In the series of many books that come out in the year of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, note the release on March 26 of the book “The Armenia Heart of Memory” Helen Kosséian-Bairamian. A book that will be released Editions du Rocher (212 pages € 17.90 at Amazon).
Presentation of the book by the publisher:
“On Saturday 24 April 1915, in Constantinople, 600 Armenian notables are arrested and thrown on the roads of deportation. Thus began the first genocide of the twentieth century. 1.5 million Armenians perished, mainly on their historical lands of Eastern Anatolia. Among those who survived, some will win the ephemeral First Republic of Armenia. Dropped politically encircled militarily, economically strangled, she finally become one of the republics of the Soviet Union. D Armenians win in 1921 for greener shores. Landed in Marseilles, they will constitute a docile workforce ie in France of postwar period. Lorsqu’éclatera and World War II, most of them will not hesitate to fight the occupier, arms in hand, whether in France, in the ranks of the Red Army or elsewhere. C is then that after a long period of silence, shouts s rise in Yerevan April 24, 1965: “Our Land! Justice! Solve the Armenian Question! “Fifty years after the Apocalypse, the residents of the Armenian capital begin the fight for Genocide recognition by States and by the heir to the Ottoman Empire, Turkey. A century later, the author of Armenian origin, delves into the past of Armenia and the painful memories. A test to understand the history and memory of this country, as the debate around the memory of the genocide was much written in France. »
Krikor Amirzayan