Armenia returned looted items, but Germany did not - monument speciali

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Armenia returned looted items, but Germany did not - monument specialist (VIDEO)

 

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November 30, 2012 | 15:32

 

YEREVAN. - In his video blog, monument specialist Samvel Karapetyan,

who is the chairman of the foundation that studies Armenian

architecture, spoke about an event that occurred seven or eight years

ago, when Armenia, as a goodwill gesture, returned to Germany a part

of the German literature which the ex-USSR had looted in the years of

the Second World War.

 

As per Karapetyan, it is noteworthy, however, that all through this

time no one thought about the Armenian literature which Turkey's ally

Germany had looted at the turn of the 20th century.

 

`The Turks were a blunt instrument, whereas the German officers were

looting the [Armenian] monastery libraries and the manuscript

libraries. That is why today there are Armenian manuscripts even in

the library of the most remote borough of Germany. Let's return the

looted items to one another!', the monument specialist said.