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Summary: wow! what a book
Review: This book seriously makes one look at what happened to us, the Armenians during the massacres. I truly felt as though I was one of the survivors remembering the past when I was reading the words in this book . The awful pain, suffering, and the enormous loss of such innocent lives is portrayed as you read this book. I felt the anger and suffering BUT I was only reading it. Imagine how they felt!
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Summary: Locking eyes with the Devil
Review: This is a compelling book; personal accounts of the sufferings afflicted on the Armenians are placed in the historical context of the Young Turk government's nationalistic policy. The oral testimonies (as seen mostly through the eyes of victims who were children at the time )will leave readers deeply disquieted and disoriented in the fundamental assumptions with which they regard collective and personal moral issues.In reading this book, one will lock eyes with the devil and shudder at this encounter with Evil long afterwards. The authors take particular care to describe that not every Turk was a perpetrator (devil) in the slaughter and death marches; many Turks opposed the genocide and aided the young Armenian orphans. Why some helped and why others persecuted is not, however, explained. The answers to such existential questions are enjoined on the readers to discern for themselves.
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Summary: Incredible volume
Review: This is a most incredible collection of quotes and accounts from non-survivor firsthand sources (like missionaries and orphanage workers), interviews from survivors themselves, and history of the genocide of 1915, Armenian life before and after the genocide, and the massacres which took place in 1909 and 1895-97, as well as a great appendix on the questions they asked the survivors (which contrary to the tired old historical revisionist claims of the Turks, are NOT leading or loaded, but rather straightforward questions about things like what life was like in their neighbourhood before the genocide, how the household was run, what types of relations they had with local Turks, feelings of guilt they may have had, how they adjusted to life in a new country or orphanage, escape attempts, that sort of thing). There's also a great section on the types of reponses survivors have had to the genocide, like guilt, anger, sorrow, depression, terrorism, forgiveness, etc. There need to be more books published like this, but of course the Turks will typically continue to deny what their government did and insult the memory of the one and a half million Armenians who were butchered, engaging in all of the usual characteristics of those who deny genocide and who try to revise well-documented historical facts. Thankfully more and more nations are officially recognising the events of 1915 as genocide. And this comes from the perspective of someone who doesn't have any Armenian blood in her, nor any marital ties to Armenians; I'm just an Armenophile odar who has felt great love for and solidarity with the Armenian people since I found out about the genocide in the spring of 1995 at the age of fifteen.
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Summary: A "must read" for anyone interested in history.
Review: This is an excellent book on the Armenian genocide. Its main focus is the compilation of eyewitness accounts, but a historical introduction provides the reader with a good background to the events. I was particularly fascinated by the analysis of the psychology of genocide and the conditions that are necessary to make it possible.
This book is undoubtedly indispensible to anyone who seeks an insight to similar events, whether they took place in Turkey at the beginning of this century, in Nazi Europe at its middle, or in Rwanda at its end.
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Summary: Armenian Propaganda Is Sickening
Review: This is another sad attempt at degrading the Turkish Race in general and labeling this incident as "genocide" is ridiculous. During WWI Armenians killed Turks and Turks killed Armenians. No Turk denies killing Armenians but since Armenians have not distinguished themselves on the world arena so they need to gain recoqnition by creating a false inflated propaganda in which the so-called big, bad Turks "murdered" the innocent,peaceful, Armenians. The ignoramuses of the world have unfortunately embraced this false theory. I feel sorry for the people who look past facts and label Turks as murderers. After nearly a century Armenians have not made any attempts at healing the wounds between themselves and Turks. Even Jews and Germans have improved relations and Turks didnt even murder 6 million like the Germans did in WWII. Why cant Armenians get over their hate. They cannot because they're hateful, paranoid people. Who is more at fault? Turks? Or the Hateful Armenians...you decide. Ohh..by the way i'd give this trash zero stars if I could but 1 star was the lowest I could rate it at.
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Summary: A story beyond anyone's imagination!
Review: Unlike any other book, you can not forget this one. The life story of the people in this book almost seems surreal. After finishing the book you will question some basic premises that you took for granted. Very disturbing reading. Hard to hold tears. Your daily problems will look so trivial after you read this.
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Summary: Couldn't Put It Down
Review: When I began reading the book and finally decided to take a break, I realized I had read half of it. Compelling stories of Armenians who suffered at the hands of the ruthless Turks in the Genocide of 1915 which is scandalously denied till today. A great educational resource for teachers!!!
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