Inmate donates his painting to Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute
An inmate of Kosh prison donated a large canvas to the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute on the occasion of the 102th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Artur Sargsyan painted the people who stand behind the operation “Nemesis” – an assassination plot that avenged the Armenian Genocide. He painted them in costumes worn by judges as a vivid expression of collective revenge of the Armenian people. In 1921, a group of assassins set out to avenge the deaths of 1,5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide. They were a humble bunch: an accountant, a life insurance salesman, a newspaper editor, an engineering student, and a diplomat. Together they formed one of the most effective assassination squads in history. They named their operation Nemesis, after the Greek goddess of retribution. The assassins were survivors, men defined by the massive tragedy that had devastated their people. The Nemesis team killed six major Turkish leaders in Berlin, Constantinople, Tiflis, and Rome. Later the group disbanded and suddenly disappeared.
