Mediamax presents 100 Seconds project devoted to Armenian Genocide Centennial. The project is based on testimonies of Genocide survivors published by the National Archive of Armenia.

Regimantas Adomaitis is a famous Lithuanian actor. He lives in Vilnius, where he works as an actor at the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre.

For 100 seconds project Regimantas Adomaitis reads an extract from Armenian Genocide survivor Satenik Parunakian's testimony.

National Archives of Armenia

Collection of Documents

Testimony of survivor Satenik Parunakian on the massacre at the village of Kharakonis of Archak in Van district of Van Province

[1916] Baku

It was a long road and we were unable to walk: sick and hungry, many of us fell down almost lifeless and could not continue the journey.

Soldiers accompanying us were beating us, killed many and leave them on the road. So we had many losses on our way to Van.

Closer to Van there was a fight - Armenians were fighting against Turks; we were caught between two lines of fires. The Turks didn’t accompany us anymore; they let us go into the Armenian part. We were already in a dark alley when the Armenians recognized us and let us into the town.

When we were going to Van, the Turks took two women away, but they managed to flee from them in a few days and join us. However, they didn’t live long; they died in Van after a few days. 

Producers: Ara Tadevosyan, Linas Katilius

Filming: Reda Jokymaitytė

Post Production: Tumo LLC

The source of Satenik Parunakian’s testimony: National Archives of Armenia, Armenian Genocide by Ottoman Turkey, 1915, Testimony of survivors, Collection of documents, Yerevan-2013.

VivaCell-MTS is the general partner of 100 seconds project.