KRZYSZTOF ZANUSSI READS THE TESTIMONY OF MISAK SEDRAKIAN

April 21, 2015 09:21
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Krzysztof Zanussi

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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.

Krzysztof Zanussi is a Polish film director and producer.

For 100 seconds project he reads an extract from Armenian Genocide
survivor Misak Sedrakian’s testimony.

National Archives of
Armenia Collection of Documents

Testimony of survivor Misak Sedrakian on the Massacre at the village
of Prkhus in Khlat district of Bitlis province

August 8, 1916 Ashtarak

On Thursday morning firing started from all quarters. Soldiers broke
in from all directions murdering the Armenians they came across.

They destroyed the hideouts and put those hiding there to the sword.

At that time I was in a hideout together with my younger brother,
my cousins and two neighbours. When they broke the door, my mother
came horrified to our aid but soldiers murdered her before our eyes.

My brother immediately climbed up the ventilation hole in the roof.

When I tried to do the same, soldiers hit me twice with a sword and
wounded me. I fell down. One of them said:” This one is young, let’s
not kill him.” They let me free and started plundering the house. I
came out and saw my mother’s corpse on the threshold.

There were corpses all over the village. On the other side they
were raping a young woman and forcibly abducting a girl. I ran away
frightened and hid in a dry dung rick.

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

The source of Misak Sedrakian’s 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.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress