SERGEY PARKHOMENKO READS THE TESTIMONY OF HAMBARDZUM HARUTYUNIAN
March 25, 2015 09:24
EXCLUSIVE
Sergey Parkhomenko
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.
Sergey Parkhomenko is a prominent Russian journalist. He was
editor-in-chief of Itogi and Vokrug Sveta magazines. Today he is
heading Dissernet and Last Address projects.
For 100 seconds project Sergey Parkhomenko reads an extract from
Armenian Genocide survivor Father Hambardzum Harutyunian testimony.
National Archives of Armenia Collection of Documents
Testimony of survivor Father Hambardzum Harutyunian on the deportation
and massacre of the population of the village of Varduk in Derjan
district of Karin province
[1916]
Turks learned that I was in the village. The head of police threatened
the Kurd agha who gave me shelter that his house would be burnt if
he didn’t hand me over. The same day the Kurd hid me; they searched
the house but couldn’t find me. They searched for me several times
but in vain.
Several women and boys found shelter there along with me. They wrote
again to the head of police, and this time he summoned the Kurd who
gave us shelter and threatened that if he searched this time and
found us he would put the whole house to the sword. The Kurd became
desperate and asked us to leave but we refused knowing that leaving
him would mean death for us.
We asked him to let us open a hole from under the stable manger to
the hayloft, which was completely full of straw. We stayed in that
straw for eight days. He was sending food three times a day. Then
the Russian army advanced and we were saved.
Producer: Ara Tadevosyan Filming: Anna Aleshkovskaya Post Production:
Tumo LLC
The source of Father Hambardzum Harutyunian’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.