Armenian Golgotha by Grigoris Balakian A Memoir Of The Armenian Genocide 1915-18

Description: Armenian Golgotha by Grigoris Balakian A Memoir Of The Armenian Genocide 1915-1918. PAPERBACK CONDITION: NEW NO MARKS, TEARS, OR BENDS On April 24, 1915, Grigoris Balakian was arrested along with some 250 other leaders of Constantinoples Armenian community. It was the beginning of the Ottoman Empires systematic attempt to eliminate the Armenian people from Turkeya 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 Golgothais Balakians devastating eyewitness accounta haunting reminder of the first modern genocide and a controversial historical document that is destined to become a classic of survivor literature. Review A fascinating first-hand testimony to a monumental crime. The New Yorker Gripping. . . . A powerful and important book. . . . It takes its place as one of the key first-hand sources for understanding the Armenian Genocide. Mark Mazower,The New Republic Powerful. . . . Riveting. . . . A poignant, often harrowing story about the resiliency of the human spirit [and] a window on a moment in history that most Americans only dimly understand. Chris Bohjalian,Washington Post An immensely moving, harrowing memoir that instantly takes its place as a classic alongside Primo LevisSurvival in Auschwitzand Elie WieselsNight. Carlin Romano,The Chronicle of Higher Education

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