February 16, 2007
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Garbis Papazian Prize Presented in Germany

  • (L to R): AGBU Garbis Papazian award recipient Wolfgang Gust
    (L to R): AGBU Garbis Papazian award recipient Wolfgang Gust receives his award from AGBU representative Razmig Tamrazian-Haroutiunian while the Armenian Ambassador to Germany, H.E. Karine Ghazinian, looks on.

The Armenian General Benevolent Union Garbis Papazian Award was bestowed upon German scholar Wolfgang Gust, who joined a long list of non-Armenians who have been recognized for their work on a variety of historical and cultural subjects pertaining to Armenians.

The award ceremony was held on December 9, 2006 at the Armenian Embassy in Berlin, Germany. In attendance were distinguished guests Her Excellency Karine Ghazinian, German Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia; Razmig Tamrazian-Haroutiunian, official representative of the AGBU Garbis Papazian Award; and Wolfgang Gust, 2005 prize winner.

Mr. Gust is a prominent historian who specializes in analysis of German policies in the Middle East before and during WWI, with special focus on policies of the Ottoman Empire at the time of the War. His book, “The Genocide of the Armenians 1915-1916: Documents from Political Archives of the German Foreign Office,” is an important examination of the relationship between Germany, the Ottoman Empire and the Armenian Genocide.

The annual Garbis Papazian Award was established in 1988 through a special fund with AGBU to support and encourage non-Armenian scholars, who, through their research or publications, contribute to the propagation of Armenian causes.

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