“I smell cigarette smoke,” one of my travel companions noted. That was the moment I knew that we should not linger any longer. We had been warned twice on the way up the hillside not […]
This is a two-part story about two Detroit Armenian brothers during war: the eldest Haigus, a five star hero during World War II, and the youngest Hagop (Jack) during the Korean War. It is a […]
Recently, I returned from a journey to western Armenia leading a small group of friends to their ancestral villages. Prior to embarking on the trip, I contemplated additional areas I wanted to explore. As I mapped out […]
A snippet of Movses Shakarian’s origin story was written by a friend of Movses’ father and appeared in the Armenian language Hairenik Monthly in May 1966. The title was “Last Day in Mezire.” Following is […]
Background This is a two-part tale of two Armenian brothers from Detroit: the eldest Haigus during World War II and the youngest Hagop (Jack) during the Korean War. It is a story of the Tufenkjians, […]
During World War II, thousands of Armenian American mothers watched their sons go off to war and prayed every day for their safe return. Some did survive the war and came home. Some were badly […]
There is a lot that could be said and written about the ARF photo archives, which I have had the privilege and pleasure of sorting through over the course of the autumn and winter of […]
83 years ago, the world was a scary and unfair place where innocent people were persecuted and killed for their beliefs, their religion or their nationality. All across Europe, the Nazis and their local collaborators […]
A few of the pictures from the ARF photo archives are particularly eye-catching. Clicking through the images, one cannot help but notice photos like the ones below, for example. At first, it seems almost comical, […]
On November 29, 1944, thousands of American and British soldiers were near Lindern, a tiny German village situated near the border with the Netherlands. They were cold, soaked and exhausted by days and nights of […]
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