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We are presently
collecting funds for the research, development and production phases
of the new virtual museum project. We will be issuing tax-deductible
receipts to donors of $100 and more. Americans can make their checks
payable to THE ARMENIAN CULTURAL FOUNDATION, and Canadians, to THE
ARMENIAN COMMUNITY CENTER. Donors can send their checks to:
20 VOICES MUSEUM PROJECT
P.O. Box 26007
C.P. Normandie
Montréal, Québec
H3M 3E8
CANADA
Donors of $50 and more will receive
a copy of the CD-ROM "FROM
EAST TO WEST", Berc Feneci's
breathtaking collection of 950
Armenian historical postcards.
Please include a return address.
Your donations will help us reach
our goal, and will be greatly
appreciated.
“From East to
West”
Berc Fenerci’s Collection
of Turn of the Century (1897-1920)
Armenian Postcards
Starting with a view of Adana’s
Armenian Quarter and ending
with a panoramic shot of Yozghad,
this unique collection of over
950 postcards depicting Armenian
sites and subjects is the wondrous
result of Berc Fenerci’s
34 year love affair with nostalgia--an
all consuming romance involving
scenes and echoes of a not
too distant past that, alas,
was brutally interrupted and
denied the continuity that
connects the past, present
and future of a given community.
Many of the sites that the
viewer is given access to through
the individual postcards of
this collection are no longer
Armenian, and the progeny of
the past inhabitants and builders
of towns and cities with names
like Erzeroum, Diyarbekir,
Malatia and Marash are now
scattered throughout the world,
banished from a patrimony that,
at a dark moment of its long
history, turned into the mass
burial ground of their martyred
forebears.
That interrupted continuity
is partially reconnected today
by this fascinating collection
that all Armenians should see
and experience, this nostalgic
journey to a past that will
always remain ours-- today,
tomorrow, and as long as there
are Armenians in this world.
We owe a dept of gratitude to Berc
Fenerci, whose dedication
to the memory of a significant
segment of our past has brought
to light what preceded the
long Calvary of our people.
Even if we tried to forget
it, our past, like a caring
parent, will remember us, and
through its images will inspire
us on our way to a brighter
future.
Tatul Sonentz-Papazian |
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