MEMORIAL TO ROMANIAN PRISONERS OF WAR WHO DIED IN ARMENIA UNVEILED IN YEREVAN
Noyan Tapan
Oct 25 2006
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN. A memorial to Romanian prisoners
of war who were taken prisoners in the 1941-45 World War and died in
Armenia was unveiled on October 25, in the Kanaker-Zeytun community
of Yerevan. The memorial construction was financed by the Romanian
government. As Christian Scarlar, representative of Association of
Romanian Soldiers Memory, said at the solemn unveiling ceremony,
Romanian Army Day is marked on October 25 and it is symbolic that
the memorial is unveiled on the very day. In his words, the memorial
symbolizes Armenian-Romanian centuries-old friendly contacts. Romanian
Deputy Ambassador to Armenia, Gabriel Grecu, said that 140 thousand
Romanian soldiers were taken prisoners during the Second World
War. They were moved to various countries. The prisoners of war
who moved to Armenia lived in camps and took part in construction
activities. In his words, according to not precise data, 175 thousand
Romanian prisoners of war were buried in Armenia, but only 90 prisoners
of war were mentioned in documents. Historian Ara Demirkhanian also
emphasized that 943 of prisoners of war brought to Armenia after the
Second World War were buried here.
From: Baghdasarian