ALFORTVILLE, FRANCE – On February 5, 2015, France’s Social Democrat Hunchakian Nazarpek Youth Association inaugurated an exhibition dedicated towards Armenian expulsions from the Ottoman Empire based on the book “Talaat Pasha’s Report on the Armenian Genocide” by historian Ara Sarafian. Director of Gomidas Institute in London, who utilized Ottoman documents from the private archives of Talaat Pasha, the Ottoman Minister of Interior responsible for the Armenian Genocide of 1915.

As part of official events marking the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide, the exhibition was followed by a conference featuring Mr. Sarafian who presented his work and analyzes on the Armenian Genocide, employing Ottoman documents such as Talaat’s archives.

Among the honored dignitaries in attendance of the exhibition and conference was Alfortville Mayor, and current Senator Senator of the Val-de-Marne, Luc Carvounas.

The exhibit, located at Alfortville’s Municipality Hall, 148 rue Paul Vaillant Couturier, 94140 Alfortville, will be open every day till February 13, 2015, from 10 a.m. till 7 p.m.

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