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  • 1913 Ottoman deed and a traditional Armenian hand-embroidered vest, which belonged to Armenian genocide survivor Elmoné Hederian-Artinian. Her great-granddaughter explains how the items have become like sacred relics, since they “… help establish a connection between the present and the tragic past.” Source: Aram Elagoz

  • Everyday Cambodian items such as these small silver boxes are a reminder of life before the genocide. Source: Vinita Ok

  • Family photographs taken in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 1973-1974. All of the people who appear in the photos were killed in the genocide. Source: Channarét Srey

  • Traditional Armenian hand-embroidered vest, which belonged to Armenian genocide survivor Elmoné Hederian-Artinian. Her great-granddaughter explains how the items have become like sacred relics, since they “… help establish a connection between the present and the tragic past.” Source: Aram Elagoz

Stories of life before genocide

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Stories of life before genocide

What can we talk about when discussing the experience of genocide? About life before that was brutally interrupted. Keeping memories of the past alive by sharing stories on life
before plays an important role in the lives of many survivors and to the families of those who were killed. These memories are elaborated upon with the help of objects, photographs and songs that tell the tales of ancestors and ancestral lands and culture.

These memories serve to celebrate the humanity of the victims—the very humanity the perpetrators sought so vehemently to deny.