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Survivors: An Oral History Of The Armenian Genocide
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Manufacturer: University of California Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 956
EAN: 9780520219564
ISBN: 0520219562
Label: University of California Press
Manufacturer: University of California Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 274
Publication Date: 1999-02-02
Publisher: University of California Press
Studio: University of California Press
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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.
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Summary: Numbing
Comment: Very well designed and laid out, the background to this very sad chapter in history is nevertheless one of the most poignant I have ever read. This forgotten first Genocide of the 20th Century should be in the curriculum of every senior school and read by all politicians and law makers.
The last phase of Genocide is it's denial and unfortunately most of the 103 interviewees will have died under the enormous pressure of their pain and sufferings ignored and denied for nearly 100 years.
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Summary: "Anatomy of Human Evil & Flickering Flames of Hope"
Comment: "Survivors: An Oral History of the Armenian Genocide", Donald & Lorna Miller, UC Press, CA, 1999, ISBN-13 978-0-520-212956-4, pbk 192 pgs., plus 3 Appendices 15 pgs., Notes 24 pgs., Biblio 5 pgs., Index 4 pgs., Map & 15 pgs. of B/W photos, 9" x 6"
Authored by Donald Miller, USC Prof. of Relig. & wife Lorna Miller whose parents survived the Armenian Genocide (AG) providing Armenian translation from personally conducted audio-taped interrogations with 103 (62f/41m) Armenians born in Turkey. Interviewees largely garnered from Southern California. Using "Interview Guide" as format allowed representative sampling & synthesis of queries for proper balance of content & a check for internal consistency.
Book is in 3 Parts: - I: Historical Background, II: Survivor Accounts, and III: Analysis. - but also Appendices on Methodology, Interview Guide, & Survivors Interviewed. A large portion of the material is similar in detail, very often many precise quotations, etc. of same material given in most contemporary books on AG, thusly, names, dates, places & events are validated & often same reference sources utilized extensively.
However, unlike most treatises on AG, this oral history provides a much keener, even intimate depiction of life in Anatolia before & after the massacres & genocide that details ghoulish atrocious barbaric acts of torture, killings, rape; of family dissolutions; of adopting survival techniqes occasionally working to thwart being murdered or quash a suicide. There are sundry, detailed references to acts of kindness shown by a few Turks, rarely a Kurd; but much tribute is paid to that help & hope extended by charitable organizations (for the "starving Armenians") of several countries, of missionaries & of orphanages, etc. wonderfully helpful to the child survivors. A large section devoted to emigrations, resettlements, & of survivor's responses & their moral reflections on the genocide is also unique to this book.
The photographic reproductions are flunky due to inferior paper quality. If one is bent on reading 3 or 4 books on AG, this should be one of those books because it reflects with such great clarity the horrific evils of war & genocide on infants, children, mothers & the family structure. It examines the anatomy of human evils even when the flame of hope flickered with great uncertainty.
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Summary: Gift for my husband
Comment: My husband is reading this book and finds it well written and well documented. As with all books on this subject is is very hard reading, but does a good job of explaining what took place in the lives of individuals and families.
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Summary: A fascinating perspective
Comment: The authors have tapped into a vastly unknown arena, by seeking out survivors of the century's first genocide. It is a riveting read of testimonies, interwoven with sociological and psychological theory, to explain how the survivors have made it through and coped with the memories, losses and experiences. It is probably the largest collection of testimonies in one publication, and for students of psychology or sociology, it is a must-read.
The authors very plainly state in language that a layperson is comfortable the backgrounds and theories surrounding survivor personalities. They address the survivors' reactions to the continued denial of the genocide by the Turkish government; the interesting repeated experience of Armenian children leaving Turkish homes for orphanages, and the path many survivors have taken to end up in the United States.
A good read, sometimes a difficult one due to the subject matter, but one that is important due to an event that is largely forgotten.
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Summary: Keeps up the memory of the armenian genocide
Comment: Personal reports are the best way to silence those who are not ashamed to deny a genocide, even though it is a proven fact.
Let's read books like "Survivors" and never forget, what humans can do to other humans.
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