Survivors : An Oral History Of The Armenian Genocide

Annotation. Between 1915 and 1923, over one million Armenians died, victims of a genocidal campaign that is still denied by the Turkish government. Thousands of other Armenians suffered torture, brutality, deportation. Yet their story has received scant attention. Through interviews with a hundred elderly Armenians, Donald and Lorna Miller give the "forgotten genocide" the hearing it deserves. Survivors raise important issues about genocide and about how people cope with traumatic experience. Much here is wrenchingly painful, yet it also speaks to the strength of the human spirit Between 1915 and 1923, over one million Armenians died, victims of a genocidal campaign. Thousands of other Armenians suffered torture, brutality, deportation. Through interviews with a hundred elderly Armenians, Donald and Lorna Miller give the "forgotten genocide" the hearing it deserves. Survivors raises important issues about genocide and about how people cope with traumatic experience. -- From publisher's description Although Vahram was in his middle sixties when we interviewed him, he recalled his childhood in the village of Darman in the district of Keghi in eastern Turkey with the surprising clarity and great fondness characteristic of the one hundred survivors we interviewed. Discusses the massacre of the Armenian people in 1915 focusing on its historical background, survivor accounts, and moral reflections on the genocide