The Tragic and Heroic Events of the Armenian Genocide According to the Testimonies of the Women Eyewitness Survivors. Episodes
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https://doi.org/10.51442/jgs.0052Keywords:
Armenian Genocide, Western Armenia, Cilicia, eyewitness survivors, Armenian women, memoir-testimony, historical song-testimonyAbstract
During over 60 years, owing to my consistent quests in the various regions of Armenia, as well as during my short-term personal or scientific trips to Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Greece, France, Canada, the USA and Turkey, I have constantly searched and discovered representatives of the eyewitness survivors of the Armenian Genocide, including women, who have recalled their direct impressions through memoir-testimonies and historical song-testimonies.
Women, who were emotional and sensitive by nature, have borne on their scraggy shoulders the whole weight of the sufferings of the deportation, the exile and the massacre of the Armenians. Consequently, they have vividly described in detail the tragic and heroic events of the Armenian Genocide.
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