Adrienne G. Alexanian

Forced into Genocide (eBook, ePUB)

Memoirs of an Armenian Soldier in the Ottoman Turkish Army

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This memoir recalls Yervant Alexanian's death-defying experiences in the center of the Armenian Genocide. Like other Armenians of his generation, he was an eyewitness to the massacre and dislocation of his family and fellow countrymen in Ottoman Turkey during World War I.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351294829
• Artikelnr.: 54798116

Autorenporträt

Adrienne G. Alexanian is a 2010 recipient of the Ellis Island Medal, an educator, and the daughter of Yervant Alexanian. Sergio La Porta is Haig and Isabel Berberian Professor of Armenian Studies at California State University, Fresno. Israel W. Charny is executive director of the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide in Jerusalem and past editor of the award-winning Encyclopedia of Genocide.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Israel W. Charny
Introduction Sergio La Porta
Translator's Preface Simon Beugekian
Memoirs of Yervant (Edward) Alexanian
Chapter 1: Childhood Early Life
Chapter 2: School Years
Chapter 3: Life in Sivas before Deportations
Chapter 4: Deportations and Genocide
Chapter 5: Life in the Army
Chapter 6: Istanbul
Chapter 7: America
Afterword
Final Thoughts (1953)
Appendix A: Reflections of Yervant Alexanian
Appendix B: Letters of Yervant Alexanian
Appendix C: Documents of Yervant Alexanian (Facsimile with English
Transcript/Translation)
Timeline of Yervant N. Alexanian
Select Bibliography and Further Reading