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Berghahn Books Portraits of Hope Armenians in the Contemporary World 2007 Edition by Huberta V. Voss
Elie Wiesel called the genocide of the Armenians during the First World War 'the Holocaust before the Holocaust'. Around one and a half million Armenians - men, women and children - were slaughtered at the time of the First World War. This book outlines some of the historical facts and consequences of the massacres but sees it as its main objective to present the Armenians to the foreign reader, their history but also their lives and achievements in the present that finds most Armenians dispersed throughout the world. 3000 years after their appearance in history, 1700 years after adopting Christianity and almost 90 years after the greatest catastrophe in their history, these 50 'biographical sketches of intellectuals, artists, journalists, and others...produce a complicated kaleidoscope of a divided but lively people that is trying once again, to rediscover its ethnic coherence. Armenian civilization does not consist solely of stories about a far-off past, but also of traditions and a national conscience suggestive of a future that will transcend the present.' [from the Preface] Table of contents :- MapPrefaceYehuda BauerPrologueHuberta von VossAcknowledgementsPART I: INTRODUCTIONChapter 1. Between Ararat and the Caucasus: Portrait of a Tiny Country in Five LessonsTessa HofmannChapter 2. The Armenian Genocide: An InterpretationVahakn N. DadrianChapter 3. The Turkish Denial of the Armenian Genocide in its European ContextTaner AkcamChapter 4. The Silent Partner: Imperial Germany and the Young Turks' Policy of AnnihilationWolfgang GustPART II: PORTRAITS FROM AROUND THE WORLDHistory Chapter 5. The Investigator: Vahakn N. Dadrian, Genocide Scholar (Cambridge, MA)Huberta von VossChapter 6. A Foundation of Facts and Fiction: The Poet and Writer Peter Balakian (Hamilton, NY)Huberta von VossChapter 7. The Memory of Cilicia: Claude Mutafian, Historian and Mathematician (Paris)Dorothea HahnChapter 8. Lord of the Books: Vartan Gregorian, President of the Carnegie Corporation (New York City)Huberta von VossWords Chapter 9. Shadows and Phantoms: Michael J. Arlen, Writer and Media Critic (New York City)Huberta von VossChapter 10. The Ashes of Smyrna: Marjorie Housepian Dobkin, Writer (New York City)Huberta von VossChapter 11. The Tracker: Nouritza Matossian, Writer and Actress (London and Nicosia)Huberta von VossChapter 12. Difficult Truths: Nancy Krikorian, Writer (New York City)Hrag VartanianChapter 13. A Seedbed of Words: Hrant Dink, Editor-in-chief of the Armenian Newspaper Agos (Istanbul)Huberta von VossChapter 14. La Femme revoltee: Human Rights Activist and President of the Armenian PEN-Club, Anna Hakobyan (Yerevan)Rainer HermannChapter 15. Vocation: Azgayin gortsich. Zori Balayan: An Intellectual (Karabakh-Yerevan)Tessa HofmannFaith Chapter 16. The Catholicos of All Armenians: His Holiness Karekin II (Echmiadzin)Rainer HermannChapter 17. The Modernizer with the Miter: His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia (Antelias, Beirut)Huberta von VossChapter 18. Referee on a Slippery Pitch: His Beatitude Mesrop II, Patriarch of the Armenians in Turkey (Istanbul)Huberta von VossChapter 19. With Cellphone and Habit on Lord Byron's Island: Father Grigoris and the Novice Artour (San Lazzaro, Venice)Huberta von VossArts and ArchitectureChapter 20. Son of an Amazon: Ashot Bayandur, Painter (Nicosia and