Cummings Foundation Grant Recipient

Rosemary Hartounian Cohen on Voices from the Hidden Genocide 1918 ~ October 6, 2019

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Rosemary Hartounian Cohen, "Voices from the Hidden Genocide of 1918: Stories of the Turkish Massacre of Armenians in Persia–Iran"

Sunday, October 6, 2019, at 4:00 pm, Ararat-Eskijian Museum, Sheen Chapel, 15105 Mission Hills Road, Mission Hills, CA 91345

The lecture is dedicated to the memory of Janet Samuelian

The massacre of Armenians that occurred in northern Persia in 1918 was a continuation of the Armenian Genocide which began in 1915 in the Ottoman Empire.

This book contains the words and the stories of the survivors of the massacre.
The author’s grandmother, Arousiak, and mother, Liana, were the sole survivors of the massacre that took place in the city of Khoy, Persia (now Iran), in 1918.

Dr. Rosemary Hartounian Cohen is a sociologist who earned her doctorate degree at the Sorbonne in Paris. She is an accomplished artist and an award-winning author. She is fluent in many languages and has lived in several countries, studying their traditions, literature and religions.

Co-sponsored by the Ararat-Eskijian Museum and the National Association for Armenian Studies (NAASR)

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