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Memorializing the “lost” villages of Western Armenia
This was the title of Dr. Khatchig Mouradian’s talk, presented at NAASR on Thursday, November 14, 2024. In it, he explored the houshamadean, memorial book, as a literary genre, art and artifact. His research was in-formed and re-formed by nearly two dozen trips to the sites that these books memorialize: the “lost” villages of Western Armenia. In 2017, I accompanied Mouradian on one of these pilgrimages.
But this journey begins backwards.
Mouradian’s talk is lifted from the title
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Years ago, in honor of the 100th anniversary of the genocide and survival of Alma Sakaian… I recreated her life through research. as much as possible. Alma emigrated to my hometown of Foxboro, Massachusetts, USA. She married a local Armenian and raised a family… She is survived by one child and several
grandchidren. The research and her story was posted on my blog in 2015. I met with Dr. Khatchig Mouradian several times. https://milhomme.blogspot.com/2015/02/where-is-your-christian-god-documenting.html
Where can I locate a copy of the memory book(s) for Sepastia (Sivas)?
My grandparents are from there and my grandmother was a genocide survivor.
This article was very helpful and informative.
How can I get in touch with Lily Torosyan? Both my grandfathers were from Sassoon. I’d like to find out more about their first families that were lost during the genocide.