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The Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County (HMTC) presents a special multimedia exhibit, Scenes of Horror: A Photo-History of the Armenian Genocide, which will be on display through September 30, 2015. The exhibit details the political and the personal through film, text, and photos taken by Armenians, as well as by the perpetrators.
Included in the display are a mini-exhibit on the American Near East Relief Organization and Auction of Souls, a silent film produced in 1919, which personalizes the genocide by focusing on the experiences of Aurora Mardiganian, a young girl who has come to epitomize the suffering and survival of the Armenian people.
Enhancing the exhibit are several handwoven antique Armenian rugs, on loan from Megerian & Sons Rugs, one of which depicts scenes from the genocide. The Armenian Cultural Educational Resource Center at Queens College has provided Armenian artifacts from the early 1900s which survived the genocide.
Hours for the exhibit are Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. For more information call HMTC at (516) 571-8040.
