Daily life in the abyss : genocide diaries, 1915-1918

Daily life in the abyss : genocide diaries, 1915-1918 / Vahé Tachjian.

Historical research into the Armenian Genocide has grown tremendously in recent years, but much of it has focused on large-scale questions related to Ottoman policy or the scope of the killing. Consequently, surprisingly little is known about the actual experiences of the genocide's victims. Da...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tachjian, Vahé (Author)
Other Authors: Goshgarian, G. M. (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn, 2017.
Series:War and genocide ; volume 25
Subjects:
Pogharean, Grigor > Diaries.
Tʻawugchean, Nersēs, > 1870-1934 > Diaries.
Pogharean, Grigor
Tʻawugchean, Nersēs, > 1870-1934
1915-1923
Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923 > Personal narratives.
Armenians > Syria > Diaries.
Armenians > Turkey > Diaries.
Armenians > Relocation > Syria.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
HISTORY > Middle East > Turkey & Ottoman Empire.
Armenians
Armenians > Relocation
Syria
Turkey
Diaries
Personal narratives
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Table of Contents:
  • The diarist, his environment, and the reasons for keeping a diary
  • The deportees in the region of Bilad al-Sham : a race against time at breakneck
  • Speed
  • The circle of salvation in extreme conditions : money-food-connections
  • Descriptions of the deportees' decline : the deaths of Shoghagat, Hagop, Krikor
  • Diruhi, and many others
  • From forced Islamacization to emancipation : two historical episodes and their
  • Contradictions.

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