Armenian Genocide centenary exhibition opens in Hungary
On the occasion of the centenary of Armenian Genocide, an exhibition entitled “The tragedy of the Armenian people in World War I” was opened in the National Relic exhibition space of National Széchényi Library in Budapest, oszk.hu reports.
The ongoing temporary exhibition presents period documents, memoirs, photographs and objects belonging to everyday life. Open until May 20, 2015, the exhibition presents the events of 1915 and 1916 as well as their antecedents and consequences, thus, for example, the formation of the Armenian diaspora and the establishment of the first Republic of Armenia.
Via several documents, the exhibition presents the fate of Armenian refugees who had arrived in Budapest. The exhibition also presents Armenian refugees’ household objects, made of copper and tin, and also reliquaries, crosses and church clothes.
The exhibition was organized jointly by the National Library of Armenia and National Széchényi Library.
Curators of the exhibition were Bálint Kovács and Sándor Öze, co-curator was Nikolett Czázár.