YEREVAN. - “I’m proud of my being an Armenian! And I will stay Armenian,” Marina, 14, wrote in the Armenian Genocide Museum memory book Sunday. 

The museum today opened for visitors at 1:00 pm, and already thousands of people have visited it. Over 50 new entries have appeared in the museum’s memory book - in Jewish, Polish, Russian, German, French and many other different languages. Certain visitors shared with their impressions about the museum, while others told the story of their family and relatives, who became victims of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. Still others wrote their own or other’s poems dedicated to Armenia and Genocide. Many Armenians and even foreigners left the museum with tears in their eyes.

“I am the granddaughter of victims of the Armenian Genocide, who died but who are forever alive,” wrote Anahit, who didn’t mention her age.

“I’m the granddaughter of a family who survived the Armenian Genocide. I’m proud of my nation, which is the best and the kindest one,” Karine wrote.  

“I’m a historian and I thought I understand history. But now I merely have no words. I will later tell about this to my students. I hope this will never be repeated,” Ria from the Netherlands wrote in English.

“The museum is just fabulous. Thanks for the memory!” guests from Russia wrote.  

The first visitors to the museum today were famous actor George Clooney, the Aurora Prize finalists and its founder Ruben Vardanyan.

The museum will work till 9:00 pm today.