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    YAIR AURON READS THE TESTIMONY OF DAVIT MELKONIAN

    April 1, 2015 09:39
    EXCLUSIVE

    Yair Auron

    Photo: Mediamax

    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.

    Yair Auron is an Israeli historian, scholar and expert specializing
    on Holocaust and Genocide studies. Since 2005, he serves as the Head
    of the Department of Sociology, Political Science and Communication
    of The Open University of Israel and an Associate Professor.

    For 100 seconds project Yair Auron reads an extract from Armenian
    Genocide survivors Davit Melkonian's and Hmayak Matevosian's testimony.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8k97WyLkOs

    National Archives of Armenia Collection of Documents

    Testimony of survivors Davit Melkonian and Hmayak Matevosian on the
    massacre of the village of Khasgyugh in Mush district of Mush province

    On Sunday morning, the village was suddenly besieged and strong
    shooting started. Then they gathered all the men and announced that
    they would be given releasing papers so that nobody would persecute
    them anymore.

    But the next day in the morning, they tied everybody to one other -
    more than 700 men, murdered them one by one and threw them into the
    large pit near the village.

    Our women and little children were gathered on Thursday and taken to
    the village of Yershter where they were told that they would be sent
    to Germany as captives.

    However, many of the women had a presentiment about the imminent
    disaster and left their children on the streets of the village not
    to see their death.

    All those who were taken to the village were burnt alive. They also
    made the Armenians gather the children from the streets and throw
    them into pits.

    Producers: Ara Tadevosyan Filming: Lena Gevorgyan, Mariam Loretsyan
    Post Production: Tumo LLC

    The source of Davit Melkonian's and Hmayak Matevosian' 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.

    http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/100seconds/13694#sthash.lq2Zcy2c.dpuf


    From: Baghdasarian
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