International celebrities to read testimonies of Armenian Genocide eyewitnesses for 100 seconds
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YEREVAN, 23 MARCH, ARMENPRESS. The dissemination of individual stories about the Armenian Genocide is of special significance in the context of commemoration of the centennial of the Armenian Genocide. Those stories show how every Armenian village, family and community was subject to the crime.
This is whatSecretary of the State Commission on Coordination of the events for the commemoration of the 100thanniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Chief of Staff of the President of the Republic of Armenia Vigen Sargsyansaid during an event marking the launch of the project called "100 Seconds", which is carried out by MediaMax and VivaCell-MTS,as "Armenpress" reports.
The presentation of the project based on eyewitness accounts of the Armenian Genocide released by the National Archives of Armenia was held at Komitas Museum-Institute on March 23. Various renowned people from different countries, including actors, writers, musicians and others have been offered to read excerpts from those testimonies for 100 seconds. There are 24 video clips, which will be shown every day until April 23rd.
Chief of Staff of the President of the Republic of Armenia Vigen Sargsyanmentioned that the commemoration of the centennial of the Armenian Genocide is hinged on four pillars, including remembrance, gratitude, international struggle and renaissance.
“The main goal of the project is to draw the attention of mankind to the horrible sufferings that the Armenians underwent a century ago. It’s not easy to read and listen to those testimonies, but the more people are shocked by what they hear, the greater the likelihood that they will do everything they can to prevent future genocides,”Director of MediaMax Ara Tadevosyansaid.
General sponsor of the "100 Seconds" project,General Director of VivaCell-MTS Ralph Yirikiansays the project is a message to the civilized world to remember and condemn the Armenian Genocide.