A man continues to search for his son for the past 18 years. A woman has made a shrine of her daughter's shoes, clothes, mirror, comb and letters.
Another mother has decided to have more children to replace her dead ones. And finally, a family has named their daughter for her dead sister.
These are the heartbreaking images in the film, "Giumri" that was shown on Friday evening, November 13, at the 33rd annual Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival at the world famous Museum of Natural History in New York by Czech filmmaker Jana Sevcikova. The film chroniclesthe devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Armenia on December 7, 1988 which leveled the city of Giumri. Official estimates put the death toll at 25,000, but unofficial figures claim 100,000.
Today, almost 21 years later, both parents and living children still believe that the souls of their killed siblings live in them.
Written by Florence Avakian
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