PRESS RELEASE
Date: April 20, 2015
ARMENIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE
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SURVIVORS OF THE Armenian Genocide: 31 ORAL HISTORY PROJECT WITNESSES DEPICTED
WASHINGTON, DC – On the occasion of the beginning of the week of
centennial commemorations, the Armenian National Institute (ANI), Armenian
Genocide Museum of America (AGMA), and Armenian Assembly of America
(Assembly) announced the release of a one-panel exhibit titled `Survivors
of the Armenian Genocide.’
The exhibit features 31 survivors who participated in the Armenian Assembly
of America Oral History Project in the 1970s and 1980s. The portraits were
retrieved from the Assembly’s archives and illustrates survivors from
across the United States.
Each individual is identified by name, place, year of birth, and their
residence at the time of the interviews. They hailed from Afion-Karahissar,
Aintab, Akshehir, Arabkir, Behesni, Charsanjak, Diayrbakir, Denizli,
Hadjin, Harput, Kayseri, Kamakh, Keghi, Khjilar, Malatia, Manissa, Sivas,
Tomarza, and Van.
These survivors were living in California, Colorado, Connecticut,
Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Ohio, and
Wisconsin. They had been born in Armenia and Anatolia and became the
founders of the Armenian American diaspora.
`We remember and pay tribute to the survivors who participated in the
Armenian Assembly of America Oral History Project,’ reads the inscription
on the panel, which goes on to explain that the portraits of the 31
survivors are representative of the hundreds who were interviewed and gave
oral testimony.
`We cherish and honor their memory for taking the time to provide permanent
witness to the fate of their friends and families, and for sharing their
recollection of historic Armenia before its destruction in 1915,’ the
inscription concludes.
As with the four exhibits previously released jointly by ANI, AGMA, and the
Assembly, titled Witness to the Armenian Genocide: Photographs by the
Perpetrators’ German and Austro-Hungarian Allies; The First Refuge and
the Last Defense: The Armenian Church, Etchmiadzin, and The Armenian
Genocide; The First Deportation: The German Railroad, the American
Hospital, and the Armenian Genocide; and Iconic Images of the Armenian
Genocide; `Survivors of the Armenian Genocide’ is also being issued in
digital format for worldwide distribution free of charge on the occasion of
the centennial of the Armenian Genocide.
Founded in 1997, the Armenian National Institute (ANI) is a 501(c)(3)
educational charity based in Washington, DC, and is dedicated to the study,
research, and affirmation of the Armenian Genocide.
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ANI NR#: 2015-06