NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF ARMENIA TO PUBLISH COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS ON
THE OCCASION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE’S 90TH ANNIVERSARY

YEREVAN, MARCH 29, NOYAN TAPAN. On the occasion of the 90th
anniversary of Armenian Genocide the National Archives of Armenia
(NAA) prepares for publication collections entitled “Tragedy of
Armenian Genocide with the Eyes of Eye-Witnesses” and “Losses
Sustained by Armenians during the Slaughter in the Ottoman Turkey.”
Noyan Tapan was informed about this by Amatuni Virabian, Director of
NAA. The first collection contains 188 documents representing the
chronology and the number of the victims of the slaughter committed by
Young Turks in Bitlis and Erzrum, as well as the names of the
Armenians who forcibly adopted Islam. And the second collection
contains about 500 documents. According to A.Virabian, it’s planned to
publish another collection, in which the names of the Genocide victims
will be mentioned. He said that such work has been done only in Spyurk
by now. According to A.Virabian, the documents on Genocide kept in the
Armenian Archives have always been open. But the NAA Director is
surprised that no foreign researcher has applied to the archives for
studying these documents by now. However, a letter was received from
Turkey lately, in which the addressee asked to send him the copies of
the documents regarding Genocide. Today 3 mln files – nearly 300 mln
documents, are kept in the NAA. About 12 thousand registered documents
concern the Genocide.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress