Armenian Golgotha : a memoir of the Armenian genocide, 1915-1918 by Palakʻean, Grigoris, -1934, Balakian, Peter, 1951-; Sevag, Aris G instant download

Armenian Golgotha : a memoir of the Armenian genocide, 1915-1918 by Palakʻean, Grigoris, -1934, Balakian, Peter, 1951-; Sevag, Aris G instant download

xli, 509 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm, \"On April 24, 1915, Grigoris Balakian was arrested along with some 250 other leaders of Constantinople's Armenian community. It was the beginning of the Ottoman Empire's systematic attempt to eliminate the Armenian people from Turkey--a campaign that continued through World War I and the fall of the empire. Over the next four years, Balakian would bear witness to a seemingly endless caravan of blood, surviving to recount his miraculous escape and expose the atrocities that led to over a million deaths. Armenian Golgotha is Balakian's devastating eyewitness account--a haunting reminder of the first modern genocide and a controversial historical document that is destined to become a classic of survivor literature.\"--Page 4 of cover, Originally published in Armenian in two volumes as \"Armenian Golgotha : episodes from the Armenian martyrology from Berlin to Zor, 1914-1920\" (Vienna : Mekhitarist Press, 1922) and \"Armenian Golgotha, volume 2 : episodes for the Armenian martyrology from Berlin to der Zor\" (Paris : Imprimerie Araxes, 1959), Paperback with decorative cover designed by Joe Montgomery and cover photograph of Grigoris Balakian, Includes bibliographical references and index, v. 1. The life of an exile July 1914 -- April 1916. In Berlin before the war -- In Berlin -- Return to Constantinople from Berlin -- The first deportation, April 1915 -- February 1916. The general condition of the Armenians at the beginning of 1915 -- The first bad news from Cilicia: the secret messenger -- The night of Gethsemane -- Ref Sunday -- Toward a place of exile: the names of the exiles in Ayash -- Life in Chankiri armory: the names of the deportees in Chankiri -- Life of the deportees in the city -- Plan for the extinction of the Armenians in Turkey -- The Armenian carnage in Ankara -- The tragic end of deportee friends in Ayash -- The tragic end of the Chankiri deportees -- The deportation and killing of Zohrab and…