Nearly 450 photographs were offered to the Genocide Museum by Khaniguian family living in Greece. Family archives going back to genocide transmitted for several generations and which have been entrusted to Yerevan. The collection represents many photographs from the early 20th century, taken in the Ottoman Empire, Greece, Egypt, and Syria in orphanages.
They are orphans Armenian genocide survivors, gathered in institutions or orphanages. These archives contain numerous annotations, names and places that are important elements in the case of genocide. “On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, this collection is not symbolic, it is also exceptional on the reality of genocide. These photographs have their rightful place in the new part of the Genocide Museum will open its doors in April 2015. Among these photographs that the arrest Young Turk leader, Ismail Hakki Bey by military English is exceptional, “said Hayk Demoyan director Genocide Museum in Yerevan.
Krikor Amirzayan