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Author Tachjian, Vahé, author

Title Daily life in the abyss : genocide diaries, 1915-1918 / Vahé Tachjian
Published New York : Berghahn, 2017
©2017

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 208 pages)
Series War and genocide ; volume 25
Contents The diarist, his environment, and the reasons for keeping a diary -- The deportees in the region of Bilad al-Sham : a race against time at breakneck -- Speed -- The circle of salvation in extreme conditions : money-food-connections -- Descriptions of the deportees' decline : the deaths of Shoghagat, Hagop, Krikor -- Diruhi, and many others -- From forced Islamacization to emancipation : two historical episodes and their -- Contradictions
Summary Historical research into the Armenian Genocide has grown tremendously in recent years, but much of it has focused on large-scale questions related to Ottoman policy or the scope of the killing. Consequently, surprisingly little is known about the actual experiences of the genocide's victims. Daily Life in the Abyss illuminates this aspect through the intertwined stories of two Armenian families who endured forced relocation and deprivation in and around modern-day Syria. Through analysis of diaries and other source material, it reconstructs the rhythms of daily life within an often bleak and hostile environment, in the face of a gradually disintegrating social fabric
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Pogharean, Grigor -- Diaries
Tʻawugchean, Nersēs, 1870-1934 -- Diaries
SUBJECT Pogharean, Grigor fast
Tʻawugchean, Nersēs, 1870-1934 fast
Subject Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923 -- Personal narratives.
Armenians -- Syria -- Diaries
Armenians -- Turkey -- Diaries
Armenians -- Relocation -- Syria
HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
HISTORY -- Middle East -- Turkey & Ottoman Empire.
Armenians
Armenians -- Relocation
Syria
Turkey
Genre/Form Diaries
Personal narratives
Form Electronic book
Author Goshgarian, G. M., translator.
LC no. 2016057538
ISBN 9781785334955
1785334956