USC Shoah Foundation has received one of the largest collections of testimonies from survivors of the Armenian Genocide that were recorded over decades by Dr. Richard Hovannisian
USC Shoah Foundation has received one of the largest collections of testimonies from survivors of the Armenian Genocide that were recorded over decades by Dr. Richard Hovannisian, a leading scholar on the Armenian Genocide.
The Richard G. Hovannisian Armenian Genocide Oral History Collection was officially announced as a part of the Visual History Archive at a ceremony on Friday.
The Shoah Foundation announced that a pilot of 10 new Armenian testimonies – seven in English and three in Armenian – are available to the public in the Institute’s Visual History Archive Online. The rest will be added as they are digitized and indexed to the high standards used by the Institute. To listen, go to the Visual History Archive Online, (register for free, and select the box that says “Richard G. Hovannisian Armenian Genocide Oral History Collectionâ€