Yerevan)Huberta von VossChapter 21. Seismograph of Different Worlds: Painter Sarkis Hamalbashian (Gyumri and Yerevan)Huberta von VossChapter 22. Fitzcarraldo in the Olive Grove: Garo Keheyan, Philanthropist and Impresario (Nicosia)Huberta von VossChapter 23. Ibis Eyes: Artist and Poetess Anna Boghiguian (Alexandria and Cairo)Huberta von VossFilm and PhotographyChapter 24. Screening His stories: The Film-maker Atom Egoyan (Toronto)Ian BalfourChapter 25. Hollywood in Downtown Cairo: Van Leo, Photographer (Cairo)Huberta von VossChapter 26. Beyond All Limits: On the Art of Film-maker Artavazd Peleschjan (Moscow)Gerald MattMusicChapter 27. The Voice of France: Charles Aznavour, alias Varenagh Aznavourian (Paris)Pascale HuguesChapter 28. Under the Stars: Accordion-player Madame Anahit on the Alleys of Beyoglu (Istanbul)Christiane Schloetzer-ScotlandCommitmentChapter 29. Ways to Identity: Berge Setrakian, President of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (New York City)Huberta von VossChapter 30. Daily Bread of Resolutions: Hilda Tchoboian, President of the Euro-Armenian Federation (Brussels)Daniela WeingartnerPolitics and DiplomacyChapter 31. From Diamonds to Diplomacy: Vartan Oskanian, Armenia's Minister of Foreign Affairs (Yerevan)Rainer HermannChapter 32. Armenia's Attorney on the Banks of the Seine: Minister Patrick Devedjian, Legal Adviser to French President Chirac (Paris)Michaela WiegelChapter 33. In the Mission Quicksands: Benon Sevan, Ex-Undersecretary General of the United Nations (New York City)Huberta von VossChapter 34. The Man with the Mirror: The Armenian Ambassador to the OSCE and to International Organizations in Vienna, Jivan Tabibian (Vienna)Huberta von VossLife of ImagesChapter 35. Courier of the Czar: The Petrossian Caviar Empire and Its Owner, Armen Petrossian (Paris)Gil Eilin JungChapter 36. End of a Long Journey: The Sexton Michael Stephen and the Armenians in India (Madras)Jochen BuchsteinerChapter 37. The Skeptic of the Jaffa Gate: Kevork Hintlian (Jerusalem)Paul BaddeChapter 38. "Excuse me, how do I get to the front?" The Brothers Monte and Markar Melkonian (Los Angeles)Michael KrikorianChapter 39. The Everyday Life of a Hero: Levon Arutunyan, Veteran of the Karabakh War (Yerevan)Rainer HermannChapter 40. The Magic of the Opal: The Jeweler Varoojan (John) Iskenderian (Sydney)Ron KnightChapter 41. ?Vos hablas armenio? Rosita Youssefian, Teacher of Armenian (Buenos Aires)Josef OehrleinChapter 42. Portrait of Survival: Reflections on the Life of Vahram S. Touryan (Pasadena)Lorna Touryan MillerChapter 43. Grande Dame of the Myths: The Archeologist Nina Jidejian (Beirut)Huberta von VossChapter 44. A Perfectly Normal Story: Alfred and Ophelia Mouradian (Berlin)Jochen MangelsenPART III: SYMBOLIC PLACESChapter 45. Swan Song in the Holy Land: The Armenian Quarter in JerusalemJoerg BremerChapter 46. Last Stop: The desert of Deir-es-ZorNouritza MatossianChapter 47. Gangway to Life: The Armenian Quarter of Bourj Hammoud in BeirutVictor KocherChapter 48. Struggle for Survival: Franz Werfel and the Armenians of Musa DaghHannes SteinChapter 49. An Eye for an Eye: The Assasination of Talaat Pasa on the Hardenbergstrasse in BerlinTessa HofmannChapter 50. Inch Piti Asem? The Tsitsernakaberd Genocide Memorial in ArmeniaMark GrigorianEpilogue: The Dichtomy of Truth and Denial and the Remembrance of a Courageous Turk (Toronto)K.M. Greg SarkissianAnnexKey Dates in Armenian HistoryGlossaryBibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex