same way tortured and killed our village head Avetis and the
church wardens Hakob, Grigor and Avag. Their fate was shared by the
Nazarove villagers Asatur Hovsepian, Hakob Petrosian und Baghdasar
Galoyan.
My turn came. I was stripped like the others. The butchers were
standing like angels of death waiting for the order. The sun had
already set down. I slipped away from them and jumped into water. They
started shooting. I swam with my powerless arms and made it to the
other bank. Only two villagers from Nazarove followed my example.
Producer: Ara Tadevosyan Filming: Alexander Alimov Post Production:
Tumo LLC
The source of Davit Farmanian's testimony: National Archives of
Armenia, Armenian Genocide by Ottoman Turkey, 1915, Testimony of
survivors, Collection of documents, Yerevan-2013.
VivaCell-MTS is the general partner of 100 seconds project.
http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/100seconds/13770/#sthash.njAyV6hM.dpuf