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Norway's Public Television (NRK) broadcasts program devoted to the
Armenian Genocide
19:41, 30 January, 2015
YEREVAN, 30 JANUARY, ARMENPRESS. On January 28, Armenian American
writer Chris Bohjalian visited friend of the Armenian people, great
humanist Fridtjof Nansen's granddaughter, Marit Grev in light of the
release of the Norwegian version of his book "Sandcastle in Aleppo",
which is devoted to the Armenian Genocide.
As "Armenpress" reports, on the same day, Norway's Public Television
(NRK) broadcast a video report on Chris Bohjalian's meeting with Marit
Grev, during which the two talked about the Armenian Genocide. The NRK
also showed the Nansen passport, mentioning that the program is about
the meeting of two grandchildren who had established relations during
the historic events of 1915. In the program, it is mentioned that
Chris Bohjalian's book "Sandcastle in Aleppo" is about his
grandparents who survived the Armenian Genocide thanks to Fridtjof
Nansen and that the meeting with Nansen's family is a very important
event for the writer. "All Armenians today are inheritors of the
survivors. So, all Armenians having started new lives in Norway,
France or the United States must be
grateful to Fridtjof Nansen and the Nansen passports," Chris Bohjalian
says in the television program. Marit Grev mentions that she has
visited Armenia and seen what Nansen means to the Armenians.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/792220/norway%E2%80%99s-public-television-nrk-broadcasts-program-devoted-to-the-armenian-genocide.html
From: A. Papazian
Armenian Genocide
19:41, 30 January, 2015
YEREVAN, 30 JANUARY, ARMENPRESS. On January 28, Armenian American
writer Chris Bohjalian visited friend of the Armenian people, great
humanist Fridtjof Nansen's granddaughter, Marit Grev in light of the
release of the Norwegian version of his book "Sandcastle in Aleppo",
which is devoted to the Armenian Genocide.
As "Armenpress" reports, on the same day, Norway's Public Television
(NRK) broadcast a video report on Chris Bohjalian's meeting with Marit
Grev, during which the two talked about the Armenian Genocide. The NRK
also showed the Nansen passport, mentioning that the program is about
the meeting of two grandchildren who had established relations during
the historic events of 1915. In the program, it is mentioned that
Chris Bohjalian's book "Sandcastle in Aleppo" is about his
grandparents who survived the Armenian Genocide thanks to Fridtjof
Nansen and that the meeting with Nansen's family is a very important
event for the writer. "All Armenians today are inheritors of the
survivors. So, all Armenians having started new lives in Norway,
France or the United States must be
grateful to Fridtjof Nansen and the Nansen passports," Chris Bohjalian
says in the television program. Marit Grev mentions that she has
visited Armenia and seen what Nansen means to the Armenians.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/792220/norway%E2%80%99s-public-television-nrk-broadcasts-program-devoted-to-the-armenian-genocide.html
From: A. Papazian