YEREVAN — On September 26, at the Conference Hall of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute (AGMI) Foundation a cooperation agreement between the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute and Lepsuis House was re-signed.
The agreement was signed by the scientific director of Lepsuis House and the AGMI Director Harutyun Marutyan.
Welcome speech was delivered by Dr. Marutyan followed by Dr. Rolf Hosfeld’s presentation of the activities of the Lepsius House and the importance of the agreement and its possible prospects.
During the ceremony Lepsius House has delivered to the AGMI the digitized archival materials of exceptional significance concerning the Armenian massacres during the Hamidian reign (1895-1897).
Digitization of archive materials has been carried out by Dr. Hayk Martirosyan, member of the editorial board of the AGMI Journal of Genocide Studies, who is conducting research at Lepsius House by the Evangelical Church Scholarship (EKD) in Germany. Martirosyan has presented a brief overview of the scientific and historical significance of these materials and how to use them
Lepsius House and AGMI will undertake to mutually assist each other in research of the history and culture of the Armenian people, the life and work of Dr. Johannes Lepsius, and, in particular, in organization and completion of permanent and temporary exhibitions in Armenia and Germany dedicated to his activities during the mass extermination of Armenian people, as well as, the Armenian Genocide, the salvation of the Armenian people and its renaissance, German-Armenian relations and on other topics of mutual interest.