MEMORIAL TO ROMANIAN PRISONERS OF WAR WHO DIED IN ARMENIA UNVEILED IN
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 27, 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 in the Kanaker-Zeytun community of Yerevan. The
memorial construction was financed by the Romanian government. As
Romanian Deputy Ambassador to Armenia, Gabriel Grecu said at the
solemn unveiling ceremony, 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.