Forced into Genocide: Memoirs of an Armenian Soldier in the Ottoman Turkish Army
Adrienne G. Alexanian, "Forced into Genocide: Memoirs of an Armenian Soldier in the Ottoman Turkish Army "
English | ISBN: 1412865522 | 2017 | 178 pages | EPUB | 9 MB
English | ISBN: 1412865522 | 2017 | 178 pages | EPUB | 9 MB
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. Alexanian was conscripted into the Turkish army―but unlike others so conscripted, he survived.
Alexanian was forced to become an onlooker while he watched the atrocities unfold. His story of resourceful action and fateful turns is a suspenseful “insider’s account” of a Genocide survivor. From his singular position, Alexanian was able to document the tragedy of his people in his journals and diaries, but he also offers us a behind-the-scenes look into the motivations and actions of Turkish military officials as they committed the atrocities. His story continues after the war as we follow the trail of his journey through Europe and finally to America, where he found solace and was able to start anew with fellow survivors.
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