NORWEGIAN MISSIONARY’S GRANDSON DONATES GRANDMOTHER’S MANUSCRIPTS TO THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MUSEUM-INSTITUTE
21:11, 21 April, 2015
YEREVAN, 21 APRIL, ARMENPRESS. Jussi Biørn, grandson of Bodil Katharine
Biørn, who was a missionary and saved numerous Armenian women and
children during the Armenian Genocide, has donated his grandmother’s
exclusive manuscripts to the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute. This
is what Jussi Biørn told journalists during the opening of the new
exhibition of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, as “Armenpress”
reports. Jussi Biørn, who presented himself as Bodil Katharine
Biørn’s grandson, mentioned that he accidentally found them in his
attic. “These were at my house. I lived with my grandmother for 15
years. I found these materials and contacted the Armenian Genocide
Museum-Institute,” Biørn said, mentioning that he has filmed a
documentary devoted to his grandmother.
According to Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute Hayk
Demoyan, Jussi Biørn had previously provided the museum with the
missionary’s items, including photos, as well as other manuscripts.
Demoyan added that the manuscripts would be translated into Armenian
and English.
From: A. Papazian