Why is armenian genocide in the news?
Rare and historically significant photographs of the Armenians of Musa Dagh will be among the Genocide-era images featured in the Armenian Genocide Museum of America (AGMA), thanks to the generosity of a private collector who is providing the museum with exclusive access to the photos. Very few families survived the Armenian Genocide without loss of life. Pictured is the family of Krikor Boursalian of Yoghunoluk village, Musa Dagh. The picture was taken at the Port Said refugee camp in Egypt sometime between October 1915 and summer 1916. This unique collection of black-and-white photographs, dating from 1915 to 1939, is the life’s work of Dr. Vahram Shemmassian, a Los Angeles-based historian who is the world’s leading expert on the Armenians of Musa Dagh. “We are profoundly grateful to Dr. Shemmassian for allowing the museum to use his priceless photo collection to help tell the heroic story of the Musa Dagh Armenians against the backdrop of the larger and much more tragic story of the
Rare and historically significant photographs of the Armenians of Musa Dagh will be among the Genocide-era images featured in the Armenian Genocide Museum of America (AGMA), thanks to the generosity of a private collector who is providing the museum with exclusive access to the photos. Very few families survived the Armenian Genocide without loss of life. Pictured is the family of Krikor Boursalian of Yoghunoluk village, Musa Dagh. The picture was taken at the Port Said refugee camp in Egypt sometime between October 1915 and summer 1916. This unique collection of black-and-white photographs, dating from 1915 to 1939, is the life’s work of Dr. Vahram Shemmassian, a Los Angeles-based historian who is the world’s leading expert on the Armenians of Musa Dagh. For more info: Armenian Genocide Museum of America (AGMA) 1140 19th Street, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036 Telephone: (202) 383-9009 Sources: http://w
