ARMIN WEGNER AND ARMENIAN GENOCIDE EXHIBITION OPENS IN MOSCOW
Pan Armenian News
31.05.2005 09:04
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armin Wegner and the Armenian Genocide exhibition,
organized by the Russian Cultural Fund, opens in Moscow Tuesday. The
exposition, dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide,
is based on the documentary materials of A Cry form Ararat: Armin
Wegner and the Armenian Genocide,” book by Giovanni Guaita. Three
out of twenty-five large exhibits, decorated uniquely, depict German
military officer Wegner, an eyewitness of the Genocide. Three others
present the chronology of the Armenian Genocide under Abdul Hamid,
Young Turks and Kemal. High-ranking Russian officials, public figures
and artists are expected to attend the opening ceremony. A concert
of Armenian classical and spiritual music is expected to be performed
by Moscow Chamber Choir, the Yerkir newspaper reported.