Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Die vierzig Tage des Musa Dagh Die vierzig Tage des Musa Dagh Franz Werfel **The Forty Days of Musa Dagh** (German: *Die vierzig Tage des Musa Dagh*) is a 1933 novel by Austrian-Bohemian writer Franz Werfel based on events that took place in 1915, during the second year of … OL1219873W
The Burning Tigris The Burning Tigris Peter Balakian A History of International Human Rights and Forgotten HeroesIn this national bestseller, the critically acclaimed author Peter Balakian brings us a riveting narrative of the massacres of the Armenian… OL15863664W
Confiscation and destruction Confiscation and destruction Ug ur U mit U ngo r This is the first major study of the mass sequestration of Armenian property by the Young Turk regime during the 1915 Armenian genocide. It details the emergence of Turkish economic nationalism, offe… OL16978643W
Deutschland, Armenien und die Türkei 1895-1925..., Teil 3: Thematisches Lexikon zu Personen, Instit… Deutschland, Armenien und die Türkei 1895-1925..., Teil 3: Thematisches Lexikon zu Personen, Instit… Hermann Goltz "The Dr. Johannes-Lepsius-Archiv encompasses a near complete documentation of the conflict-laden relationship between Germany, Armenia and Turkey, covering the era from 1895-1925. The catalogue index… OL19082144W
There was and there was not There was and there was not Meline Toumani A young Armenian-American goes to Turkey in a 'love thine enemy' experiment that becomes a transformative reflection on how we use-- and abuse-- our personal histories. OL19988043W
Great catastrophe Great catastrophe Thomas De Waal "The destruction of the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire in 1915-16 was a brutal mass crime that prefigured other genocides in the 20th century. By various estimates, more than a million Armenians wer… OL19994903W
Like Water on Stone Like Water on Stone Dana Walrath Inspired by a true story, this relates the tale of siblings Sosi, Shahen, and Mariam who survive the Armenian genocide of 1915 by escaping from Turkey alone over the mountains. OL21293630W
Burning Orchards Burning Orchards Gurgen Mahari I have read some of this book , according to a friend who translated it to English , the details in this book are true and accurate , . OL2245311W
Passage to Ararat Passage to Ararat Michael J. Arlen > All my life, Armenia and Armenians had been part of a dream; it and they were out there somewhere, hazy, nearly invisible. Now I was traveling into the dream. I would see what I would see. I would … OL2621006W
My grandmother My grandmother Fethiye Çetin As a child in Turkey, Fethiye Cetin knew her grandmother as a happy and well respected Muslim housewife. Decades later, her grandmother revealed the truth: she was by birth a Christian Armenian, and … OL28757191W
Portrait of a survivor Portrait of a survivor Florence M. Soghoian This is how the author described it in a San Francisco State Univ. alumni newsletter: The book approaches "Survivor" in the deepest sense, the Existential definition of not just physically living thr… OL3367186W
Forgotten Fire Forgotten Fire Adam Bagdasarian In 1915 Vahan Kenderian is living a life of privilege as the youngest son of a wealthy Armenian family in Turkey. This secure world is shattered when some family members are whisked away while others… OL492703W
Facing history and ourselves Facing history and ourselves Margot Stern Strom "Designed to offer educators from a variety of classroom settings appropriate materials and techniques for bringing the history of 20th century genocide, the Holocaust and the Armenian genocide, to t… OL5920225W
Three apples fell from heaven Three apples fell from heaven Micheline Aharonian Marcom Here is a novel of import and style, set in 1915-1917, the years of the Ottoman Turkish government’s brutal campaign that resulted in the deaths of more than a million Armenians. Through a series of … OL6035487W
Armenia Armenia Henrik Nordbrandt 50 p. ; 23 cm OL725745W
Consequences of denial Consequences of denial Aida Alayarian "Consequences of Denial seeks to provide some awareness and understanding of the horrendous tragedy of the Armenian genocide. This book illuminates the little known fact that over two million innocen… OL9810254W