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Satur day January 10, 2009
Radio Weekly Update
Remains of the Sword: Armenian Orphans
Produced by:Dorian Jones
Ninety years ago, up to 1.5 million Armenians were deported and died
at the hands of the Ottoman rulers of Turkey. But it is believed that
Turkish families saved thousands of orphaned Armenian children
secretly. Some children who had been adopted were then forcibly taken
away from their Turkish families by foreign troops and sent to
orphanages in Europe. Until now, the very existence of the children
has remained largely an untold story, buried along with those who died
between 1915 and 1916. But their family members are slowly uncovering
the stories of those Armenian orphans. The issue still remains
extremely contentious, and the story of Armenian orphans is now
becoming one of most sensitive and emotionally charged issues in
Turkish society. Producer Dorian Jones exposes how descendants of
Armenian orphans are discovering their family histories.
Program Credits
Remains of the Sword: Armenian Orphans was produced by Dorian Jones.
Resources
Links:
Obituary: Hrant Dink
BBC News wrote about the life and death of Hrant Dink, the journalist
interviewed in the documentary
Armenian National Institute
Resources and information about the Armenian genocide
United Human Rights Council
Gives a history of the Armenian people and their interaction with Turkey.
Turkish argues the US on Armenian Genocide Bill
An article about why Turkey does not want the U.S. to recognize the Armenian
genocide.
Books:
Vahan’s Triumph: Autobiography of an Adolescent Survivor of the Armenian
Genocide
by: Vahan Hamamdjian 2004
A story of how an orphaned Armenian boy was able to survive following the
genocide.
Nobody’s Child
by: Marsha Forchuk Forchuk Skrypuch 2003
The story of a group of Armenian orphans and their attempts to reunite with
family members.
The Daydreaming Boy
by: Micheline Aharonian Marcom 2004
An account of the Armenian genocide in the form of a novel.