THE FACTUAL ACCOUNT OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN BERLIN EXHIBITION CHAMBER
By Anahit Hovsepian

AZG Armenian Daily
04/10/2008

Armenian Genocide

The exhibition of Armin T. Vegner’s (1887-1978) photographic works
opened October 1 in Berlin Guardini Gallery. The photos picture the
mass exile of Armenians from their native Anatolia in 1915-16.

The source, German "Berliner morgenpost" then mentions that Vegner
is considered as one of the undeservedly forgotten authors of the
20th century mentioning that the Turkish officials till today deny
the Genocide of 1,5 mln Armenians committed by Turks during the World
War I.

Vegner became famous in 1920s due to his travel works. In April
of 1933 the author’s letter addressed to Adolph Hitler expressed
his indignation at anti-Semitism and foresaw the collapse of
Germany. In August he was already imprisoned. Vegner spent the years
of National-Socialism in Italian exile. His wife Jewish Lola Landau
was banished to Palestine.

Vegner’s voluminous heritage, among them 6700 photographs is now in
the archive of Marbach German Literature.

Vegner’s exhibition is planned to be open until November 21, from
Tuesday to Friday at 14.00- 19.00, the newspaper reports.